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Mi madre, Diana, thinks Dug yeses me too much. And consequently, she claims this yessing is going to result in an ulcer. Thanks, Mami.
I think he yeses me just fine personally.
This weekend CawfeeGuy and CawfeeMate are coming up with our puppy-nephew, Rufus (Rufy is staying for weeks! and the boys are going to be 5 this summer, I can’t believe it!) and we are heading bright and early tomorrow to the Connecticut Sheep and Wool Festival! I AM SO EXCITED!!! Could you die?!
I have been looking forward to this for months! I’ve never been to anything like this, and we missed the last big fiber festival because we were on our honeymoon. Poor me, I know. But really, animal husbandry! I have actually never been able to use those words before, but besides all sorts of hand-spun, hand-dyed, yarn and fibers (which would totally be enough excitement for me!), we are sure to be learning about ANIMAL HUSBANDRY because this festival is sponsored by the CT Sheep Breeder’s Association. HA!
Also, I’ve found I have a thing for eating lamb, while petting lamb, while shopping for yarn. It’s kind of sick when you are from Brooklyn and had never even seen a real raccoon until well into your mid twenties, but that’s a whole other blog post.
Anywhoo. Back to Dug and the ulcer that’s developing. My mother is especially certain about the ulcer now that she’s heard we are dragging Dug to this AWESOME SHEEP AND WOOL FESTIVAL! (WHAT is going ON with the cap lock key today?!)
You can judge all you want. I know some of you are going to get that this is totally awesome. And probably those of you who think it’s lame are no longer reading. Or are texting Dug to make fun of him. Go right ahead. Make fun. But not until you read my defense. The following is mostly from an email chain earlier in the week.
DUG I’ve been invited to a dinner this Sunday night. Do we have anything going on?
ME The boys will be over for a long weekend, but that shouldn’t stop you. Saturday we will be taking a day trip to a sheep and wool festival which is past Hartford.
DUG Ok. Thanks… Did you say sheep and wool? Ummm. Do I really get to meet some sheep?
ME YUP! It’s gonna be OFF THE HOOK!!! You may meet alpacas and rabbits too. And there’s going to be a sheep dog trial so you can watch the dogs herding.
DUG AWESOME!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I think I may be more pumped for this than you and CawfeeGuy combined!! Who cares about the yarn THERE ARE GOING TO BE SHEEP DOGS! CAN WE BRING CHEWIE SO WE CAN TEACH HIM HOW TO HERD?!
ME No.
DUG Yes we can. Yeswecan.
ME No. Sorry. Only service dogs and dogs enrolled in the competition can be be on the grounds. Did you ever apply for his service dog status? You can say you have anxiety around sheep.
{later}
DUG Let’s bring Chewie.
ME No.
DUG Awww. Look at him! He wants to come.
ME No.
DUG His little heart is hurting. He wants to learn to herd.
ME No.
DUG And meet the sheep dogs… They are his cousins.
ME Still, no. He is not allowed. And he is too small. He’s even smaller than the rabbits that are going to be there. He would get hurt. Let’s focus on the sheep dogs you are going to meet.
Really it’s just about something for everyone, isn’t it?
You can find me at Ravelry as SequinedAsphault. Let’s be friends.
Today you can find me guest blogging over at the lovely Paola’s, Mirror Mirror. Paola lives in Seattle, is a “design junkie, unrepentant foodie, passionate photographer, harassed mummy, crazed knitter, and a snarky Brit” and her blog is an amazing trip chronicling it all. She’s got an amazing blog, so I am totally fancy now!
Please visit and say hello. I painstakingly wrote up some thoughtful tips for improving photographs and illustrated with some of my favorites you see here below. Way more painstakingly than I even write here. CawfeeGuy even proofed me! And I though I almost had an anxiety attack in the process, I tried my best to entertain.
Paola may even make you some tea… I hear those Brits do that a lot.
Oh eM Gee I may have a heart attack and die today
between this awesome guest blogging opportunity on the fabulous Paola’s blog, Mirror Mirror
and wanting to make it funny.
(Check me out there later this week? Please?)
How the hell do you make Five Top Tips for Architectural Photography funny?!
And now I get an email saying that I have a package at home.
A package. At home.
The only thing this package could possibly be is the NEW AWESOME AMAZING GAZILLION DOLLAR MYSTICAL MAGICAL LENS I ORDERED FROM B&H PHOTO!
And I cannot possibly play with my new lens, which was made by unicorns, and write this crazy incredible blog post that has to be funny at the same time. And wasn’t there something about working on an updated photography website this month. I seem to have forgotten…
*sigh*
I am Wonder Woman. Well… I have the outfit at least. I can totally do this. Oh, man, I think the outfit is in one of the boxes. In that room. That horrible, horrible room.
*sigh*
I need to lie down. Here. In this photograph. Now.
It’s the only way I’ll survive.
Purple is my favorite color, though I’ve never used it to decorate in my own home… well, that’s not exactly true… my last bedroom closet was stripped an amazing shade of glossy purple and a matte lavender. But Havilande Whitcomb Design brings purple unabashedly out into the open to create this incredibly fun, yet serene, seating area that I had the pleasure to photograph for Beinfield Architecture. Between the colors, the animal skin, the reclaimed hemlock wood floor and ceiling, the airiness, and the elegant, modern toddler toy, this nook looks like it was designed just for me to sit and read a gajillion books.
I’ll have to settle for the photograph.
This post is a recurring feature I call ‘Which One?’ where I ask you to help me decide which is the stronger, more compelling image. Usually my ‘Which One?’ helps me determine which image to present to a client. Today it’s just my own interest. (This is also the shot in the opposite direction of the fog in my last post.)
So it’s also the beginning of a potentially new feature here, which I haven’t quite named yet. The concept is simple: it’s my favorite image from a shoot, and I’m certain the client is never going to use it. Basically, if I don’t post it here, no one’s ever going to see it, and it will live, alone and forgotten, in the cobwebs of my memory. If I remember it at all. How sad… This one, in particular will not see the light of day because Architects like blue sky. Period. And I took these same shots 5 hours later with an incredible blue sky, but I’m crazy about these comparatively so I’m not even gonna show you the blue sky.
I love these shots because, for me, they really capture New England in March. And I can see that charm without it being cloyingly sweet.
Which one would you choose? I’d love to hear.
{Update: I was totally wrong. The client chose both of these photos yesterday!}
Here are some previous ‘Which One?’ posts in case you are new here and would like to explore…
Hire Michele
MS Trani’s Instagram
MS Trani’s Pinterest
On the Nightstand
