tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-322372472024-03-19T04:48:42.187-04:00Hey, it's Dalis!Dalis Davidson's posts about life on the farm, her small cottage business of hand dyed yarns, adventures in travel, painting vintage furniture, creating jewelry, nuno felting and whatever strikes her fancy!Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07390587713004489644noreply@blogger.comBlogger980125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32237247.post-50610067822521498222015-06-16T08:27:00.000-04:002015-06-16T08:27:48.483-04:00Gotta Love the Color!<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Last year I had so much work done on the house, barn, studio and shed.</div>
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The house was in need of a paint job and of course the painters found bug damage to the front and had to repair that first. But I chose fresh, new colors and am so happy with the result.</div>
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The house stayed white but the trim is a pale grey, the shutters and 3 doors are a delightful aqua and the front door is a sunny yellow. Very cheery and happy!</div>
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It looked so pretty in snow this winter.</div>
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The front of the barn got rebuilt and I finally got the letters up that I bought the year before at Lucketts.<br />
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Gerardo is my go to painter guy and has turned out to be a very good friend. He painted the front of the barn as a gift to me for my birthday, minutes before my party.<br />
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Another winter scene. <br />
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I've always wanted to paint the fireplace a dark color and I finally decided it was time. </div>
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And of course that meant the entire room needed a makeover. This is the before.</div>
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The after. New gallery wall, new pillows (can't resist pillows!)</div>
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The walls are a cool grey, can't really tell in the photo. <br />
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I also did a little redo on my guest bedroom. I refinished two dressers and love how they turned out.<br />
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The low winter light in this room is so nice.</div>
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This is the 'winter' look, with cozy flannel sheets.<br />
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And this is the fresh spring look with cheery colors.</div>
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Then as soon as it warmed up a bit, I couldn't wait to tear into this space. What a total mess the garage was in. Couldn't stand it but it was so freezing cold for so long, that I couldn't be out there for long.</div>
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But now it's totally organized, tools where they should be and I can actually find things now!<br />
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I think I'll repaint it since I don't really care for the green any longer, but for now it's a joy to go out there and work. I have a few pieces of furniture I need to refinish and as soon as Sheep & Wool Fest is over, I'm tearing into them.<br />
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And speaking of tearing into....this was my holiday project. I blogged about it back in January and am finally getting to spend time in here since it's warmed up. There isn't any heat in this room so now I can be in here without seeing my breath!<br />
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A quiet nook for reading a book.</div>
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This is my organized storage for my pretty things that I decorate with throughout the house. Now I have everything within reach.</div>
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This is my bedroom upstairs. It's like being in a tree house, looking out at the trees and hearing the birds chirping away in the morning. The early morning light comes streaming in on my face and I love the coziness of the room. <br />
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Way back in January, I held 3 classes. Learn to dye, create a nuno felt scarf and needle felt an art piece from a photograph.</div>
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In the dye class, the students were studying the color chart to pick just the perfect colors for their yarn.</div>
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They came up with the most intense, strong, wonderful colors!</div>
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The dyepots were simmering while we discussed color theory, hues, values, what colors go together, what colors clash and what colors people like and dislike.</div>
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As soon as a new color would come out of the pot, we'd photograph it and ooh and ahh over it.</div>
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We accidentally dyed yarn the color of an Iphone cover!</div>
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Some of the dyers of the day with their finished yarns. I can't wait to see what they do with them!</div>
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Nuno Felt Scarf Class</h2>
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Another day, another class. I had 16 ladies come together to throw various fibers on silk chiffon to create their very own nuno felt scarf. I'm so lucky to be able to use our Barnesville Town Hall. It's huge, has plenty of tables and is just a nice space to work in.<br />
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Placing the wool, yarn, glitz, mohair and other bits on the scarf.</div>
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And see?! They turned out fabulous! </div>
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Somehow I didn't receive everyone's message about enrolling for this class and I ended up with 13 students. Yikes! This class was held in my house and I scurried around for more chairs and table spaces as more people showed up. It all worked out though and I think everyone had fun poking wool into a felt background.</div>
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I will be delivering some shawls next week to a new gallery, Horse Spirit Arts Gallery near Ellicott City. I've had to crank out a few as I had sold most of them over the holidays. </div>
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But back in my basement studio I went, gathering my supplies…roving, silk hankies, locks, silk fabric, chiffon, mohair and glitz. I first dyed all the ingredients, dried them on the radiators, then laid them out. </div>
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I named this one 'Sit Down With Sangria'. Sangria is one of my color ways that was a mistake. I was dying Sedona but the water had a bit of purple in it so I added more purple and voila!, a new color way.</div>
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While Forrest was recuperating in my living room, I had to stay busy, but be at home. Perfect solution….tear into the office that hadn't been touched for 24 years! Isn't this what everyone does on December 24th?!!! I put on loud music and got my groove on and painted away. Forrest would call me on the phone when he needed something like ice or food or encouragement. </div>
