I seem to be very chatty this weekend.

The smoke and the crappy air quality in the valley led to us postponing the visit to Wild Play so we went to lunch at the only restaurant we ever visit, as it’s vegan and we can eat everything on the menu.

We went with friends and even after we paid the bill we carried on chatting and were there longer than usual. I received a lovely birthday gift of unusual yarn (from a LYS in Nanaimo), a pack of Zentangle cards and some Faber Castell PITT artist pens. And a loan of a book which comes highly recommended by my friend.

The photos I’m going to upload will probably come out all random as I still haven’t perfected their positioning even after years of blogging!

What else have I done today? Started reading the book…started colouring in my Secret Garden colouring book with my new pens…baked gluten free vanilla cupcakes with chocolate frosting to take to work tomorrow…started using up some sale yarn which I have had in my stash far too long. I’m forcing myself to crochet a big granny square with two strands of this Lion Brand Homespun in the colour Spice, just to get it used up and out of here!

That yarn is new – so new, it wasn’t in the Ravelry database. It’s basically rubber, the thickness is similar to bulky yarn, and I haven’t a clue what to make with it, though the Phildar website suggests jewellery and a small bag. We shall see…