The House Cup - 4KCBWDAY1

It's that time of year again. The 4th Annual (and my third year of participating in) Knit and Crochet Blog Week hosted by Eskimimi. Today's prompt is to choose a House to join. I narrowed it down to two.
There is "The House of Bee: Bees are busy and industrious, but can flit from one interesting project to the next as bright and shiny things capture their interest." or "The House of Monkey: Intelligent and with a fun loving side, Monkeys like to be challenged with every project presenting them with something new and interesting." I am nothing if not indecisive when it comes to making silly decisions like this. But there wasn't a house for that.

So I have decided that I am The House of Bee Monkey. Bee Monkeys are busy and industrious and like to try something new and interesting with their projects. They also like to make up their own rules when existing ones don't suit them.

Zippy the Bee Monkey

I'm a fairly monogamous knitter. (Three WIPs max) And although I am multicraftual, I tend to only have one project out at a time. I'm also unwilling to stick to "The Rules" when it comes to crafts. As long as the project looks good at the end, it doesn't matter how I got there. So I identify with the unconventional House of Bee Monkey this year.

Until The Light Fades Away

A few days ago I spent a couple of hours raking up my little fenced yard. I accidentally disturbed this little guy in the process. He was none too pleased.

After finishing with the garden, I decided to go on a little photo date with myself. I found a few insects that had drowned in the pool. They were in perfect condition.

I have to confess, nature photography is my favorite. Especially insect photography.

It was another stunning evening at the mill.

The sheep were out. The little one is Dottie, the first lamb I ever held. She was one of the triplets. I like to think that we have a special bond.

I watched the sky until the last glimmers of light faded away.

I Thought Graduation Would Be A Bit More Exciting

It is official. As of today, I have graduated. I thought it would feel a bit more exciting than "I guess I don't go to school anymore." But in honor finishing school, I am posting an assignment I am particularly proud of. It was done in 30 hours over five days last summer. The music is by a local artist called Nat Lefkoff. You should check out his other music. It is quite excellent.

In other news, I bought myself a ball winder and swift. I can't believe I didn't buy it sooner. I can wind piles of yarn so quickly. It use to take me nearly a whole James Bond movie to wind one ball. But now.... Zoom!

Scooter investigates. Seems harmless, but it takes the attention away from him.

I got rather addicted and wound all the loose yarn in my collection.

While I was taking the yarn pictures, I noticed some bees pollinating the flowers. Naturally I had to follow them around. A sort of bee paparazzi if you will.

Macro shots are some of my favorite to take.

New work in progress. I started on my first lace project. And by first, I mean the first one I intend to finish. There was the disastrous lace scarf incident that scarred me so badly that I haven't tried lace in four years. I knit faster now. I'm sure this will go better. The pattern is the Shipwreck Shawl.