Answers to some questions and what we did yesterday

1. No, I don't usually knit while on the treadmill. I try to go fast enough that it would be a Very Bad Idea. I have, however, knit while on a recumbent bike.

2. We boiled the leaves for a good long while for the eucalyptus, and it smelled like eucalyptus but worse, if that is understandable. I'd personally like to try a different kind of gum tree and (thanks Tamiami) chop the leaves.

3. Thing 1 is heading home -- they cancelled the end of the tournament because there was too much snow on the ground, but she told us last night that while her feet were cold in the snow, she was having fun.

Yesterday, Thing 2 and I went on a walk with some new friends.


Our new friend, Brady, was a little nervous because the other four-footed ones weren't in his herd -- he was visiting. So he hummed nervously throughout much of the hike, which sounded a lot like my daughter complaining as we went uphill.

I learned that, to my intense relief, my reaction after a day spent with these lovely animals was: "Eh." I can totally take them or leave them. Since I usually come home from an interaction with any large fiber/fur/meat/milk animal thinking, "I will die if I do not immediately move to a farm and procure X," this was delightful.


Thing 2 worked hard to get enough fur for a hat, though.

We have been offered one of Brady's herdmate's last shearing, though. I may have to take Kate up on it. Then I'll teach Thing 2 to card!