Vivian Rennie, Meteorologist, KSBY: "Plumes of smoke could be seen far and wide across the region emanating from the Gifford Fire. These are pyrocumulus clouds and are fueled by the hot air within fires, pushing up to cloud level. That rising air creates strong local winds at fire sites and erratic fire behavior."
Scary.
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I have access to six Libraries. I feel fortunate and grateful.
In addition to SLO County Library and Paso Robles City Library we added Truckee/Nevada County Library, Sacramento Public Library, and Santa Barbara Public Library to our list. We obtained the new cards in person during our trips in June and July. (I also have a Non-Resident account from Fairfax,VA County Public Library which I pay for.)
I thought - until today - that a California resident could obtain a library card by showing California residency no matter where one lives in the state. That is why our road trip included planned stops at several CA libraries.
Today while writing this post I came across this notice on the SLO County Library website:
"Service Area Updates
Due to recent countywide budget cuts, we’ve had to make some decisions very quickly about who we can offer library cards to, and we’ve recently updated our service area. You can find more information about our service area and boundaries below.
If you live outside of our service area, you may have discovered your SLO County Libraries card no longer works. We understand this unexpected change is disappointing and frustrating, and we sincerely apologize for any inconvenience this has caused.
Please know that anyone with or without our library card is welcome to visit SLO County Libraries. And please feel free to reach out to us with any questions. Thank you for understanding."
I am not sure when this went into effect. If it was mentioned in the monthly email I missed it.
I started a new "To Be Read" notebook today. With access to half a dozen library catalogs it feels like a gratitude journal.
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| Library Audiobook |
I have been listening to the DC Smith Investigation Series audiobooks - ahem, bingeing - while winding Scarf balls. Three books finished and thirty-five Scarf balls wound, win-win.
Eight dropped off at Spinners' group today.
Twenty-seven ready to go.
Atascadero
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| August 2 5:06 pm |
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| Air Attack |
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| Helitanker |
Gifford Fire - South SLO County, North Santa Barbara County
Yesterday I asked The Man if he received the text about a fire.
He said he could see it.
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| August 1 4:17 pm |
Today
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| August 2 6:22 pm |
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It took four days to ply the singles of ITW "Decidedly So". My spinning plan mentioned plying a traditional 3-ply or .... I went with or.
I spent three days working on a new to me technique: Winding a Chain-Ply plying ball.
Sunday, July 27
The plying ball is essentially a crochet chain of three singles. I ended up wrapping around a quarter instead of the yellow styrofoam ball which was too slick and kept flying out of my hands.
Monday, July 28
A really long (crochet) chain, across the room in fact.
Tuesday, July 29
Plying ball completed, ready for the actual plying (adding twist).
Wednesday, July 30
Plying was super quick, just a little over an hour. Worth it? TBD - to be determined.
Spindle #7: "Moosie" Moose Antler Shed/Canarywood Shaft Bossie 23 gm
Fiber #7: HipStrings Base12 2024 "Spruce Cormo Silk" 80% Cormo wool, 20% Tussah Silk
Thursday, July 24 ~
Saturday, July 26 ~
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Sunday, July 27 ~ Finished Spindle #7 and Fiber #7
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Tour de Fleece 2025 (July 5 - July 27) ~ Spin everyday
Tour de Fleece ends tomorrow which, I guess, is a good thing since the joint on my right thumb is starting to complain. (I might have spun a bit too vigorously last night.) Technically I could finish up today but instead I am going to spin the last few yards tomorrow and call it good and done.
Besides the Tour de France Femmes - the Women Cyclists - started their ride today and they will be spinning till Sunday August 3rd. Woohoo, nine more days of spinning, or in my case, nine days of plying.
I started with the Karakul wool and Mohair blend Donna gifted me in March. It was the fiber from her own animals.
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| 3/25/25 |
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| 3/27/25 |
4/18/25 Singles spun on three Lendrum bobbins.
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| 7/26/25 |
Spindle #6: Kou Hawaiian Hardwood/Birch Shaft 22 gm (Glenn R. Grace)
Fiber #6: HipStrings Base12 2024 "Grey's Anatomy Hand Carded Batt" 65% Merino wool, 15% Tussah Silk, 10% Mulberry Silk, 5% Eri Silk, 5% Cormo X Fleece
Sunday, July 20 ~ Spindle Prep
Howards's Feed-N-Wax wood conditioner
Wednesday, July 23 ~ Waiting for a Rocket Launch from VSFB
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Thursday, July 24 ~ Wrapping it up
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Finished Spindle #6 and Fiber #6
