Lazy wet days of summer

I've been tatting the Crown motif earrings a bunch.

This is part of a pair I made for a work friend. Note that I tat with whatever I can find. Earrings don't take much thread, just a bit - and these need two shuttles. So I'm using a large paperclip as a second shuttle.

Here's the finished pair. My friend was very pleased.

I was driving home a few weeks ago and spied the Google Street View car driving past Centennial Park in Hotlanta. The car has a big round camera on top (see read arrow) that is constantly taking pictures at all angles. I guess I'll be visible on Street View sometime in the near future! Did you know that these cars are generally driverless? Strange but true!

It's been VERY rainy and humid here this summer. So rainy that we've already had more rain in 2013 than we got in all of 2012! Neighbor's yards have mushrooms growing in them. Parents are stir-crazy with kids that can't run around outside. Moe and I are trying to get to the neighborhood pool for exercise as often as possible, but with this weather it's hard to manage. Some sun would be a good thing....

Cisco and Lily are enjoying lolling about. Happy tatting...

a rough day, but progress

I had kind of a rough day. I spent most of it in traffic court with Curly, trying to mitigate damage. During week long snow/ice storm in January, Curly ventured out in the van and had a little unexpected meeting with a stranger on the road. Curly was also driving a car with an expired tag and he hadn't paid his insurance, and he tried to flee the meeting. Hence, four ugly tickets.

His smart mom had maintained insurance on the car as the car was not properly registered, so one ticket went away. And the others got plead down to lesser charges. But the end results are a substantial fine and probation until the fine is paid. It could have been worse. Had the initial charges stuck, Curly would have lost his license. He was sweating bullets all day.

We were sweating bullets last night looking at the bad weather. Hotlanta was spared by the worst of the horrible tornadoes, which hit other areas of Georgia. And our neighbors to the west in Alabama are in terrible shape. About 200 people killed there when the tornadoes hit. If you've never been near a tornado, consider yourself lucky. They are terrifying.



And I'm still working on the Daffodil Doily.

I'm hoping to finish this afternoon when I take Curly to his appointment with his psychiatrist. (Yeah! Meds!) The doily is doing weird things in this last round. I think some serious blocking is in order.

Ph - and I'm taking the latest Design Tat class! It should be fun!