I really have been knitting quite a lot, but most of the projects I am working on will hopefully be published some day, and so I can’t share. The $1.50 cardigan is progressing slowly at knit night. I blame the people at Namaste. Lynn had a new Laguna in, and I was spent way too much time petting it and talking myself down from buying it. I do have a birthday coming up, however….
Since I can’t show my knitting projects, I’ll show off my home improvement projects. I had intended to do this for the past two years, and finally got around to it this weekend. I dug out a 6′x6′ area to about four inches down, and dumped a bunch of sand to help level it out. BTW, sand is heavy! I had no idea.
When we bought the house I kept discovering these hexagon paving stones all over the yard. I gathered them up and started paving.
I was perfectly willing to to leave the edges rough, but the stones were remarkably easy to break. I had a lot of fun whaling on them with my hammer and a pick. And it made the area look great.
I put some special “sealing sand” in the cracks, and watered it down. It’s supposed to cure in 12 hours, but it’s still damp this morning. I’m sure a few hours of Tucson heat will take care of that. I’m going to put the gas grill out on this new patio so I can have the entire main patio for our new glass table. We should be able to eat outside now!
I wanted to reward myself after all this hard word, so out came the dark chocolate, and my new mug from Jennie the Potter. I love this mug.
And it’s great for hiding my wine!
