Bookcase in Color

I recently came upon a free, beautiful wooden bookshelf, that I feel like just might be waiting to be turned into a receptacle for fabric and other sundry craft items waiting to be displayed. I first saw the idea for decorating a bookshelf in one of my new favorite craft books to look at"One Yard Wonders" by Rebecca Yaker and Patricia Hoskins . I think I smell a new project coming on.

Here is a picture of what I'm talking about from Apartment Therapy.

And Here are a few inspirational images from www.weheartit.com under the search of "bookshelf". Here are the all mighty tomes that we read every day, the intangible sensations we gather from reading our favorite stories and truths, the stories of ourselves, in books.

The Honeycomb idea is really cool

I think the first one and this tree should go side by side together

I fear that someday my book collection might look like this and that I might have to invest in a ladder to slide myself down the extensive isles, so far that you won't be able to see me when I get to the end. Till that day comes, I'm settling for the growing stacks of colored information.

Boc Choy, Books, and Beaches

I have been reading Eco Geography by Andreas Suchankte. I finally made it through the introduction, slightly scathed by some intellectual late night reading, and happy to move on to the true meat of the book! It is a good book on perspective, using your creativity and imagination when looking at the world and the human mind. Some of it is based on Rudolf Steiner's writings and on anthroposphy. It is very thought provoking which I like!

This photograph is from Memorial day when I went with my family to the beach. I'm not sure whose feet those are but I know the small ones are of a gull, probably a lot of sea gulls. It was a pretty overcast day to start but the sun broke through and I managed to get myself into a suit and into the water for about ten seconds. Of course the proclamations of people who were out in it (the three people in the water mind you) were wafting across the water to the tune of "It's really not that bad once you get in" but I knew how bad it would be! There is no fooling when it comes to the temperature of water anymore, there is no kidding you into it after about the first time your toes hit the water when your a year old, and the frigid winter water bites your toes. This sensation is not forgotten, so don't try to fool us!

Today on the farm I harvested peas and squash and broccolli, weeded in several areas and planted five varieties of lettuce (romaine, black seeded simpson, red sails, green oak leaf, and another green lettuce!) and turnips. We also worked in the greenhouse planting some beets. pac choi and scallions. I found out today that the reason there is a spelling difference between "Pac Choi" and "Bok Choi" is that the B spelling is Chinese and more commonly used here in the states and that the P spelling is Taiwanese. I did however just find this article that better describes the misunderstandings of why this vegetable has held all of these names: Bok choy, bok choi, pak choi, pak choy

So hopefully this has been an enjoyable post about books, beaches and Bok Choy!

An Oldy but a Goody

I decided to post a of picture here (but also on my ravelry account) of a scarf that I made a while ago. It's from Kids Knitting by Melanie Falick. A truely beautiful book with projects on how to make knitted puppet washclothes, a drop shoulder sweater, a snake, knitting needles, bean bags, all in beautiful colors and designs. I've always enjoyed looking at it.

   I helped out at the local yarn shop doing inventory over the weekend. Perhaps I'll post some shots of how neat and tidy I made some of those shelves when I was done with them! We all worked in teams, calculating and counting,Thanks to my mom for being my hard working number taking team mate we got it all done! We all had fun discovering the hidden yarns in the shop that we never knew existed. 

    I've got my eye on a few things now. I've set my sights on yarn for making the Williams Pullover Sweater and a pair of socks with some leftover yarn I have from making a hat for a friend. Hopefully my mother will be showing me how to do the latter!

I've acquired a renewed thirst in mystery's that I haven't had a for a while I got this and this at the library over the weekend and today. No I have no shame when it comes to mystery's, it's giving me something do when I go to the gym. One is on tape and one is a book. I also downloaded a few podcasts from the long list on crafsanity. Just find the descriptions on the long sidebar on her site, and then I just looked up the number on her listing under podcasts on i-tunes and downloaded the ones I wanted. I started with Amy Butler who's amazing fabrics you can find here.