Litter Plucking-Earth Day

Annual litter pluck day
SULLIVAN COUNTY – The Sullivan County Division of Public Works and Solid Waste donates trash bags for roadside cleanup event and accepts roadside refuse free of charge at the landfill and transfer stations. 845/794-3000 ext. 3072.

Today my husband I spent a few hours doing this litter plucking. (Shoot- I did not think to bring my camera.) We just plucked a small area to clean by the NY/Pa bridge near our house. It was a beautiful day to pluck but I am totally shocked at all the garbage that is tossed along the sides of the bridge and roads. We had 3 full construction size bags of garage that included numerous beer cans , bottles and wrappers from all kinds of cigarettes and food. Also were some political signs buried in dirt, Christmas decorations, a video tape, hub cap and some cat food cans. We took our treasure to the library where they had a dump truck full of the group's efforts. It made me feel good to see all that garbage off the roadsides.

Pug are Bed Hogs

I just had to buy 3 of these Pug plates from an ad in the Parade Magazine. It is a Gary Patterson Plate titled " BED HOG"One for each of my kids and one to keep. We all have pugs that hog the bed and sleep in such comical ways .

Tonight is Knitting Group night. The group project we are starting are "Queen of the Diamond Socks" form Spin Off. I hope I can handle it my frustration level is high lately. I am looking forward to using the circular needles for the first time with socks and if I have to go to a simple pattern I will. We are making plans for our Baltimore Sheep and Wool road trip.

Can you believe I ripped out 2 days of work on 2 cloths for the Dish Cloth KAl? The count of the stitches and my concentration were really off. I finally convinced myself last night that this one was not fun- why torture myself for dish cloths?I just ripped and ripped and enjoyed it. I don't think I have the patience for lace.- at least this week.

So sad

One of the students that got shot at Virginia Tech went to Minisink High School http://www.minisink.com/the same one my kids attended. Caitlin was an only child that was extremely talented and respected by all. . My heart goes out to her family, friends and all of her former teachers.Every mother knows this is your worst nightmare. You send your kids off to college and hope that you have prepared them but,never imagine something like this. Nothing could be worse.

Mid April KAl

Starting 2 dish clothes in variegated yarns for this months KAL. I look forward to these but wonder if it is keeping me from finishing other projects.I do not have a long knitting project span for some reason so this KAL works for me. I get frustrated with so many ufo's.

The weather really is crappy here. Snow, sleet, rain and lots of flooding in the area.Schools were even closed here today. The Delaware is roaring and getting higher but not like last summer's flood.

Return from Puerto Rico

Duck Tour of San Juan

and

sock knitting by the pool
snorkeling in the Caribbean

Whew..from sunny 90 degree weather to return to snow, slush and cold.... but still glad to be home to my husband and pugs.. My trip was wonderful with quality time with my daughter !Not as much knitting done on this vacation as we were very active with hiking in the rain forest, Duck tour, rum punch /snorkeling day trip and walking to Old San Juan and Condado. My blue sock got past the heel .Now on to unpacking and clearing the mess my husband left all week