My Day Off
This was the sky early Tuesday morning.
Smoke free and bluer than I've seen it all summer. It was so enjoyable to sit on the patio, feel the rare sensation of humidity on my skin and watch the clouds build up over the mountain. 40% humidity is quite something to a desert rat like me. This time of year that much humidity means monsoonal moisture could make it's way in to our valley. Rain, sweet rain, we so need you.
The main focus of my patio knitting was Ruby/ Thelonious. The pattern kept things interesting as I knit while being serenaded by a variety of song birds. The heel was a nice respite from chart reading and good progress was made. I ignored the parade (one of the largest in the country), but decided to get out of the house and take the Neapolitan sock to breakfast. If I could have had a Bloody Mary (only after noon) I would have. (Poor Smith works for a national corp that doesn't recognize State holidays...so I was on my own.)
After breakfast, and while listening to some new music (link has
music), I spent a little quality time with Emmylou and spun a bobbin full of Pippi's Falkland wool that I had picked up from Scout a couple of weeks ago. 'Her Name is Rio' is one pretty grrl and she's loads of fun, too.
Later in the afternoon I spent time with a few members of my family who were in town for a larger family reunion (which I also ignored) and then enjoyed a lovely evening with Smith. It rained, too! Not as much as we needed or wanted, but enough to make a cool, delightful end to the day.
Sounds like a lovely day:)Thanks for sharing it with us!
Posted by: Annie | July 25, 2007 at 04:34 AM
Hurray for rain! I hope you went out and danced in it.
Posted by: Paula | July 25, 2007 at 04:59 AM
No bloody mary before noon? Damn those Utah liquor laws. I love your subtle mention of ignoring the family reunion. Heh.
Posted by: Carole | July 25, 2007 at 05:24 AM
Sounds like a beautiful day - what was the holiday?
Posted by: Zarah | July 25, 2007 at 05:55 AM
Glad you got a little bit of rain and hope you get more. It looks like a possibility from what I saw on the weather. Seems like you had a nice day. Enjoy the rest of your week.
Posted by: Sarah | July 25, 2007 at 06:08 AM
i saw on the news that sleepy hollow has a lightning fire right now. where is that in relation to you?
glad to hear you had a nice day yesterday. what was the state holiday? (brigam young days?)
Posted by: minnie | July 25, 2007 at 06:12 AM
It sounds like a grateful day! How are you liking the Thelonius pattern? I am tempted to try that one next.
Posted by: Kim | July 25, 2007 at 06:19 AM
Glad you finally got some rain! (Just so you know, our humidity is already almost 70% this morning, with no rain in sight. Yuck.) That Falkland is most interesting: how did you like spinning it?
Posted by: Marcia Cooke | July 25, 2007 at 06:46 AM
What a lovely day to yourself! And ending with those you love? Knitting and spinning?
Could there have been a more perfect one?
((((hugs))))
Posted by: knitnana | July 25, 2007 at 06:47 AM
A nice way to spend a day off.
Posted by: Wool Winder | July 25, 2007 at 06:59 AM
Sounds like a fabulous day! I love the purple you're spinning. Hee hee - 40% humidity sounds divine. It's 70% here right now.
Posted by: Chris | July 25, 2007 at 07:05 AM
And wasn't it lovely to have cool, fresh, rainy air at bedtime!
Posted by: Tan | July 25, 2007 at 07:30 AM
We played tag with the rain on our drive up from Parowan yesterday. We'd get past it, then stop along the way and it would catch up with us again. Fortunately it didn't affect any of our fun 'down south', and they got a lot of much-needed rain.
Posted by: Cabled Sheep | July 25, 2007 at 07:44 AM
You have been in my thoughts lately with your horrific wildfires. Although I know you are fine, your air quality is affected. I do so love Rio. The colorations are simply lovely. Oh, and BTW, your Hidcote turned out absolutely stunning.
Posted by: CindyCindy | July 25, 2007 at 07:56 AM
Hope you continue to get the rain so the fires will be put out for good and your temps will be bearable for the rest of the summer. Sounds like you had a very relaxing, renewing day.
Posted by: Pat K | July 25, 2007 at 08:18 AM
Glad to hear the smoke is abating. Enjoy the patio, and the music (I love Emmylou!), and of course the spinning and knitting.
Posted by: Sharon | July 25, 2007 at 08:39 AM
How fun! Our humidity varies between 60-80% each day. Knitting or spinning outside is but a dream for a few more months!
Posted by: elizabeth | July 25, 2007 at 08:49 AM
glad you got a little of the rain you wanted .... I am also going to take a cue from you and start choosing to 'ignore' certain requests!
Posted by: ann | July 25, 2007 at 09:42 AM
Sounds like a wonderful day! I, on the other hand, would love to feel some dry desert heat and get away from the 80% humidity and flooding that Oklahoma has been experiencing. Why must it always be feast or famine?
Posted by: Leah | July 25, 2007 at 11:25 AM
I'm so glad you had a lovely peaceful day. Let me guess... just enough rain to make the cars look really dirty, right? Still it's a nice change from our normal hot dry summers.
Being able to ignore people has to be one of the best parts of adulthood.
Posted by: Cookie | July 25, 2007 at 11:29 AM
Beautiful blue sky. Wouldn't it be nice if parts of England could send rain to your area and also Australia!
I always want a dish of Neopolitan ice cream after seeing your sock!
Posted by: Peg | July 25, 2007 at 11:46 AM
That IS a beautiful sky, and I'm glad you got a little rain. I'm going to wish a little more for you, too!
Posted by: Vicki | July 25, 2007 at 12:26 PM
Sounds like the perfect day off!
Posted by: Kelly | July 25, 2007 at 01:01 PM
Sounds like a lovely day off. It's really amusing that you welcome the humidity. We have humidity to spare here and welcome those days without as a miracle.
Posted by: Hillary | July 25, 2007 at 01:31 PM
Sounds like a perfect day! The socks a very pretty, one of my friends is knitting Neapolitan, such warm cozy colors! Inquiring minds want to know, what was the holiday?
Posted by: Carol | July 25, 2007 at 03:33 PM
Sounds like a great day. Glad you got some much needed rain.
Posted by: Tonia | July 25, 2007 at 07:25 PM
It sonds like a great day off. The purple yarn you're spinning is beautiful.
Posted by: Wanda | July 25, 2007 at 10:42 PM
sounds like a lovely day! that neopolitain sock makes me think of candyland ;o)
Posted by: amanda | July 25, 2007 at 10:57 PM
It sounds like a very nice holiday! It was muggy and sweltering here yesterday, just awful and energy-draining, but today was drier with a light breeze. Maybe respite and return to desert rat conditions is headed your way.
Posted by: Birdsong | July 25, 2007 at 11:47 PM