06.29.07

Back home

Posted in travel at 10:57 pm by wendy

Safe and sound.

Speaking of safe and sound (well, relatively) Digit is back! Welcome home miracle cat! I love how he looks like Greebo in this top picture.

I had a fantastic time in Portland and Eugene.
sushi

I shopped like I don’t think I have ever shopped before. I’d say my plastic is sore, but I just checked the card balance, and wow. Less than I thought. I’m going to have to go through my bag of receipts and make sure everyone has gone through–it seemed like a lot of people had a Paypal virtual terminal type thing going on, most needed the street number, card verification number, phone number and zip code, others needed the street name & city too. As a merchant, I looked at that and thought, ‘holy cow, I can’t see people having the patience for that at a show or faire!” but as a customer, I was like, “Whee! Cool stuff! Who cares?” It takes a second to write it all down, I didn’t have a problem with it and didn’t see anyone else fussing about it either. I’d be curious to hear what you all think about it.

manzanita burl spindle from spindlewood
Anyway, the spindle above was purchased direct from Spindlewood. Quite a few vendors there had them, in the woods you can see on their page, but this manzanita burl square whorl with wenge shaft just grabbed me with its gradation of color. I love manzanita and its little dried apple-tasting berries, it’s a big feature of local ramblings. I liked talking to him and his wife, it’s my favorite thing about these kind of markets this opportunity to meet the people who produce the stuff we love, and the people behind the online shopping.And of course, one of the best things about leaving is coming home. Packages come…like this one from Dawn of the Knitter’s Coffee Swap, yum. (click on it to go to its flickr pic and see notes)

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And the best thing ever about coming home…
Snoozy big bear
I have a lot more about BSG and the trip, but until then, this picture sums it up.
happy camper

10 Comments »

  1. Cathy said,

    June 30, 2007 at 7:30 am

    Beautiful manzanita spindle; how’d I missed the Spindlewood booth? Think I must have had fiber blindness.

  2. Ande said,

    July 1, 2007 at 9:22 am

    Wow! Looks like a TON of fun! And I wouldn’t mind coming home t that too. Snerk!

  3. Jen said,

    July 1, 2007 at 5:08 pm

    That is some of the most beautiful sushi I have ever seen.
    Sounds like you had a great time:)

  4. elizabeth said,

    July 2, 2007 at 9:09 am

    I’m so jealous - it’ll be another three months before it’s cool enough here to sleep in a tent.

    I want to hear about the luscious fiber!!!!

  5. sue said,

    July 3, 2007 at 2:28 pm

    Glad your back !!! I’ve missed you. I’m taking a break from spinning classes for the summer,(kiddo at home and all) but may stop in for a hello. Call me if you have time. I’d love to catch up.

  6. fiberhounds said,

    July 3, 2007 at 7:35 pm

    Ooh, that sushi looks great! It must be from the end of the roll, yes? And that spindle really is beautiful. I personally love it when businesses ask for lots of info to make sure I’m really me. Sounds like you had a great time!

  7. Dawn ;) said,

    July 3, 2007 at 9:22 pm

    hmm, may I have some of the sushi, please. ;D glad you like your package. btw, was there a stitchmarker in the baggie w/the keyring? I hope I didn’t accidentally leave it out.

    anywho ~ have a great 4th and I’ll be in touch. ;D

  8. Kirsten said,

    July 5, 2007 at 6:53 pm

    You are so brave for travelling alone! Nice loot and lovely sushi. I bet Nick missed you. XOX

  9. Michelle said,

    July 6, 2007 at 3:11 pm

    He is such a cutie. Drool.

    Hey, you gotta check this out.

    http://www.canada.com/victoriatimescolonist/storyimage.html?id=67f15c17-2717-4022-bb76-1b982456e793&img=bbd1b76b-d6d2-463f-9787-623622fe56fa&path=/victoriatimescolonist/

  10. Michelle said,

    July 6, 2007 at 3:11 pm

    Oops. Sorry!

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