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I forgot I had this cute, perfectly sized table. I painted it the same deep grey that I patined the shelf backboards. I still want to add silver leaf on the legs to look like mercury glass 'socks' to tie in with the mercury glass theme. </div>
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(besides Home Depot and Lowe's). And for the final touch, I had a new rug made. This room cannot have wall to wall carpet because it has an old terra cotta floor (because it was a porch) so I had one bound and it fits perfectly. I'm so happy this room is finished and I love sitting here with my computer, looking out over the fields. Now on to the rest of the house!</div>
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Life goes on after separation. Luckily I had a distraction. Forrest had his first surgery with the doctor scoping his knee trying to figure out what was wrong with it. Our family has bad knees, probably because of too much abuse from Ultimate Frisbee. Three of us have had knee surgery and Garrett barely escaped it. Forrest went into it with trepidation but good spirits. This initial surgery was done in Frederick and he recovered at the farm. (He lives and works in Arlington, but no one to care for him there and Mom is the best caregiver anyway).</div>
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Well, not good news for his knee. He was missing a huge chunk of cartilage due to a tramatic injury (probably falling on it numerous times in Ultimate and snow boarding) and the way he walked just wore the cartilage way. Hard to believe at age 26, but there it was. So, a specialist was called in who performs <a href="http://www.carticel.com/healthcare/about/surgery.aspx">cartice</a>l surgery where cartilage is removed from his knee, grown in a lab for 6 weeks, then a patch is put on the knee in another surgery. So the photo above is from Georgetown Hospital right before surgery #2 where they harvested three pieces of cartilage. Still looking good! More recovery at Dancing Leaf Farm. I was getting used to this! </div>
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This third surgery was the most intense, the implantation surgery. Not only did he have the cartilage implanted but he also had an <a href="http://www.mayoclinic.org/tests-procedures/knee-osteotomy/basics/definition/prc-20019023">osteotomy</a> where a wedge of bone is added to the shinbone to align his knee so he walks properly. It's a pretty extreme surgery with a long recovery. But Forrest did his own physical therapy beforehand, preparing his leg for the trauma that would befall it. The surgery was performed on December 22 (cartilage for Christmas!) and I brought him home after a couple days in the hospital. </div>
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Tucked the boy in and this is where he lived for 3 weeks. The Christmas tree was at the other end of the couch so he looked foggily at the colored lights in his waking moments. He said he would be a 'drugged up zombie' for Christmas and whoo boy, he was! We had a most mellow Chritmas, with all the boys here and Deidre with baby belly. Forrest was crashed out on the couch, Deidre laid down on the living room floor where I gave her pillows and covered her with a blanket and she zonked out for nearly 2 hours while the rest of us drank wine and beer and talked like everything was normal! I told them all that this would be the most memorable Christmas because of the circumstances. But I have to say, I loved it. We kept it very simple, no extravagant gifts, no fussy dinner, just laughter, love and light. The hardest part for me was keeping up with his electric ice machine. It needed new ice about every 5 hours around the clock. I bought about 40 lbs. of ice and the freezer was making ice as fast as it could. I did have to keep him fed too and people who know me, know I don't like to cook. That's what I've always said was the hardest part of raising kids, that you have to feed them! But I made smoothies, bone broth (with veggies), lasagna and lots of cereal. I really did enjoy taking care of him and it was a nice, bonding time for us. </div>
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The best part of this whole ordeal was New Year's Eve when 9 of his friends came over to party with him all night. Most spent the night and we all had a great time. These folks are so fun, caring and nice and I was so happy that they rallied around him. He was bored living on the couch for 2 weeks and they brought a welcome distraction…..along with booze. These are his kayaking friends so the next day they waited for the temps to warm up to about 29 so they could go do some big white water on the Potomac. But first they made a delicious, huge breakfast.</div>
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New Year's Eve Trapper joined in the festivities and had a beer. He wouldn't give it back. Even the dogs had a party as Forrest's friends brought 3 more dogs. All in all, it was a fun time. </div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> After 36 years of being with the same man, I found out I was sharing him with two other women, so we separated and are working on a divorce. It has been strange and surreal and my life has been turned topsey turvey, upside down, inside out. To think your life is one way and in the blink of an eye (or reading a text on a phone!) what you thought your future was is totally blown out of the water. It happens way too much, I know. I did not think I would be a statistic of the 55% divorce rate. But here it is. I found out just days before all of my shows started in late September. On the outside I hope I came off as cheerful and helpful when selling my yarn to you. But on the inside I was a puddly mess. I had great help at all my shows thanks to some amazing women who pulled me through. And speaking of amazing women (and a few men too), my friends have been there for me with encouragement, hugs, laughter and even food and wine. (Wine…very important!). I lost weight ( a good thing) and they'd bring food to make sure I ate. One of my friends brought a fresh sweet potato from her garden and said "Here. Cook this and eat it!" I laughed and did just as she said.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> I've had to figure out a lot in the past few months. I have not been single since I was 24 and dating at 60 is whole lot different than in your 20's. But I'm going slowly and learning things along the way. </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> I hope to keep my farm, by business, my home and my security. I love this place that is Dancing Leaf Farm, the sunrises, the sunsets, and every minute in between. I sit at my dining room table and look out over the pastures, with the mist rising in the mornings and the fields golden in late afternoon. I love my house and all the rooms, the way the light dances across the walls and changes throughout the day. I listen to music all day and every now and then have to dance to a wonderful rhythm. I am happy here. My brothers were concerned I couldn't keep up with all the maintenance that comes with a couple acres, a few sheep and chickens and an old house. But I assured them I've been doing it for 32 years and that I can do it for a lot longer. I am not afraid of hard work and have a lot of energy and when you love what you do, you do it with passion. </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> I've had to face some things that I wish I didn't have to deal with. But I just put on my big girl pants, hike them up and go at it. That's all one can do. I am ready to start a new life and to see what the future holds for me. </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> I've started a new group, The Single Women's Supper Club, where 3 widows and 2 divorcees meet at one our homes and bring a big pot of something yummy. We share dinner and then bring home leftovers in containers that we brought with us to feed us for a few days. It is therapeutic, fun, rewarding and we encourage each other to live life to the fullest. Most nights I'm sharing dinner and most certainly wine with friends. I am not lonely.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> I have my 3 amazing boys, who visit often and a wonderful daughter-in-law who is going to give me my first grand baby in April! Something to look forward to. </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> I'm always busy it seems, but also find time to just be. I have a few trips already planned this year and more will happen I'm sure. I've signed up for a 6-day bike event in southwest Virginia in late June, camping and biking with 1600 other enthusiasts and am really looking forward to it. I hope to do another bike touring, this time near Montreal with a couple girlfriends. Also two trips to Oregon and a trip to Arizona and California to visit friends and family. And so many friends who say, "Come visit!" Ok, I will!</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> I look to this new year as being a starting point to a new adventure, a new path, a new life. I'm ready to grab on and see where it takes me! I'm ready to enjoy the ride!!!!</span><br />
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After 25 years I finally have a made-to-order dye kitchen. I started out this dye thing in our kitchen while the boys were at school. I would make a mess coloring yarn and spend an hour scrubbing everything down with bleach and Comet.</div>
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But then we patched together a dye space in a corner of our basement. We recycled kitchen cabinets from our local fire department who were updating their kitchen. I got an old stove from someone who was getting rid of it, bought two hot plates and called it my 'lab'. </div>
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Alberto and Gerardo are two of the nicest guys you'd ever want to hire. They worked for us while we were away this summer and just did an amazing job on everything. In this project I worked side by side with them so I was sure get it just the way I wanted.</div>
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These counters and tables are the bees knees! I had them make two large tables, each measuring 4 1/2 feet by 4 feet, put on locking casters so I can move them around easily for felting. </div>
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Loving how easy it is to move the very heavy, very hot yarn to the washing machine for its spin cycle.</div>
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All my dyes are within easy access.</div>
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Just when we thought we were home for the summer, ending our 9 weeks away, we jumped in the car and drove to Boston for the weekend for our longtime besties' daughter's wedding party.</div>
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It took place at their lovely home in Hingham.</div>
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They had just completed a major garden renovation, planting thousands of perennials over an acre of yard. It was an absolutely gorgeous day and everything looked spectacular.</div>
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The ceremony took place under the pergola at the top of the hill. We all just gathered around the gardens.</div>
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Seating vignettes were set up all over the garden.</div>
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We've known Rick and Fiona for nearly 36 years. They were our 'best' people at our wedding. </div>
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We got the garden party memo and both dressed in floral dresses.</div>
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On the way we were really hankering for a lobster roll. Thanks to mapquest, we found a place right off the interstate, a little drive in type place that had very good lobster rolls. Love this type of place!</div>
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We broke up the trip by staying at our friend's place in Connecticut. Scott and KK live in a very similar house, built in the mid-1800's. KK is an artist and is finally getting her own studio, moving out of a small bedroom in the house. </div>
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She'll have this entire upper floor over the garage. She paints very large paintings so the window on the right will become a large door to hoist canvasses up and down. </div>
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I always love going to New England. The architecture is lovely, the gardens beautiful and the scenery soothing. Since Houston does nearly all the driving, this is what I do, knit, knit, knit. We're a good team!</div>
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While in Seattle I was able to see my friend, Karen and her hubby, Ted. I hadn't seen Karen for nearly 8 years! She's a long time friend of mine. We met while we lived in Florida 38 years ago. I was preparing to have a baby at home, in the large Victorian house we lived in. Karen rented a cottage on this property and was redoing a 1949 Coupe to resell and use the money to buy land near Flint Hill, Virginia. She was there for the birth of Aramin, making a 'birthday' cake in the shape of a butterfly. She left the next day for Virginia, in a 1946 2-ton flatbed truck. </div>
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The following year I visited her in Virginia and fell in love with the Blue Ridge Mountains, which precipitated my move to Virginia. We've kept in touch over the years, with her moving from Virginia to Maryland to Oregon then Washington. In each place she restored a house, sold it and moved on. About 8 years ago, she met Ted, sold everything, bought a beautiful teak sail boat from Canada, restored it and sailed up and down the west coast and finally back up to Canada, living on the boat for a couple years. </div>
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Four years ago she and Ted bought a 'lot' in a neighborhood in Seattle with a tiny cottage on it. Ted is an architect and designed this house to fit the site. While living in the tiny cottage at the bottom of the yard, they started construction at the top of the hill and when they reached the cottage, they tore it down, moved into the new part and continued building. </div>
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Fours years later, Karen is still working on it, putting up drywall, tiling and doing lots of finishing work. She is a perfectionist and it shows in her workmanship. This is the side of the house, cascading down the hillside.</div>
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Karen and Ted are thrifters extraordinaire. All the furnishings in the house are either from Craigslist, yard sales or the awesome thrift stores that Seattle is known for. This midcentury table is from Craigslist which they got for a steal. It came with 6 chairs.</div>
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The stainless steel sink was bought at a close out and the fridge came with no doors! So she made doors and painted them.</div>
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Karen does all the tiling and I especially like this idea in their master bath. The tub is against the wall but you have to walk through the shower to get to the bath. So there's just a drain in the floor in front of the tub and a big shower head overhead. Genius!</div>
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I was so impressed with the house, the use of recycled, found, repurposed materials. I like the modern, industrial, midcentury look about it and look forward to seeing it finished. I think this will be there forever home.</div>
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So this concludes my most fantastic summer. Italy, England, and biking along the Pacific Coast Highway. Seeing friends in all those places, making new friends along the way and enjoying life to the fullest. I'll probably never have another year like this one, so I appreciate it all the more.</div>
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The last week and a half of our vacation was spent in serious R and R. Sue, Houston and I spent a few days at my brother and sister in law's place in Palo Alto. Jim and Pam were the perfect hosts, supplying wine, food and merriment. Thanks guys! It's just what my poor, tired knees needed. My niece, Audrey, was about to launch for college in Ohio, so I was glad I got to see her before the left.</div>
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Their adorable new puppy, Higgins, entertained us.</div>
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Since I hadn't had a project in 3 weeks, I was eager to get something going. Their table and chairs needed attention, so I got right to it.</div>
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Just a little orbital sanding, some staining and lots of waxing brought new life to this antique.</div>
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They trusted me to find some colorful fabric and I found the perfect one. Sue was a great help, taking the seats off and while I stapled the fabric on, she cleaned the chairs and screwed the finished seats back on.</div>
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Finished project! Ta da! I even made a table runner and I think it took me as long to sew that as it did to do the entire table and chairs! I am not much of a sewer. </div>
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Houston had to attend a conference in San Francisco while Sue and I scooted up to West Seattle where Seal and Mike had rented a place right on the water and had graciously invited us to spend a few days with them.</div>
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I call this their 'infinity' patio because it went right to the water.</div>
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We had the most beautiful sunsets. This charming lighthouse is right next door.</div>
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And on the other side are spectacular views of Mt. Ranier.</div>
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I sat on this patio and knit and drank wine A LOT!</div>
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We chose the perfect day to go sea kayaking, calm and sunny.</div>
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Walking around the neighborhood we came across these little libraries where you can just take a book or leave a book. What a great idea! We have this sort of thing at our local Barnesville post office and that's how I get most of my reading material.</div>
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Alki Beach has many cute cottages. I was smitten with this deep purple one with the lilac and lavender accents.</div>
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One of Seal and Mike's favorite dining spots, The Calcutta Grill, is located on top of a hill overlooking downtown Seattle.</div>
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A bagpiper comes to serenade the sun as it lowers on the horizon.</div>
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The last few days of our coastal ride were quite amazing. Although my knees were becoming more painful earlier in the day, I still enjoyed the ride. Who wouldn't, looking down at this?! </div>
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A few walks on the beach helped to loosen the legs. Love the colors of this ice plant.</div>
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I think my hardest day was our biggest and longest climb, then another steep climb, then just hill after hill after hill along the California coast. It seemed the hills were spread out enough that I couldn't get momentum to get partway up the next hill. We were luckily staying at a hotel that night but it was off course a bit. Sue and I stopped in town and asked this man on the sidewalk where the hotel was. He said, "Follow the drone!" and up into the sky the remote controlled drone went, taking a right and so did we. That made me smile a bit, but then back to feeling sorry for myself and the stupid golf ball sized pain in my knee. We biked and biked, getting further from town and finally came to the end of the road. We had to ask again where the hotel was. But of course! It was up a VERY steep hill. I actually started tearing up. We got off our bikes and pushed them up the cobbled drive and there was Houston, all showered and clean, drinking a beer on the balcony of our room. He yelled down that the wine was already in the fridge. Bless him! I collapsed on the bed for a few minutes and finally made it into the shower where I had myself a little pity party. I cried and yelled out, "I am NOT riding tomorrow! I. am. hitching!"</div>
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This is the Chapel at Sea Ranch, a non-denominational chapel in the woods. It is one of the most artistic structures I've seen. Every single element is artisan made, with natural materials.</div>
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These Russian hitching posts were just put in this park where Sue and I stopped to have lunch.</div>
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As we sat at the table, I wanted to try one more time to reach one of my long time yarn customers, Nancy. I knew Nancy lived at Sea Ranch, moving there from Baltimore a few years back and thought it would be fun to stop in and say hi to her. I finally located her phone number, gave her a call and left a message, saying I was biking along the coast and was nearby. </div>
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The next morning, Marie was all packed up and left earlier than us, saying she'd see us at lunch. We were all about to leave when I thought I heard a very faint ... "Dalis"... through the mist and fog that was rolling through. I wrinkled my brow and thought the mist does funny things with your sight, but not usually your hearing! But then again we all heard a bit louder…"DALIS"… and out of the fog walks Nancy!</div>
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My jaw just dropped. I couldn't believe she had found us! She said she got my message the day before and tried to call (with an offer of meal, a bed and hot shower…DARN!) but of course my phone was dead. She was traveling down the coast this morning and pulled over at the first biker, thinking it might be me. It was Marie, and Marie directed her to the campsite! How funny and so glad I got to see her, although it would have been fun to spend more time with her. Sue and I missed Nancy the day before in the nearby town where she was working in a gallery (she uses my roving and yarn in her felt work). We were in the gallery across the street but didn't realize there was another gallery. Oh well, I'm glad she made the effort to find me and it was a joy to see her.</div>
