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23 Feb 2012
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5 Signs that Spring is Right Around the Corner

    

1. The doves have started using my back porch like it’s their own personal pick up bar.  I keep telling them to “get a room”, but apparently PDA’s don’t seem to bother them.

      2.  The yard services have come through our neighborhood and scalped the trees.  Supposedly this helps them bloom better in a month or so.  For the moment, they just look embarrassed. 

3.  Skunk mating season is waning.  Booyah.  While the thought of Mama skunks now gestating the future generation of stink leaves me less than ecstatic, I am pleased to report fewer critter carcasses on the road.  Or not.

 4.  Allergies.  Nothing says Spring like snot flying out of your nose on a morning run.

 5.  I have a hankering to “Tiptoe Through the Tulips” while brandishing a ukulele. 

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07 Feb 2012
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Skunk Love

        So, while driving down a country road the other day, I hit a skunk.  Now I know you’re going to need a moment to REALLY ponder the significance of such an event.  Really.

     

      February is skunk mating season around these parts.  I know, I know, the thought of skunk fornication registers a 10 on your excitement meter.  Mine too.

     But here’s the problem – in their quest to get to the other side of the road for a night of skunk whoopee, those handsome, randy, male skunk-studs keep getting flattened.  We’re talking road kill every 500 feet.

     It’s a wonder the skunk population survives.  Unfortunately, they do.

     Anyhoo, having run over (and suffered the consequences of) my fair share of the odiferous critters, I’ve come to appreciate that, like all species, there are many variations of skunk.

     Some have stripes that are bright white, some close to yellow in hue.  Some have short hair, and others have glamorously long black and white locks.

     This has me to wondering – would it be inappropriate to request you spinners out there add some bodacious skunk fur to the yarn line up?

     Might be a market for it.  Just sayin’….

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01 Feb 2012
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Introducing: She’s A Little Bit Odd Stripes

                   A sneak preview….              

     As I’ve been saying, (and saying), up until now the stripes coming out of the Lollipop Lab have been even-steven, matchy-matchy, ok, about a half inch wide.  You know, I just didn’t want to make any of my dye colors mad at me for playing favorites. A girl’s gotta keep the peace.

Well, a couple of them (who shall remain nameless) pissed me off a while back, so all bets are off! 

     For those of you who like to live life on the wild side, I present the ”She’s A Little Bit Odd Stripes”. 

Squee

   First up was a colorway that’s been on the to do list for a while.   Even had a cute name picked out.  But when the yarn came out of the dyepots, all that went out the window when I yelled, “Squee!”

     Actually, I shouted, “Holy Crap, that’s gorgeous!”, but Squee sounds better.  So Squee it is.

       REALLY want to keep one of these for myself.  Whoever gets one, please post pics somewhere.  8 rows Exciting Emerald, 4 rows Fetching Fuschia, 8 rows Adorable Aqua, 4 rows Pleasing Pink.

     Next up in the oddball section is Green A GoGo.  Can’t actually tell you what a GoGo is, but all I know is there’s a whole lotta bright green going on here.  8 rows Nifty Neon, 4 rows Vivid Verdigris, 8 rows Nifty Neon, 4 rows Tempting Teal.

     Oddballs unite!

Green A Gogo

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