Hollins University, Roanoke, Virginia - Part 2

Hollins University, Roanoke, Virginia

See the thing behind the lampost? That's a chalkboard. On the top it says "Which woman legend is your favorite?" and underneath it says things like, "Anne Frank," "Britney Spears <-- I hope you're joking," "Michelle Obama," "My Mom."

A beautiful creek is in the next picture, and after that, Hollins' rockclimbing walls.

This is Tinker Hall, a freshman dorm!! The only one with A/C, but people have been able to deal. Next is the first Pressor(sp?) Music Hall. Then, three photos of the inside of a dorm room in Tinker, decorated thanks to Bed, Bath, & Beyond!! The rooms are slightly smaller in Randy, the other freshman dorms, but there there is a closer-knit (haha) comunity.

The theater!!!

A lovely little garden. And the path goes all around the campus, too. What a lovely day it would've been to walk down it!

A pond with fish in it. Lindsay, my guide and a really cool girl, thought this was very cool.

The springhouse, and the oldest building on campus.

The library and the campus. The veiw is simply gorgeous in person, and this picture is not doing it justice. The library is simply ~majestic~.

Again, the library. No justice here either.

The campus, and the church, too. The church is no one specific religion.

'Dana'. Building in which I had 'New Media and Liturature,' the really cool class that I took. I have quite a few things that I have to look up now!

Roanoke, Virginia

The front entrance to the Hollins University campus in Roanoke, Virginia. It's a very pretty campus.

The front yard of the campus.

This place was recommended as a good place for dinner but we don't think we'll go back.

A very cool sign in front of a restaurant that was not open on Sunday.

There Be Dragons . . .

Please take a moment to click on the dragon eggs in the right hand column of the blog. The eggs won't hatch if nobody clicks on them and we would hate it if they died before they hatched.

Thank you - the egg adopters

Up, up, up, up, to the Heaviside Layer

The moments of happiness . . .

We had the experience but missed the meaning

And approach to the meaning restores the experience

In a different form, beyond any meaning

We can assign to happiness . . .

The past experience revived in the meaning

Is not the experience of one life only

But of many generations - not forgetting

Something that is probably quite ineffable

Moonlight, turn your face to the moonlight

Let your memory lead you

Open up, enter in

If you find there the meaning of what happiness is

Then a new life will begin

Moonlight, turn your face to the moonlight

Let your memory lead you

Open up, enter in

If you find there the meaning of what happiness is

Then a new life will begin

Up, up, up, past the Russell Hotel

Up, up, up, up, to the Heaviside Layer

Up, up, up, past the Jellicle Moon

Up, up, up, up, to the Heaviside Layer

In Loving Memory of Jessica

beloved family friend

- may she Rest in Peace.

February 1999 - March 4, 2009

The Undone is Redone

So I knit Ishbel in the smaller size and had it all but finished - then decided that it was not going to be big enough to be very useful. So I ripped the entire thing out and reballed the yarn. I liked it though and it's a really quick knit, so I decided to redo it.

These pictures show the new object but the color isn't really accurate in either of them.

I went up a few needle sizes - the pattern calls for a u.s. 6 and I'm using a u.s. 9. And then I added a few repeats of the lace which meant adding several extra rows of the stockinette to get the extra stitches I needed.

It's quite nice - I like the texture and drape. It will probably be finished by tomorrow.

And this is a little present I bought for myself - a book all about the words in our language that were derived from textiles. It's very interesting . . . I'm just begining to read it.

We Will Remember

Our Helmet Liner's and their scarfs have been finished but I keep forgetting them when we go up to White House yarns. I will remember to put them in the car (they are on the kitchen table next to my purse but Andrew and mom have the car and are out shopping. Please Remember our Troops overseas and find a LYS near you that supports the Helmet Liner Project. CitizenSam has information about the Helmet Liner Project as well as other ways to remember our troops. Whether you agree with the war or not, the troops are sons and daughters, dads and moms, friends and neighbors and deserve everyone's support. Blurb from Operation Helmet Liner:

Operation Helmetliner The Tip of the Spear
The focus of Operation Helmetliner is the ground troops in war zones who are at the "tip of the spear". These soldiers are serving on the front of the war on terrorism and many are in remote combat outposts located away from the usual logistic system that provides to larger forward operating bases and air fields.
Our Armed Forces at those locations have no way of purchasing items they so desperately need. If someone doesn't mail those items to them, they can't get them. The helmet liners and scarves are only sent when there’s enough to outfit the entire unit so no one is left out. There is no deadline for this project. Please help us by spreading the word to other crafters. Thank you!

Weather Forecast: Brrr!

This is what it looks like this afternoon here in the deep south. And it is as cold as it looks, too. I probably should have waited until it quit snowing because there is supposed to be about 3" of accumulation. But the girls wanted to go out in it and I figured why not. This may not look like much to you guys, but Mom knows it's a lot for us here!

Little Furry Friend doesn't really like it - she wants to go back inside where it's warm and dry. But if everyone else is going to play in it, she may as well too! Do you know how well snow sticks to the hair on a Coton de Tulear? Yes, I guess you do, but I didn't really.

Oh yeah, I had the Ishbel Shawl in the Malabrigo Sock yarn all done - was ready to do the bind off and decided that it wasn't big enough. So I ripped it out, rewound the yarn and cast on again with a larger needle. There was lots of leftover yarn, so I'm thinking of adding a few more stitches to it too . . . .