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As I said before, part of the journey is meeting wonderful people. We met Marie our first day out. She is French/English speaking, from a little town near Montreal. Marie had ridden the coast when she was in her 20's and now being in her 50's she wanted to do it again.</div>
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She packed things I would have never brought along. She loved to cook and would prepare 2 nights of dinners. She had two large pans (whereas we had just one tiny pan between he 3 of us), a warming cozy to keep her pan hot, plastic containers for carrying leftovers, two knives, cutting board, two types of flour, two types of oil and when I saw her zesting a lemon, I laughed out loud! A lemon zester! We teased her about where was the apple corer and egg slicer. </div>
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Our very last day biking was probably the most dangerous. From Salt Point State Park to Bodega Bay, the road is twisty turny, up and downy, with no shoulders and very steep cliffs. We were of course on the outside edge and it was very foggy so we couldn't actually see down to the coast, which might have been a blessing. There were a few construction areas where we had to push a button for a green light to travel on the one way road. We biked like hell to make it down the road before the light turned green on the uphill side which meant that cars would have been coming head on into us. </div>
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The reason for the construction areas was because the road was falling off into the sea. I witnessed some of this while looking down while I was biking. The asphalt was cracking and the road was VERY close to the edge, with no white line even left. I just moved over a bit and hoped for the best.</div>
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Here is a selfie of Sue and I on our last minutes on the bike. Still smiling! I don't have a photo of Houston's brother, Jim, picking us up. But seeing his van with bike racks and cold beverages, was a joy! Thank you Jimmy for driving 3 hours each way to pick us up us. So appreciated. Jim met us right before we got to Bodega Bay. </div>
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I am pretty proud of myself for completing this journey and so glad I was able to do it. I am hooked on bike touring now. We're already planning our next trips. Missoula to Jasper, the Continental Divide Trail, Idaho Hot Spring Mountain Bike Route, hmmmm, so many more to dream about. I encourage everyone to give it a try. Life on two wheels, my new passion!</div>
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Since I've been back a few weeks and have had time to contemplate the trip, I have forgotten some of the knee pain and remembered the joys of seeing these sights along the coast. </div>
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The tine dot on top is a person. This particular dune was a short hike from our campground. We were about 3 miles from the water and the dunes form huge hills all the way to the beach. We were passed by truck after truck with trailers hauling huge ATV's. Unfortunately, they are allowed to tear over these beautiful mounds, disturbing habitat and serenity.</div>
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I have to say that this yarn shop outside of Florence was very unfriendly. There were four ladies knitting and I tried to strike up a conversation as we knitters like to talk about our knitting. But these four were crabby-dabby-do and barely looked up. Allrighty then, see ya. </div>
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These signs were my favorite! Love that downhill grade! My least favorite signs were 'Slower Traffic Keep Right' which meant there was a steep hill coming up. Some of the climbs took an hour and a half of just putting your head down and pedaling. My speed was sometimes 3 mph which was about as slow as you could go without falling over. One time there was a cop on the other side of the highway checking car's speeds coming down the mountain. But I was of course climbing and looked over at him and asked if I was speeding. He laughed and said I was doing just fine. No ticket for me!</div>
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After this 1000' climb and nearly at the top, the campground we were staying at that night is 1000' down. To lost that much ground after working so hard made me frown a bit. Because the next morning we would climb the 1000' feet again to get back to where we started. Woe is me! </div>
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But thanks to Sue, she walked around the campground until she spotted a likely suspect with a large enough truck to carry 4 extra people, 4 bikes and all our gear. We met our 'angels' at 9:00 the next morning and the wife of the team was wearing a shirt that read, "Here I am. What are your next two wishes?" How appropriate!</div>
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We loaded up bikes, gear and our very happy selves and they scooted us right up that hill.</div>
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And here we are, smiling and ready to bike without having to make that huge climb. </div>
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Only 50 miles to go!</div>
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We were lucky enough to have our friend Tami, from Alaska join us for a couple days. She was driving from Portland to SF so I rode with her in the car for two days. Fortunately these were two days of not such pretty bike riding (along a freeway) so I was happy to be in the car for many reasons. Also Tami was a life saver as she brought us an entire cooler full of food, wine and beer to our campsite. So. much. food!!!</div>
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I cranked up Lord Huron on my iPod and just coasted down the road taking in the beauty of the redwoods.</div>
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I wished I would have ridden the 5 miles back to the beginning of this stretch and done it all again. I think this was my favorite part of the entire trip. (except maybe the 6 mile downhill…it might be a tie).</div>
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Well, this is what we saw day after day after day at the start of our trip. Miles of smiles! I can't say it was easy, but it sure was beautiful. Traffic along highway 101 along the Oregon coast can be busy. Logging trucks, semis and the bane of everything are the huge RV's. Why oh why do they have to be so big?! Nowhere in the world are they as big as they are here in the U.S. And they hate us bikers. I have to say most of the drivers of these monsters gave us room but some of the them had to prove a point as to who owns the road and they came WAY too close. I would automatically pull in my elbows and make a 'scrunchy' face. Scrunchy Face is when you squeeze your eyes tightly shut, tighten your lips and wrinkle your nose. Seemed to help. I'm still alive.</div>
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We camped almost every night. Houston rode on ahead as he is focused on getting to the destination. But Sue and I liked to take our time, enjoying the journey. Well, to be honest, I really wanted time to recover from the climbs. And I'm not sure if we passed a coffee shop without stopping. Any pull off for a scenic view was a mandatory stop. So this is what our campsite usually looked like. </div>
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Something wonderful about bike touring is the people you meet. The Pacific Coast Highway route isn't the most popular bike route in the country. The traffic scares most folks away. But we did see maybe 40 others in all. Almost all of us rode north to south as the winds blow that way. And wind at your back is a very good thing! We see the same riders at the same campsites if they are riding at our pace. The three of us were by far the oldest riders out there, except for Marie, who we met our first day out. More on Marie later. Most were in their 20's or early 30's from all over the world on many different journeys. Martin, (in the green jacket above) is from Yorkshire, riding for a few weeks along the coast. He would finish a long ride, set up camp and go for a run. I was lucky to make it to the shower!</div>
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Sue and I met Phillip after a very long climb over a mountain. He had a Ranger truck like mine with an empty pickup bed and I asked him where he was when we were climbing up that long hill? He laughed and we ended up talking to him for 20 minutes. He had been an extreme mountaineer and paddler, climbing and kayaking all over the world, all the highest peaks and dangerous rivers. He met his wife while climbing Kilimanjaro and she was just as tough as he. He had been a surveyor for the National Forest and would save up a month's vacation every year to travel the world. </div>
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This was so amazing. Took this little hike down to the beach from our campsite. Waves funneled through the slit in the rock. I was mesmerized. If you feel frazzled and need to calm down, watch this little video.</div>
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One of the many coffee breaks Sue and I took. So glad she's a coffee achiever like me.</div>
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This was the cutest coffee shop, all full of vintage goodness.</div>
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The owner has been in business for 27 years and loves her job.</div>
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But who couldn't stop for this?!!!! Love those sea stacks!</div>
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Eating was always near and dear to our hearts. Fuel is needed to get up those hills! But it is just a fallacy that you can eat whatever you want when biking. Well, maybe Sue can as she is no bigger than a bird. She said she purposely gained 5 lbs. before the trip so we wouldn't lose too much weight. I guess I've been getting ready for this trip for a couple decades! </div>
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In doing this trip, I really wanted to get fitter, build muscle and lose weight. But apparently one can bike over 700 miles, eat reasonably well and not lose any weight! True confessions: we were able to find wine along the way, put it on our bikes, and take it back to camp. One can only suffer so much! (I only lost weight when I quit biking! Go figure!) But I am stronger and can bike up those damn hills quicker than when I started. </div>
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After one arduous day of riding (up, a little bit down, way up, tiny bit down, up, up, up), we pulled into camp with no food for dinner, just bars and jels and I really didn't want more of those for dinner, uggh. Town was just another 2 miles, but I for one was beat and didn't want to get in that saddle again. So we ordered pizza, beer and wine! It was delivered to our camp and we were some happy campers that night! This is the beer they brought us, how appropriate.</div>
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We stopped for water at this way off the beaten track golf course. We walked into the clubhouse to fill up our water bottles and a woman behind the counter was making egg salad sandwiches. It was only 10:00 in the morning but an egg salad sandwich sounded so good that we just sat down awhile and scarfed up a couple. </div>
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We saw many beautiful sunsets. Not many sunrises. We were usually in bed by 8:30 - 9:00 and didn't crawl out of our tents until sometimes 8:00 in the morning! Recharging takes time I guess. </div>
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After two months of traveling, and only a couple weeks in between trips, we embarked on our third trip of the summer. This was by far the biggest trip, the one that took the most planning and packing, and the one I was the most apprehensive about. </div>
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Houston, our friend Sue, and I biked from Portland Oregon to San Francisco. We started riding July 14 and arrived in San Francisco July 29. The next few blog posts will be about our adventure on two wheels along the coast of Oregon and California and through the redwood forests of California.</div>
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Part 1: fly to Portland, visit friends and get ready to launch. </div>
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Houston had downloaded the Adventure Cycling maps onto our Garmins and also the book, "Biking the Pacific Coast", on our iPads. The route differs slightly, with AC maps going off the busy highways when possible. My electronics included the Garmin for my handlebar, my iPhone (mostly for photo taking), my iPad, my iPod for music (Apple addicted, I know!) and a backup charger. Besides biking up the hills, the hardest challenge was keeping the electronics charged!</div>
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We had our bikes delivered to our Rebecca's awesome shop in Portland, Queen Bee Creations. As luck would have it, there's a bike mechanic school right behind her store. One of the instructors came out as we were getting our bikes unpacked and wondered if we needed any tools or help. We asked for a wrench which he brought out along with a bike stand. He stood by about a minute and just couldn't help himself and dove right in and helped Houston assemble all three bikes.</div>
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A few months back I bought a brand new bike, a cyclocross bike, able to take back panniers or pull a trailer. We all opted for panniers this trip. My derailed was damaged in the shipping so I rode on over to one of three bike shops in a two block radius (it's Portland after all!) and they fixed it while I waited.</div>
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I was a bit worried about the bike being outfitted for my needs as I had no time to practice packing it or even testing out my new seat. We laid out everything in the hotel room and had a final pick of what goes on our bikes and what ships to Houston's brother's house so we'll have fresh clothes that aren't stinky bike clothes that we'll have worn for two weeks.<br />
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But first we visited friends that we know in Portland. This is Goldie, a college roommate of Houston's who recently bought this adorable cottage (forever home!).<br />
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It's the perfect size, has a beautiful garden and is a dream come true for Goldie. It's nice to see her so happy. We also saw Brad, Kelly and their two daughters (who happen to be my friend Bev's granddaughters!), enjoying a dinner out at one of the many brew pubs in Portland.<br />
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We filled up on a deeeelicious breakfast at 'Gravy'. If ever you have a chance to visit Portland, check it out. Amazing portions and a fun vibe. I loved their pendant lights, made with vintage ceiling lights.<br />
