Kite Festival 2013

This years Kite Festival in Lincoln City was kind of disappointing compared to the other years we have gone. When we got there there were no kites in the air and Whitney Houston music blaring and a bunch of people sitting around staring at each other. Low winds make for a shitty kite festival, who knew the weather could be too nice.

It started out badly with  Solomon getting knocked own by a wave an getting soaked, he had a cold and I was hoping he wouldn't get wet. Then a beautiful sea bird died right in front of us and Nalah had a screaming tantrum.

 We almost left the Festival to go rock hunting but when we went back to the car to get our picnic goodies the winds picked up and they were able to get most of them up in the air again. We were able to have a picnic in the sun and watch the kites. The weather was so beautiful there were actually people swimming.

The drive to and from the coast took forever, we took a new route and it apparently was not the quickest route. But I got to have an actual conversation with my husband which is a rare treat with him away from home most of the time. I usually drive when we travel( cause I am a control freak) but he drove this time an I was able to knit Nalah a pair of legwarmers on the rive down alone. 

Here are some links the the Kite Festival in better years:

2011

2009

Fall Kite Festival....

Just going to drown my blog in photos from the Fall Kite Festival at the ocean from this past weekend. I packed up the car, prepared for rain, but was completely thrilled to learn that it was sunny and warm at the beach. It was a beautiful day and I enjoyed the drive as much as the time spent at the beach. I can't seem to get enough pictures of the Kite Festival..lol. I love the mama and baby whale kites, they were massive and my pictures don't really show how huge they were. There was a lot to look at, but I noticed my kids spent most of the time ignoring the kites and digging in the sand. Oh well. It was nice to have Papa join us this year as he missed every other year when he was working.

Kite Festival

We finally made it to the Lincoln City Kite Festival.(I have been wanting to go for years). It was a glorious day on the Ocean. Sunny and beautiful, not too windy...just windy enough for some effortless kite flying.
I think the kids had fun (and grandpa too)
It was pretty surreal.

This is my favorite picture.

Can you tell which kite Sophie is flying?

This one was truly beautiful to watch......it spiraled in the air like an enormous patriotic jellyfish.

Yarn Along: A Cat in a Hat

 I am joining along with Ginny from Small Things today for the Yarn Along. Please follow the link to join along.

I went a little crazy last week with cabin fever and decided I had to knit my cat Milo a "Raspberry Beret". He was less than impressed...

 His sister Lola was a much calmer model.

 

Click this and then go back up and look at the photos again, it's even better with a soundtrack ;)

I also knit Nalah a pair of legwarmers during our drive down to the Kite Festival.

I opened my mail to a fun surprise last week, Storey Pulishing sent me a copy of Knit Christmas Stockings, edited by Gwen W.Steege. I have always wanted to learn to knit designs in multiple colors and a Christmas stocking would be a perfect first project for that. There are some wonderful patterns an whimsical charts. I wish I had more time to knit these days, if I did I would freak out and try to knit stockings for all of my kids this year in a design with their names and dancing animals in a rainbow of colors. Yeah, I will save that for another year. 

Right now I am still knitting toddler fingerless gloves to sell over the holidays, everything else is on hold for a bit. I am dreaming of knitting a red sweater for myself...