Since we traveled to Italy, we missed out on the biggest part of our tomato harvest, but I was able to pick these a day or two after we got home:

(same container, just different shots)
Totally delicious, a wide mix of varieties and flavors.  We had some with, of course, fresh mozzarella and basil, with salt, [...]

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…which is the obvious reason I was digging through my stash this morning (after first reviewing it on Ravelry) to see what yarn I wanted to use for the Druid Mittens.  No contest this time, I’m pretty sure I’m going to use Nature’s Palette in Light Teal.  I was considering using Campion, but of the [...]

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….but not quite recovered yet from jet lag.
We got back Sunday evening and I worked Monday & Tuesday.
I finished one sock (except for the toe grafting, which I did the other day) while on the trip.

I like it!  Notice I only did 2 pattern repeats on the leg — I like shorter socks — but [...]

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This evening has been a total flurry of activity as we’ve finished up our packing….
…including me packing up 1 set of KnitPicks DPNs (US size 1/2.25 mm), my little folding scissors, and one lone darning needle in its Chibi in our one to-be-checked bag (yes, I know I should be able to carry all those [...]

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Okay, I’ve never had a contest on my blog before.  And this isn’t going to be strictly random;  you have to work at this, though I’ll edit the Decisions post to give a few clues.
Whoever guesses both which pattern and which yarn I’ve decided upon for my travel knitting by 8pm Pacific time Thursday,  August [...]

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So, as I type, Mr Greenjeans aka Mr Sunshine is drying/blocking.  (Actually it’s been doing so for several hours.) I’m planning on mailing it this week to its intended recipient…..for once, I’ve gotten something actually done on time.
We had a stack (well, three) of Netflixes:  Disturbia, The Contract, and Venus, which we watched this weekend.
The [...]

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I’ve narrowed it down (almost) to either Bayerische or Rivendell.  Both seem to have enough going on that it’ll be interesting knitting.  I’ll be traveling by plane, train, automobile (well, a van) so will have plenty of otherwise dead time to knit.  I’m not the fastest knitter in the world, but I’m not the slowest, [...]

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….and getting ready for Italy!
*Sonoma pics added to end of post!*
I’m trying to decide what project I want to bring for my travel knitting.  I want to be able to bring it on the plane, so I’m thinking socks on bamboo dpns….but what pattern?  I’m leaning towards Eunny Jang’s Bayerische socks, because it looks like [...]

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