saturday morning the tessinator and i met up with bex, harvey, and the gert. saturday, sunday, and today were all most picturesque at the hamp dog park.... somehow the gert convinced a complete and utter stranger to give her a fairly lengthy message....FOR FREE. damn! i need to get in on those skillz.... later, i met up with a newly acquainted knitter, amy, at webs. we're gonna do an argyle sox knit-a-long starting june 7th, so we went to check out sock yarn (along with some patterns). i had every intention of snapping a pict inside webs, but all i got was this en route... the cutout love does not die easily..... sunday brought two different grilling events. the first was over at sage's place. she has a nifty little deck attached to her awesome apartment. i lurve the energy at sage's place, and am excited to spend more time there, now that the night comes so much later.... the tessinator lurves the sage, no matter what the time... from haydenville, i cruised over to easthampton to get in on some hooping action at tracy's house....in florence, i cut behind the dogpark to hook up with rte 10. somehow, i don't think this was the shortest route, but it was the shortest i know...does anyone know a shorter way? how shameful i should have somehow not gotten a picture of the hostess herself (when blogging gets slack), but i did get a shot of bex in action. turns out i totally suck at the hoola-hoop. who knew?!?!? either i couldn't get it going, or it was down around my knees. now, i coulda sworn that i had a hoola hoop i used alot as a kid, but apparently hooping is not like riding a bike. the kind hostess-whos-picture-is-missing generously let me take a hoop home to practice for the next hoop happening.. THANKS TRACY! there were some great veggie burgers and veggie kabobs grilled here, and i found myself earlier today wishing i had some, along with that pizza i couldn't finish friday night. i think i'm gonna start carrying a ziplock bag with me from now on.. today was all about mowing the lawn (to provide myself with a proper practice place) and finishing up some "caps". they're for df's dog lamont. lamont's a boston terrier, which is why these are a bit on the shallow side... i made earholes on both caps to ensure a snug, yet comfortable, fit. (i used a coffee mug to model the hats cuz the tessinator's head is like 4X the size of a boston terrier) and YES, i DO take commissions for customn knit dog gear! just email me...