First, congrats to comment #4 — Kerrie!  I’ll email you too.
On other topics:  I finished the Curtis Socks (finally!).

I also had to frog part of the Double Diamond Socks (oh yes, I cast on for one more July SKA pair).  I am further along than this pic shows:

I had actually turned the heel, finished the [...]

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After the experience of one (yes, just one) of our solar lights disappearing from our frontyard, Dave & I are a little leery of putting out anything too nifty out front.  However, we can decorate the backyard and have been thinking about what to get.
Decorating the backyard primarily means, in our case, putting something up [...]

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Rivendell, in progress.

Curtis’s Sock (1!)
And here’s the fountain, operational:

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As a reminder, this is what we started with:

And here’s where we’re at.

I planted all the plants, laid out all the flagstones, spread a layer of DG, and dumped in all that gravel, all before noon.  You can see in progress pics at the Backyard Mini Meadow set.  I know it doesn’t look much like [...]

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….and I’ve cast on for Rivendell.
Pertinent info for Rivendell:

Rivendell by Janel Laidman
Sundara Blue Grape Hyacinth
US 1.5/2.5mm Knit Picks fixed circs, magic loop

But here’s the Anniversary Sock pic, courtesy of Rigel:

Anniversary Sock by Nancy Bush
Fiberphile Glimmer Squooshy Sock in True Heart
Knit Picks US1/2.25 mm, magic loop
mods:  I did a standard round toe rather than the toe [...]

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I realized I’d not posted a pic of the one finished Lizzy sock.

RE: the backyard, I’m hoping we can get pebbles and some extra DG either Friday or Saturday. 
Installation of anything can’t really start until the guys are done with the wall.
We found a pot for the fountain last Sunday;  we have everything for it [...]

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backyard as of 14 July 2009

some of the plants (in black pots) for the backyard

and Anniversary Socks, in progress!

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Faux 5k: 34:36. At the turnaround my time was 16:30ish, so unfortunately the split was not good. My hip (left) (which has been hurting for the past month or so) decided to hurt more. I was hoping the several days of rest prior to today’s run would help. If it [...]

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This weekend is very, very busy.
The nursery that has nearly all the plants we want to get (Las Pilitas) is in Santa Margarita, about a 4 hour one-way drive from our house. 8 hours of driving just seemed like more than we wanted to do in one day, so we decided to do an [...]

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