Congratulations to Sydney, Ann-Marie, and Tanya, who all won copies of the Project Spectrum OrangeBrownPurple mix cd! And thanks to everyone who entered.
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Visiting Professor
The Knitty Professor arrived late Tuesday afternoon.
“Luggage is bad, right? It means she’s staying??!” -Chaos
Really, Chaos seemed unable to decide whether he was ok with Michaele or not, whimsically alternating hissing with allowing her to pet him.
*sniff sniff sniff* -Chaos
“Hurry up, big kitty. I want her to wave the goldfish wand toy around for me again.” -Mayhem
Michaele gifted me with some absolutely stunning Manos – thanks, Michaele!!
*sniff sniff sniff* -Chaos
Tuesday we made it to Depth of Field Yarn and Needlework Unlimited before we were tuckered out. (No yarn pictures from me because I didn’t buy anything! Yes, I’ll wait while you recover.) We had some tasty food at Tum Rup Thai, then came back to my place to chat and knit. Wednesday morning, we chatted and knitted some more, then wandered over to the Minneapolis Sculpture Garden. Here’s the Walker Art Center and the Lowry Tunnel (I-94):
A shot from the Irene Hixon Whitney Bridge with the Basilica in the background…
Michaele walking on the bridge:
I thought this bench from Jenny Holzer’s The Living Series really spoke to me as a knitter. Sound like something you’ve ever done while knitting?! 🙂
And sometimes the bad thing happens even before you realized that something has gone horribly wrong… ;o)
Looks like you had a great time with your friend! Makes me want to go wander the city again, I don’t do that enough these days.
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Catherine 🙂
Oh wow, heh that’s so true, isn’t it!
So glad you had a great time, and that you had good weather. Mmmm…Thai…
I’m jealous that you guys had Thai. I told Dave that I didn’t want to cook yesterday and he suggested we go out for dinner, but he pulled the “it’s my birthday dinner” card (his birthday’s on SATURDAY) and ended up choosing this plastic not-so-fantastic Chinese buffet. Ugh, it was gross. I would have preferred Kraft Dinner and hot dogs at home.
Don’t your friends believe in exposing you to the delights of other colours?
Love the bench! I just had one of those moments. I’m so behind on my SOSleeves!
Love that bench!
And mmmmmmanosmmmmmm. Two more skeins and you’ll have enough for your very own manos tote bag. You know you want one.
Glad you are having a good time with your friend. Love the Manos
Chris- Any guest you have should roll themselves in catnip to be on the safe side.
Sounds like you had fun.
That is an excellent bench-inscription.
The inscription on that bench would have been the perfect caption for my knitting yesterday.
Looks like you had a blast!
Oooh! Thank you! Thank you! for the shout out on my little whats behind door #1 contest! And I love the bench too!
I’ve been told the sculpture garden is a must-see, so it’s definitely on my list for the next time I’m in Minneapolis. My company’s headquarters are there, so I’m sure I’ll be back soon. So far, I’ve only managed to squeeze in a visit to one yarn store – Clickety Sticks, which was a lot of fun.
I want a picture of that bridge (and then it got very cool), with the snow swirling around it.
Sounds like you guys had a great time.
So, do you recommend the Thai place?
It looks like you had a great couple of weekends.
That quote is just amazing!
Ah, great sites! I can definitely relate tot he quote on the bench too 🙂
The bench is great! And I love the pic of Chaos on the luggage.
If I still cross-stitched, I’d put that on a pillow.
And poor Chaos – you bring such disruption to his life! At least he doesn’t pee on the luggage…
I hope you have a wonderful visit together.
Great captions as usual. “…wave the goldfish wand toy…” LOL! Looks like y’all had a great day, yarn and Thai, mmmmm.
They don’t have statues of Prince and Paul Westerberg on every corner? Perhaps monkey bars made in the shape of Tommy Stinson’s hair? Nah, that would be dangerous
Looks like you had fun 🙂
So glad you had something fun to look forward to with all that has happened! Do you have a project in mind for your Manos, or has May already claimed it? 🙂
Looks like you are having a good time, even if the cats aren’t certain. My sister used to have a cat that would pee in visitors’ suitcases because he was, well, pissed off.
Love the bench verse.
Sounds like you had a great time! Love the inscription over the bridge. I had a feeling that it was just Chaos that was standoffish with your houseguests… I knew little Miss May would be tempted by toys and pets (and catnip and who knows what all!).
Sorry I missed out on the fun. As you can guess, I was up to tons of it here!
Whimsically alternating between hissing and letting her pet him? LOL! Poor Chaos.
Love that bench quote! So, so true.
Looks like you both had a relaxing and leisurely time! From what I’ve seen of Chaos’ reactions in the past few years – he liked Michaela! Usually he just hides or spastically announces his displeasure?? Maybe May is calming him down 😉
I was trying to read your post and Boogie kept sticking her head in front of the screen saying, “It’s Chaos! It’s Chaos!” I’ll catch up tonight. 🙂
Oh, that sounds like fun! The Minneapolis Sculture Garden is one of my favorite places. The quote on the bench is so me. Hey it sounds like Chaos is starting to accept visitors. Thanks for the mix CD. I’m looking forward to it!
Sounds like you are having a good visit!
Best. Knitting. Quote. EVER!
Who made that bench? Who made that quote???
i *love* jenny holzer…