Sunday, July 22, 2007

hakucho is back!

We returned home from the Cape yesterday! One thing I learned on this vacation is that time does go MUCH slower away from the distractions of the internet and TV! If feels like we have been away for at least a month and it was only two weeks. It feels so good to get away from the rat race! I doubt we will ever try a vacation of this length again though. The boys were bored, very bored. They did work hard helping us as 75% of our vacation was a working one with quite a bit of painting and repair work, but they did get to do some fun stuff, too. We visited the Sandwich glass museum and they really loved seeing the glass blowing demonstrations. We went out on our very first whale watch which was interesting, but the conditions were not the best. Although it was a sunny day when we started out from Barnstable Harbor, by the time we reached the waters off of Provincetown it was extremely foggy. Once in awhile another whale watching boat would pop out of the fog. That was a bit frightening, but the captains of the boats talk to each other and always have the situation under control.

My son was able to get a few pictures...
This one tail shot was the best of the lot. We only saw humpback whales. One even had her baby swimming along with her. It was a long trip of 4 hours and it sure did get cold and windy. If we ever go again we have to make sure there is absolutely no rain or showers in the forecast and it has to be very hot weather.
The boys also enjoyed miniature golf and the Cape Cod Baseball League games. I won't go to watch the games...I would rather stay home (mosquito-free) and work on my knitting. Here's my fishy blanket (tessellated fish) :
Eleven rows of fish completed...that's a grand total of 88 fish. Feels good to have surpassed the halfway mark by a tiny bit :)

Did I make any yarn purchases? Well, yes I did. AC Moore in Hyannis had cotton mill ends on sale and I was lucky to get 3 different colors :)

Now that I'm back I'll be trying very hard to play catch up. We did manage to go grocery shopping this morning. We were totally out of everything. The boys are excited ... we picked up the newest Harry Potter book. We bought the book in the grocery store, but Amazon has a much better price. We also bought Breaking Through. My soon to be tenth grader needed it for summer reading and were not able to find it in our library or anywhere on the cape. Sure wish we had the books for them to read on vacation...oh, well!

Between housework, laundry and getting everything back to normal and under control, email, sail mail, bills and on and on and on... I'll be anxious to visit everyone. At least I'm back and hopefully I can sneak in some time for blogging now and then :) Looking at the calendar it's hard to believe the almost half of the summer has gone by. We'll be shopping for school stuff soon enough!

Hope everyone is enjoying their summer! Happy Knitting :)

18 comments:

  1. Glad to see someone else had to play blogging catch-up besides me! Your vacation sounds like a slice of heaven to me---I've had the schedule from h*ll lately! I love, love, love your fish blanket!

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  2. Isn't the Cape wonderful? We live in RI and we get to the Cape a few times every year, usually on weekends, for mini vacations to get us through. We're planning to get out there right after Labor Day (on our wedding anniversary vacation) so that most of the crowds will be gone but the shops will still be open. I can't wait!

    Did you find any good yarn shops out there that I should look for?

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  3. wow - i can't believe how big the fish blanket is now...lookin' great!

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  4. Welcome home! Trying a different pace of living makes for big changes, doesn't it?

    The tesselated blanket looks nice.

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  5. glad to hear that you had a good trip! it sounds like you got to do some pretty fun stuff! : )

    your fish blanket is huuuge already! how big are you going to make it?!

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  6. wow..you've been gone SO LONG...glad to hear you survived and the fish look GREAT!

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  7. Welcome back! Overall it sounds like a good time away. I love the fish blanket! It is coming out great! I can't wait to see the finished product! good luck on the unpacking and getting back into the rat race!
    Sneak in some knitting time.. it will help :-)

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  8. welcome back!! sounds like a lot was accomplished during your vacation--knitting, some work, and some fun was had too. :) your fishy blanket looks amazing!!!

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  9. Welcome back! Your blanket looks just wonderful. Can't wait to see it grow larger and larger.

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  10. Wow, that's a whole school of fish, you've got there!

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  11. Glad you are back and had a nice time. I would love to go whale watching. I have a soon to be 10th grader too. She is the one that is away right now.
    WOW!!! your fish blanket is growing, it looks wonderful!!

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  12. Welcome back! Lucky you to have two weeks off! I think its good to completely disconnect every so often - amazing how much I can get done when I do that! Hope your re-entry to normal life is easy...

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  13. Welcome home! Your blanket looks fab! I so think that I am going to have to make one, I can't help myself after seeing yours and Vyvyan's fishes. :)

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  14. glad you're back and well rested! Love the fishies! Missed your posts!

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  15. Welcome back! It sounds like you guys had a wonderful time, and your blanket is coming along beautifully!

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  16. How cool is that! Love the fish thingy! So glad you had a good time away on vacation! Love ya':)

    Ang

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  17. Welcome back! The fish blanket is beautiful - love the colours.

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  18. Wow, I love how big your fishy blanket has gotten! I can't wait to see the finished product...and to try my own hand at that cool pattern! :O)

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