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We rode downtown and took the train out of the city as far as it went. Our first stop was at some friends from our Ultimate Frisbee days, Robin and Patty who live on a farm outside of Newburg. </div>
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It was a miserably hot day, near 100, and although we were only riding 28 miles, I felt whooped. Bad for a first day out. Since we didn't want to ride down their gravel road, Robin brought his wonderful huge pickup and rescued us from the heat. Happy day!<br />
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And fed us great local food and local wine overlooking their gardens.</div>
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Crocosmia does amazingly well in their climate. We saw it all through Oregon.</div>
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And their goats are super adorable. We're feeding them apples here. After video taping them, on my phone, I replayed it for them and they were at first very curious, but then snorted and ran off, not sure who those strange tiny goats on the screen were.<br />
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At the top of the hill, in a thick forest of trees and along a rippling creek and hardly any traffic, we started our big adventure by biking the first 10 or so miles all downhill. Yay! </div>
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I have 1200 songs on my new iPod, 5 books downloaded on my iPad, my new bike is on it's way to Portland and my bags are packed with all the gear I need for 3 weeks of biking on this little road they call the Pacific Coast Highway. I am soooo excited but I have to admit that this could be a challenge. It's up and it's down and it's up and down some more. There are logging trucks and RV's and hopefully every driver is looking out for me on my bike. Houston and our friend, Sue, will be biking over 700 miles, camping along the way. We're carrying all our gear, but luckily we won't have to carry much food as there are places to eat along the way. It's recommended that we try to get out of camp by 6:30 and not to bike if there's fog. Luckily the temperatures are typically in the 60's during the day and low 50's at night. </div>
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We're flying into Portland where we'll (Houston) be assembling our bikes, putting on the panniers, bags, bells, whistles, mirrors, lights and making everything comfy for the ride. I had to ship my bike out before I was able to do a test pack to see if everything would fit. So I'm flying by the seat of my pants here and hoping what I plan on bringing is going to fit. My knees have been hurting even before I begin biking 60 miles a day. I'm a pretty good sucker-upperer and ibuprofen does wonders, so my knees better behave themselves. I'm better on a bike than I am walking so that's good. </div>
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Since I can't go anywhere without my knitting, I paired down to two projects. One for biking and one for everything else. I'm knitting the Wingspan out of my Sock Hop yarn (new color way!) and Saranac out of Hustle (another new color way!).</div>
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I got an invoice yesterday with a happy little sticker on it. It read, "Life begins at the end of your comfort zone!" True that!!!!</div>
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Our last night in England was spent at this lovely inn/pub. Houston had gotten some sort of food poisoning we think and didn't feel well at all. He was such a trooper though and drove the 6 hours from Yorkshire. I stayed close and hung out on the patio. I took a stroll through the village, but it was pretty quiet. </div>
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So goodbye to England for this time. Had a great time, but it's time to get back to unpack and pack for the next trip. And it's a doozy!</div>
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I think the Dales are my favorite part of England, although the Cotswolds are a close second. Wow! Does it get any prettier than this?!</div>
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The cows are used to hikers passing through their fields.</div>
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I was surprised at how nice and sturdy this foot bridge was making our river crossing so easy. It connected one field to another field.</div>
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Hmmmm….wonder where the trail is?!</div>
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and stopped for a visit at one of my favorite felt artists, Andrea Hunter. Her art always amazes me. She paints with wool, laying it down very thin. Her pieces look like photographs until you get up close and realize that is it is all wool. </div>
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We got to stay in this youth hostel outside a small village in the country. We had a huge room with amazing views. The Tour de France passed right by this front entrance last Saturday.</div>
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This was once a hunting lodge, built by a wealthy landowner for his guests.</div>
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We walked down the hill to the village for dinner, passing lambs along the way.</div>
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The entire North Yorkshire area was festooned for the Tour de France.</div>
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It was estimated that the tour would bring in over 100 million pounds (that's about $170 million!) in just the north Yorkshire area alone. Farmers had mown their fields and put up signs for parking and camping.</div>
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I hated to leave the Dales but I did score some nice Wenslydale yarn. I've contacted the spinning mill and 20 kilos are on it's way to Dancing Leaf Farm!</div>
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After traveling over hill and dale, we arrived at our farm stay for two nights. A converted stone barn houses 6 units with a central courtyard and patios and decks on the back sides. A rooftop full of solar panels helps with the electricity.</div>
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…and a culinary stop at an awesome pub. That's what's great about England, you can hike or bike from pub to pub.</div>
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And then you can have toad in the hole or haggis with keeps & tatties, oh and pints of beer.</div>
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This is where scenes from Harry Potter were filmed.</div>
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After the hike, we stopped at another pub right across from this pond. Nice view to look at while drinking my pinot grigio.</div>
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Leaving our farm stay, we stopped in Malton, taking a walk around the village. There's a weekly sheep and cattle auction but unfortunately not the day we were there. I would have loved to have seen all the sheep in these pens with the farmers buying and selling and the hubbub all around.</div>
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At the end of the block and up the hill is a beautiful view of the sea.</div>
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With folk frolicking on the sand below. It was a beautiful, sunny day and this being Saturday, there were many folks out enjoying the weather and the famous fish and chips of Whitby.</div>
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We headed up to Northern England to take in the Moors and the Dales. This part of England is rugged and soft and hilly and rocky and overall, just beautiful. </div>
