Well, Jessica had a full house today! Because, not everybody fits into the picture, and two people had already left before I pulled out my camera, but here’s the view from where I was sitting (more or less). You can’t see Tina or Risa or Kim or Anne, but that’s Ina sitting right next to me with her drop spindle. But there’s Jessalu (all the way from Massachusetts!), and Sharon and Sairie … Jessica, of course, and, darn it, two other people whose names I’m blanking on. (I’m sorry; I’m tired.) Not to mention the two who’d left already.

You get the idea, though, huh? It was a full house. Lots and lots of laughter, though! And so many spinning wheels in one place. Three Ladybugs, two Lendrums, and a Kromski. (I just brought knitting with me, so no Majacrafts.) Good food, too. (My contribution was a loaf of homemade rye bread that was still warm from the oven when I arrived.)

I ended up leaving about 5:30 and would have stayed longer except that I had to get home to feed Chappy. In fact, my phone rang while I was driving home to ask if I would be back in time. He was VERY happy to see me, very suspicious about the cat scent on my knitting bag (and legs, and fingers), but eager to tell me that his grandparents, my parents, had taken him for a walk this afternoon. I think that’s a first. And, of course, his first priority was for me to feed him as quickly as possible.

Oh, and in response to a couple conversations that floated around today.

The movie with Jane Seymour that I was thinking of was “Oh Heavenly Dog“  from 1980. It starred Chevy Chase as a detective who gets killed and reincarnated as a dog–played by Benji. (You remember Benji, right?)

And then, Anne was talking about how UPS practically goes out of its way to abuse any packages marked as “Fragile,” and then I got home to read poor Julia’s (Moth Heaven’s) post … Look at her poor, beautiful, damaged Watson Wheel! Oh, the horror!

And, Mom? “The Russians Are Coming! The Russians Are Coming” (1966) was based on a novel by Nathanial Benchley, not Peter Benchley.I

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