But best of all was what she had made with the Fiesta La Luz I had sent her to work with. Sharon made the most beautiful scarf for me and included a wonderful scarf pin to wear with it!
This is a road from one direction, 
and this is another view of the same road looking toward the fancy bridge, 
and where it goes under the approach to said bridge, next to the river. (Personally, I think the clearance sign is a bit off on in its measurements.)
Due to the higher than normal water level, some boats that normally would be able to zip right under the bridge with no trouble,have to slowly approach with caution, 
or just get into the queue and wait their turn. 
Of course, some boats always have had to wait for the bridge to do its magic! 
(The bridge keeper did seem to pick when to lift it, based on this one's proximity I noticed.)
At this point there was the "All Clear" signal for the bridge to start back down.
I had started a pair of socks for Hubband before we left and got a lot of knitting time in while driving about, but totally forgot to take any pictures of "Socks on Trip"; I even had it with me while we were waiting for the bridge! So we are making do with socks on the deck and 
"Socks with Frogs." (I have since finished the first sock and will be turning a heel of the second tomorrow.)
Awhile back I mentioned I was knitting a mystery project for WhoDoKnit. I have finished the mystery project and it is now winging its way across the country to Sharon. So for now I am just going to share more pictures of the pretty yarn, 
and what a patch of it looks like knit up.(Sometime next week after she gets it, I'll let you in on the mystery.)
As I have said before, everything belongs to Miss Oribel, including things that used to belong to someone else before she came to live here. Sadie has a pillow to sleep on near my desk, but it is often occupied by a certain cat, watching her favorite show, "What is going on in my yard outside the door." 
For the last month or so she spends a few hours of her afternoons napping on one of the dog beds in our room. (Well, it isn't uncommon for her to start on one and move to the other as the sun shifts across the room.)
Oddly enough, one day not too long ago, she took a great interest in her own cat bed. Apparently we had it in the wrong orientation all along. How were we supposed to know that what we thought was up was really supposed to be down?
Fortunately she is willing to share with anyone that wants too. She isn't really too picky about that part.
I realized sometime late last week (or over the weekend) that some of you may be new here at Coffee Yarn, linked from Whiskers on Wednesdays. If you are, "Welcome" and I hope you enjoy your visit. I also realized that I didn't properly introduce Miss Oribel for the first WoW post. Rather than run through the whole think, I will just link you to this post, which was where she was introduced to everyone after she came to live with us. So today you get one of her baby pictures.
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(Have I ever mentioned that she kind of likes power tools?)
Well, 1380 bricks to be precise, but what is another 20 bricks at this point? 
Good thing the wrapping is several layers think and very strong, considering the slope of our drive.
This is how all those bricks get to the driveway, just in case you were wondering.
The stabilizing foot of the truck did this while they were unloading the first pallet. 
This is what it looked like before the arm got very far from the truck (and the rest of the time after the first pallet was set onto the concrete).
The rain storm that happened here in the "Mid-West" night before last left a little over two inches of water in our rain gauge (causing great problems a lot of places, but fortunately not for us). It did cause the mud balls to melt and one of them to fall to its death. Hmmmm, and they didn't even have green skin....
Also on the "What is it?" front, growth has recommenced and sand is being laid and leveled as I type. I need to be off to get a needed tool (DTY says she doesn't need it, but we'll use it for more than just this project. Guessing from the noise I just heard, she is going to be wishing she had taken me up on it several days ago.)
The hole has eaten all of the gravel it can hold, and it has leftovers on the driveway. We have come up with a couple of possibilities of other places that might be hungry, but who knows how much those places can hold.
It was fed as much as it thought it could hold, but then that was pushed down and it was fed some more. Its second helping was also smashed down nice and tight.
We are hoping that it didn't get served as much extra sand as it did gravel. We also decided the sand needed some protection from the elements until the hole can digest just a little.
Here she is, actually holding still (well, she does a lot better at that, now that she is almost a year old). She has her favorite toy safe between her feet (you can see the corner of it).
Miss Ridiculous, holding one of her most favorite things in the world, a "Coaster Mouse." These are the ones that she carries all over the house, drops in dog water dishes, fish bowls, on me or Hubband, and expects us to throw so she can fetch them. We used to use them as coasters, but all of them are hers now.
Seriously, she takes them with her everywhere, and somehow it involves a weird chirping noise.
Well, that is how Hubband describes this blanket. He has pretty much summed it up, but he really does mean it in a good way. He knows the mom, he likes the blanket, and he knows she'll love it for her new baby girl. I figure that counts as a seal of approval (well, and the Grandma saw it while I was working on it in Idaho Falls and she says it is perfect).
Here is the edge pre-I-cord; 
front view of the applied I-cord; 
back view; 
and the corner view. (The corners are done by knitting three "rows" of I-cord off one edge without attaching and then attaching it to the next edge.) 
