A Hodge Podge Update

It's been a while since I've had time to blog. Work started up again, and M. came into town. I've been taking photos, but just haven't had a large amount of leisure time to sit and write out stuff. So this will be an update with a mixture of things from around the home. 

 First on the list, I finished a sock. Not a pair of socks, just one. It's using a mystery yarn from Big Lots, and the way it pools was really interesting. I'll get around to knitting the other sock soon, I think. I used the toe-up sock method from Silver's Sock Class.

The Ravellenic Games have started, to coincide with the Olympics. This is a really bad time for me to have to commit to a knitting project, and I may have gotten in over my head with the Print O' The Wave Stole, but I wanted to participate. I don't think I'll finish it in the allotted 3 weeks, but half the fun is trying. :)

This beauty was in the garden, and we've seen 4 others since then. Black Widows are a bit scary and poisonous, but they kill other bugs, so I've left them alone. I'll give the rock wall a good spray at the end of the season to make sure they don't decide to move into the house when it gets cold. 

Mom's birthday was at the end of July. I baked a 2 layer lemon cake with raspberry filling and lemon frosting. It was really good, despite being a little uneven in the middle. :)