WOW! Jan. 16th was my last post to this blog! I can't believe it.... my, oh my, how time flies when you are knitting!! I just finished my Lady Eleanor, and with confirmation from Cory and Trisha at Nana's Knitting Shop that I didn't ruin it during blocking, I can relax and tie knots for the next day or so!
Let's see, what else have I been doing other than dreaming of what to knit next?? My husband and I, along with a co-worker of his drove to Starved Rock State Park a couple weekends ago. We had heard that there were American Bald Eagles that winter over at the park. Who woulda thunk it? Bald Eagles less than an hour and a half from my house!!! Joe gave my husband great advice on purchasing a camera for my last birthday, so we went to take some pictures of these "supposed eagles" that were rumored to be there. Holy crapola!! We weren't out of the car 2 minutes and we scared our first eagle out of the tree we parked under!! We watched as this magnificent bird swooped down and picked a fish right out of the water not 30 feet in front of us and flew off to the nest. Every single one of us was beaming from ear to ear!! I had goosebumps most of the day.... not from the cold, but seeing these birds. At the end of the day (trekking over the ice) we probably saw between 25-30 eagles. What a great adventure it was!! The very next day, just the hub and I took off for downtown Chicago to see the lake that we had heard was frozen solid. Mmmhhmm.... skeptics that we are we had to see it for ourselves before it warmed up. (yea, warm in feb. is like hell freezing over!) The pictures I got speak for themselves. The ice was on average 4 inches thick. The next day on the news there was a reporter standing in the exact place we were and the whole lake was shifting with the waves underneath, so I guess we have impeccable timing!
Let's see, what else have I been doing other than dreaming of what to knit next?? My husband and I, along with a co-worker of his drove to Starved Rock State Park a couple weekends ago. We had heard that there were American Bald Eagles that winter over at the park. Who woulda thunk it? Bald Eagles less than an hour and a half from my house!!! Joe gave my husband great advice on purchasing a camera for my last birthday, so we went to take some pictures of these "supposed eagles" that were rumored to be there. Holy crapola!! We weren't out of the car 2 minutes and we scared our first eagle out of the tree we parked under!! We watched as this magnificent bird swooped down and picked a fish right out of the water not 30 feet in front of us and flew off to the nest. Every single one of us was beaming from ear to ear!! I had goosebumps most of the day.... not from the cold, but seeing these birds. At the end of the day (trekking over the ice) we probably saw between 25-30 eagles. What a great adventure it was!! The very next day, just the hub and I took off for downtown Chicago to see the lake that we had heard was frozen solid. Mmmhhmm.... skeptics that we are we had to see it for ourselves before it warmed up. (yea, warm in feb. is like hell freezing over!) The pictures I got speak for themselves. The ice was on average 4 inches thick. The next day on the news there was a reporter standing in the exact place we were and the whole lake was shifting with the waves underneath, so I guess we have impeccable timing!
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