132. still wishing I went to NH S&W

My weekend was so busy with the running around beginning Friday night and ending Sunday night that I woke up extra pooped today. Which makes the sink ful of dishes extra annoying. Guess I'll pawn that off on someone!

My mother's day gift from Baaathany er, Bethany. The girl knows her mother! But this isn't any old sheep, no sirree bob. Think of the softest thing you've ever touched. Got it? THE softest? Yeah, now make it SOFTER in your blog reading imagination. That is how soft this sheep is. Now? Add a pleasant lavender smell.
See? What a nice gift this was! Like your sheep in a pale pink hue? They've got you covered.

I can't stop taking photos of my Fig.

131. Mother –noun - a female parent

Baby mine, don't you cry
Baby mine, dry your eyes
Rest your head close to my heart
Never to part, baby of mine
Little one when you play
Don't you mind what you say
Let those eyes sparkle and shine
Never a tear, baby of mine
If they knew sweet little you
They'd end up loving you too
All those same people who scold you
What they'd give just for
The right to hold you
From your head to your toes
You're not much, goodness knows
But you're so precious to me
Cute as can be, baby of mine

130. The sky above me on a Saturday

Huh. Look at that. It's Saturday and I took a picture of the sky!
Heywood Wakefield Smoke Stack, Gardner, Massachusetts. My hometown.
I spent the day with my Mom, being Mother's day weekend and all!

129. Things: this and that: What I'm working on

The dragon scales scarf grows. Despite being thought of as LACE, I am enjoying the knitting very much. It is an easy pattern: Sandy-fied.
The process of finding a new interest is one that has always fascinated me. I wonder why all of a sudden an idea is in your head. Well, nowadays it's easy to know. You read blogs and you click here and read there and soon as you know it you are seeing something new and fascinating. But why does it grab hold in your brain? Why now?
For instance:

Embroidery. I don't know how it happened but all of a sudden, I'm embroidering a gnome on a tea towel. It's a mystery, but it is what it is. A gnome on a tea towel.

Gnome 'shrooms.
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Fig says thank you!

"I hate the vets"

128. Mystery solved

Here ya go! The answers, but not the winner. I have to take the time to go through the answers and figure that out. Today? I have spent a bit of time at the vet's office. Fig's yearly yanno. He's not doing that great and I'm more than upset right now. And to add insult to injury, when he came home he was frantically running up and down the stairs (seems like hundreds of times) and drooling so badly that the front of him was sopping wet. He is better now, sleeping it off, poor baby. Me? I'll just gaze at him for a bit. And if you have any good thoughts for some little healthy cat kidneys please send them Fig's way. Please.
Okay. Ready? Most of you were right on!
Number 1:
Banana
Number 2: onion (vidalia just so you know)
Number 3:
Birthday candles
Number 4:
Sliced lemon
Number 5:
Salt shaker top.

Mystery photos on the left, revealed photo on right.
Here's another view of the salt shaker too:

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That was loads of fun! Please feel free to snitch the idea for your blog. I think we'll do that again soon, without prizes. Well, of course there's always the personal satisfaction of whooping everyone's butt. Or is that just me?
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Healthy Fig kidneys
Healthy Fig kidneys.
or
Perhaps a miracle. Or something.

127. Money, schmoney: a public service Wednesday edition

Do some good with your money, help people! We don't need no stinkin yarn! We don't need more groceries! The bills will wait!
Please head over to Claudia's and donate to her virtual MS bike ride. She'll be riding this year at home while waiting on hubby who has some new ankle hardware, poor baby. But one does not have to get on a bike to do some good in this blogland version of the World! (And really? You could win so many great yarny prizes there. See? Not buying any yarn, giving your money away may bring yarn INTO the home! Not a bad gig, really)
Go. Stampede over there.
Then? Come back and play the mystery pictures game in yesterday's entry. I was going to end it today but I'll do it tomorrow. That is the deadline. Tomorrow. Whenever I end it.
Seems fair to me.

126. Contest, wanna play?

Can you guess what these pictures are? For every correct guess, I'll put your name in a hat (or something) and draw a name or two for a prize. Some kind of prize as yet undiscovered. Most likely yarny, of course. Don't want a prize? Play along anyway.
These photos were taken by me with my macro lens and are common household items. At least in my house. No comments from the peanut gallery, please. The photos were cropped where needed to make it more challenging. Maybe. Who knows? Most of the photos are good, clear photos. One isn't. You can't get your money back, sorry.
Ready?
Can you guess it?
Mystery #1:

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Mystery #2

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Mystery #3

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Mystery #4

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Mystery #5

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Some people have knitting blogs and show knitting. But it's fun to play a game sometimes, right?