Life's a Stitch

Have you ever had a once in a lifetime experience? I guess when they happen you don’t know it’s a once in a lifetime. Maybe it’s the first in your lifetime. Last weekend, on the ferry between Vancouver Island and Vancouver I lost count after seeing 21 Orca whales. There were many more, but it was difficult to count them all. I didn’t want to waste time going back to the car to get my camera, so it’s one of those photos etched in my brain, hopefully forever. I doubt I’ll ever see that many whales in the wild at one time. It was breathtaking. Right up there with the flock of wild parrots I once saw in Mexico.

Earlier in the day I saw a woman walking five Scotties, the third time I’ve ever seen so many Scottie bodies in one place. The first time was when I was five years old, accompanying my cousin on a hunt for a puppy. We visited as Scottie breeder and right then I decided that someday I would have one, and now we’re on our second. They bought a poodle and named it Tiffany Plato Bonaparte Socrates Ramp.

My Marina is my once in a lifetime Alice Starmore knit, as I can’t justify budgetwise buying one of her kits. I was fortunate to find a pattern and a good source of yarn. The other unrationalizeable project is an Ab Fab throw, but I’m in the process of figuring something out that will satisfy that urge. More on that another day. For now, the back of my Devan baby sweater: