Our friends from Hawaii, John and Kyle, were visiting their kids in Santa Cruz so we did a meet up on Friday at Monterey's (old) Fisherman's Wharf for lunch. It was an easy 2-hour drive for us. We enjoyed our delicious meal at Rappa's - the last restaurant at the end of the pier. But mostly we enjoyed seeing our friends again and catching up.
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| Landscaping with Protea |
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| Omiyage from SLO |
I made a Brambles Beret for Kyle. I used Cascade 220, colorway "Olive Heather". I hesitate using non-superwash yarn for folks in Hawaii because generally we are not wool-savvy. Once, I found a doll-sized hat I made for my brother sitting on top of the dryer. But I think Kyle understands felting and shrinkage. Besides she is knit-worthy and I can always make her another hat. In superwash yarn.
*Superwash wool is a special wool product that has been treated or
processed in a way that allows it to be machine washable.
I have been delinquent in my grocery shopping duties and we've pretty much emptied the larder of breakfast cereals both hot and cold. Yesterday for breakfast I took out the last of the frozen Costco Butter Croissants and drizzled them with melted Ghirardelli dark chocolate chips. Oh, my.
Today's breakfast was Apple Oven Cake - quick, easy, and delicious. It was more of a crepe rather than a cake. I came across the recipe a few days ago while catching up on my Sunset magazines (Jan '13). I followed the recipe as written but I would make one correction. Instead of "serves 6" I would change that to "serves 2".
In addition to food I've also used up the last of my favorite lip balm. I had been purchasing Happy Acres goatmilk lip balm directly from the source but the Templeton self-serve farmstand has been emptied out and looks abandoned. No lotions or potions, no lip balm, no goats. I just hope they're on winter hiatus and will be back in the summer.
In the meantime, after a little research on Etsy, I ordered a Lip Balm Kit from CandleLynnSupplies which included everything I needed to make 10 lip balms with my choice of flavor. It was difficult to choose a flavor: Creamy Caramel, Creme Brulee, Vanilla Bean . . . or Monkey Farts. Of course I chose Monkey Farts after reading Jana's description - "fresh bananas, juicy grapefruit, kiwi, juicy bubblegum and strawberries with a hint of vanilla". It was surprisingly fast and easy to whip up the 10 tubes. Taping on the tube pictures took a little longer.
I got the idea to cover the tubes after watching a video on Martha Stewart making lip balm. I cut little squares of yarny pics from my last KnitPicks catalog and taped it on the tubes with 2-inch packaging tape. I think Martha would be proud.
Oh, and the flavor? Fruity, not farty at all.