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We stayed at a youth hostel right on the water, Boggle Hole. A boggle is a hobglobin, who they say haunts this place. I saw no sign of it. </div>
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When walking on the rocky coastline, you turn a corner and you get a peek at Robin Hood's Bay, one of my favorite places on the coast. This was my 4th time here as I enjoy it so much every time.</div>
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One of the reasons we came to England this time was to attend Laura and Dan's wedding. We've known Laura since she was in high school in Australia. Houston worked with her dad, Brian, while we were in Sydney. Laura and Dan met in Cambridge and they lived just two blocks from us when we lived here so we saw them a bit. Dan is a big bicyclist so he and Houston had many rides around Cambridge. Houston actually bought Dan's race bike.</div>
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We got a lovely tour of London on our way to the London Eye, a ferris wheel of sorts. </div>
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Laura and her cousin, the bridesmaid.</div>
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A hark back to the '80's, the Sex Pistols and Depeche Mode.</div>
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We had a full sit down meal with delicious food. Laura and Dan are foodies and they picked our selections well.</div>
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There was not really an official wedding cake, as we had our individual desserts with dinner, but since Dan is of Swiss descent, his father had put together this 'cheese' cake. Now, that's a wholelotta cheese!</div>
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It was a wonderful day/evening and our first traveling wedding to three locations. Fun times and I wish a long and happy life to this darling couple.</div>
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I asked Audrey (my fabulous neighbor/knitter) 6 days before the Sheep & Wool Fest, if she could knit up this little cardigan. I had no samples of my new yarn, <a href="https://dancingleaffarm.myshopify.com/collections/yarn/products/shimmy">Shimmy</a>, and wanted something to show how nice this yarn is.</div>
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Well, she got it done the evening before and I picked it up in the wee hours on Saturday morning on my way to the fest. Job well done, Audrey!</div>
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The pattern is '<a href="http://www.ravelry.com/patterns/library/miette">Miette</a>', available for free on ravelry. This size took 5 skeins of <a href="https://dancingleaffarm.myshopify.com/collections/yarn/products/shimmy">Shimmy</a>.</div>
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The color is 'Orchid', the pantone color of the year.</div>
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Anne wore it while working at the booth. Love her handspun, hand knit skirt too! </div>
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My favorite thing to do while in Cambridge is to hop on my bike and ride around, in the city and the countryside. No matter how many times I see these cottages, I am still enthralled with their charm. I love the thatched roofs, the colors of the stucco and the gardens surrounding the homes.</div>
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This was the day that England was playing in the world cup.</div>
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On some of the cottages, there are thatch adornments. </div>
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This is in a little village, just a short trail ride from Cambridge. </div>
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They have a Mini Cooper to match their cottage!</div>
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All the trails, even public paths and fields in town, have cattle grazing the lush pastures.</div>
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This is one of my favorite places. The Orchard in Grantchester has the best cranberry scones. It's a popular site to come and wile away an afternoon.</div>
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The views within the city are so spectacular too. This is the River Cam, from the bridge we cross over on the way to City Centre.</div>
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I found vintage! A shop in downtown Cambridge sells vintage crates and spools along with new items. I found out the couple met in Rhode Island and loved the vintage things in the states.</div>
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A little market close to our flat. We only have a few days left in Cambridge, then we're off to the north. So today I'm off for more sight seeing while biking.</div>
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My sheep were sheared a bit late this year. Luckily it hadn't been too hot yet. Looking at that fleece, do ya think she needs shearing?!</div>
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And Junebug is ready to have that heavy wool coat off too.</div>
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Isn't it beautiful?!</div>
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"Why yes, since you asked, I do feel so much better!"</div>
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Four naked sheep, relaxing after the big day. Four sheep…nearly 48 pounds of wool! They did a little dance in the back field, feeling so much lighter!</div>
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I survived Friday the 13th. It was a pretty marvelous day. A day of riding my bike through the beautiful English countryside….</div>
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and a drink at the local pub with this view. I am one lucky girl. And it's my nearly last day in my 50's. I am about to turn the corner into 60-dom. Wow! I really can't believe it. Where has the time gone?! Don't we all say that when we get old?</div>
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Tomorrow we go to a wedding in London which will be really fun. It starts at 12:45 and continues on when England plays Italy in the World Cup beginning at 11:00 p.m. We will be taking the last train back to Cambridge about then after a day of celebrating with this young couple as they get married, drinking at their local pub, taking a few whirls on the 'i' with champagne, and on to another pub for dinner. Then the train ride back to Cambridge and a bike ride to our flat in the wee hours of the morning. What a way to spend my last day being 59! </div>
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Sunday when I'm actually SIXTY YEARS OLD, we're having a quiet picnic on the grounds of the college with a few friends. Sounds so peaceful. After a day of biking for sure. I plan on eating a lot of chocolate cake from Waitrose, so will have to bike a lot to reward myself. </div>
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Both Houston and I turn 60 within a few weeks of each other. We decided that this will be the summer of travel to ease ourselves into the 60's. </div>
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So our next trip is a a 900 mile bike ride down the Pacific Coast. We've just booked our tickets so it's a go. I got a new bike for the trip and wish I had new knees to go along with it, but these old knees will just have to do. We're carrying all our gear and camping along the way. Let's hope I can do it. </div>
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