The month of May is passing quickly, and the blog posts that I write in my head somehow don't make it to the computer...so I'm going to do a photo post update!
May 4th was our tenth anniversary,which was spent with our friends in Canada for a flyball tournament. Most of our evening was spent playing the horribly awfully fun card game Cards Against Humanity, but my wonderful husband did get me a beautiful anniversary band. It's diamonds and sapphires in white gold, with a black finish applied on the parts where the sapphires are set - very different from the usual band, and I love it. Right now I'm wearing it on my right hand, however, as a week later I somehow jammed my left ring finger and it's still swollen, so that I can't get my band off or my engagement or anniversary rings back on - very irritating!
At the tournament I got not one but two 0.000 perfect starts with Ezri - and earned a t-shirt for my accomplishment!
Phoebe was quite tired after the weekend, as again she ran as savage height dog and at the age of 13, that's finally starting to tire her out. I was pretty amused by her choice of sleeping location, as it's only been two years waiting for her to figure out she could sleep on the little cushion I put up there for her. In other news, we are looking for a wonderful retirement home for Phoebe will she will be loved, spoiled, and not have to deal with bitchy herding dogs for the rest of her life. I hope we can find one, she deserves and has earned a quite respite for her golden years.
The Subaru has been inching steadily closer to the magical 100,000 mile mark, so one day last week I gave up and just drove around a bit until I got it to kick over so I could pull into a parking lot for a picture. I had a picture of the 50,000 mark when I got my very first iPhone, but it was lost on a software update soon thereafter, which has always made me a little sad.
A friend of mine gave me this delightfully nerdy 80s version of the Aperture Science logo to put on my RV trailer. It's fantastic!
Another Windstone dragon has come home to live with me, this one a Coiled Dragon in a limited edition color of Black Emerald Violet. This is my first one of this type, and the black is incredibly rich and gorgeous in person, very different than the colored sculptures that I have already.
The lilac bush that lives in the middle of the stairwell in the back deck has grown even bigger and this year it produced about 16 flowers - the most ever! The poor thing hasn't held up well to the heavy rain we had yesterday, however, so I went out and clipped several of the flowers to bring them in for me to enjoy. I think we're going to have to strap or tie the main stalks of the bush upright, as they've been leaning a bit for a while (aiming for the sun, I think) and are now laying across the guardrail on the deck. Very beautiful, nonetheless.
On Saturday my friend Christy and I spent quite a while doing squilt-related things, including a trip out to a quilt shop that was having a 25% off sale for their anniversary as well as sewing time. I managed to complete the quilt top started in the class I took at the sewing expo in March, and I've conceptualized what I need to do to piece the backing so that I can put it all together. I also spent some time working on the baby quilt that I am making for a friend's son, and of course I have one that I have started for my nephew that I hope to finish before his birthday in September. I need to get rolling!
But even with all of the quilting I want to do and need to do, I'm still doing some spinning. I was getting frustrated with the first batch I was working with, so I grabbed another spindle and a different batch of fiber and started a different one. It's a lovely color and is working a little more easily for me, which is very nice and relaxing. I just need to do it more often - like so much else!
And as if all of that wasn't enough, tonight I am taking a wheel spinning class - whee!
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