Dirty Little Secret

I love fast food. I Know Better but I could eat at out everyday, e coli and all. I don't like vegetables. I really wish I did but I have to force myself to eat them.

Close up coils

What walks down stairs, alone or in pairs and makes a slinkity sound?

A spring, a spring, a marvelous thing, Everyone knows it's Slinky.

It's Slinky! It's Slinky! For fun, it's a wonderful toy. It's Slinky! It's Slinky!It's fun for a girl and a boy. It's fun for a girl and a boy.

When googling Slinky, I discovered it's Slinky's 60th anniversary! I like the old school metal ones so much better than the plastic ones. As a kid I could never get mine to march down the stairs like they did in the commercial. Maybe two or three steps on a good day. And, how many of you ended up with a hopelessly tangled mess when Slinky ended up on the bottom of the toy box?

Those Golden Gates

Last Fall, we had several visitors at work in from around the world and took one afternoon to tour San Francisco in an open air bus. Luckily, it was a warm, sunny day and the City was beautiful. It's quite fun to view a familiar place from the tourist's perspective.

More Plugs!

If it wasn't for the clever posters below, I'd never have thought of these two things:

A future vintage Brother sewing machine purchased in the 80's and used once every few years or so.

A vintage Sessions clock with a very yellowed cord! The piece that turns the hands fell off so you have to adjust the time with a needlenosed plier. Since I'm too lazy to do it during Daylight Savings time, this clock is one hour off.

World's Largest Can of Fruit Cocktail

Sunnyvale, California. On the way home from the knitting retreat, I detoured over to Sunnyvale to photograph the world's largest can of fruit cocktail. It used to tower over a canning factory but right now it sits in the middle of a high tech company's campus. Ambrosia salad anyone?

Flamingos in the Wild

I just got home from a short retreat with 2 knittng pals in Santa Cruz, California. Driving back from a local yarn store tour, I had everyone keep their eyes open for a flamingo and sure enough, we spotted these two in someone's yard!