Products of Irene

 Crazy Eyes

Growing Parliament (need to add feet to pinkie)

Back to School .......

Had my first day of classes Friday and there is something to be said about college. Walking through the hallways as students rush to and from classes, the excitement in the air of new possibilities, and potential knowledge.
It made be giddy.
Though the first week consists of professors going over their syllabuses it's still fun. I had Medical Anthropology on Friday. It looks to be an interesting class that will help with writing and critical thinking.
There were threats that classes on Monday would be canceled because of Hurricane Irene but we were not hit that hard. A bit of rain and wind. My parents did loose electricity and am not sure when it will be turned on. Some areas flooded and parts of the electricity were turned off in lower Manhattan. But over all NY seems to have weathered the storm alright. A bunch of trees got knocked down in Brooklyn. But it seems like it could have been worse.

Owls and Aliens

New crochet projects.
Love doing these cute little Aliens and playing with color and button combos.
My friend Jessica was in town (had a great time, she stayed at Casa de Soto B&B) and took the 3 aliens as a baby gift for her friends baby. - ooh boohoo now I have to make more :)

Am also working on these Owls.

 Love the little butt.

 Little creepy in maroon and because of the different yarn it changed the proportions. 

Don't really like it.

 Need to add feet.

I like the brown (soooo 70's) and lavender one. I want to make a bunch in different colors but keep the face yarn the same on all and the feet yarn the same on all.

 A group of owls is called a parliament. 

hehe they make me happy. I can just envision a whole bunch of them sitting on a shelf.

Watkins Glen, Upstate NY

Daniel and I finally got out of the city for a while. Our plan was to go up to Watkins Glen on Saturday and camp till Thursday. But there was a Nascar race there with 200,000 people so the camp grounds were full on Saturday. Typical. So we went up Sunday. My parents let us borrow their car and it was only about a 4.5 hour drive. Upstate NY is really lovely.
There was a rain storm so one night we feared we might have to sleep in the car but the tent held up well. Because of the rains one of the Nascar races was delayed, so while most people left there were still a bunch and we got caught in traffic for an hour trying to get into town.
It was a pretty chill week. We hiked the Watkins Glen gorge (pictures), went swimming in the campgrounds pool, read a lot, rested, hiked some chill trails, drove around Seneca Lake - which has a lot of winery's and is beautiful, ate, had camp fires and relaxed.
It was rejuvenating.
Next time we want to try to get up to Maine and camp around there. Try to take advantage of the east coast.
Now things will amp up. I start school in about a week. I'll be taking Archaeology, Medical Anthropology and Ethnology. There will be a ton of reading and paper writing.
I'm starting to freak out. But am still excited.