I keep forgetting to post here that I decided to start blogging at the main URL for my site (http://www.thewanderingwolf.biz/) and let go of the whole Escaping Suburbia thing. So, consider this your invite to come to the new blog, update bookmarks and feeds (I’m

Thought I would share what I made with the gradient spun yarn that I posted about the other day. This is a crocheted shawlette (this is all the yardage would allow for)

Here’s another shot I took last night by accident. I messed up my camera settings and blew out the sky all around the dandelion so everything came out white. I kind of liked it, though. I added an overall tint to even it out a bit and then decided to go totally greeting-card and added [...]

We stopped by Camp Adair this evening to shoot some photos as the sun went down. My attention was captured by the dandelions. Now I’m all itchy from lying down in the grass… ha.  

Happy anniversary, Oregon, my love! I can hardly believe we have been here five years – the time seems to have just flown by. The best part of this move has been the new friendships we have made. Not to get all sappy, but I am so grateful to have both new friends and old [...]

I’ve been careening madly around the internet posting photos of this yarn. Well, on Ravelry and in a Picasa web album, anyway, which goes on G+ which feels very much like the entire internet sometimes… POINT being, if we’re connected anywhere else, you may have already seen this, sorry. But reall

A while back I was on a bit of a button buying binge. (Don’t think I didn’t work on that sentence!) I love cute buttons and use them for the flower-centers on my hats. So, anyway, a few weeks ago I was sort of

Took these last night — again from the passenger seat of the car — as we drove home to Albany from Independence.

Photos like this — where I stuck my arm out the car window and took a photo with a phone app while we zoomed by at 55mph — make me wish I’d stopped and taken a proper shot with my actual camera. But then I wonder if I’d ever even be able to get the [...]

I wanted to practice taking some shots with a flash on the camera, so… okay, here’s what I practiced on:   Bookshelf Gnome has a companion now. The new guy has a watering can. I don’t know what else to say. I have bookshelf gnomes. Plural. Doesn’t the flash do a nice job…?

I’ll have a TdF update soon, but wanted to post this photo I took last evening in a local cemetery. There are a lot of old gravestones here… the first burial here took place in 1847. They were watering the … Continue readi

I’m so happy with the yarn that came from these three days! This is one ounce of fiber that became 234 yards of laceweight singles yarn on the drop spindle. It was starting to get really difficult at the end, … Conti

Days 9 and 10 are from the drop spindle; on day 11 I finished up some yarn that was on the wheel.

Well, I had the best of intentions to spin every day of the tour, but it just didn’t happen on Friday. I was getting ready to vend at the “Crazy Daze” event in downtown Albany on Saturday. (Thanks to everyone …

Day 3 – plied the baby camel Day 4 – started this BFL from Dicentra Designs Totally loving these colors!

July 2-3: Baby Camel

Marcus, in particular, tends to get a little sun-drunk. He rolls around like he has catnip.

Tour de Fleece is upon us again! I spun a LOT last year. I’m not sure I will be so diligent about spinning every day this year, but I’ll see… Here is some of the fiber I picked up at … Continue readi

photo by Dennis

Today some friends and I headed down to Eugene to take in all the fibery goodness of the Black Sheep Gathering. Of course I found plenty of gorgeous stuff to spin, but I think my favorite purchase of the day … Continue reading

This is the Wheelhouse building in Albany. Got there a little too late for really good sunset photos, but these fantastic windows still created lovely reflections.

At first I was uninspired by the sunset last night. We’d just missed being able to shoot an amazing (double!) rainbow and there didn’t seem to be a whole lot going on with the clouds. Then I decided to shoot … Co

A succulent plant that I picked up at the Albany Farmers Market:  

This is an absolutely horrible phone-camera shot of my cat, Miley: She was sitting there looking at me so innocently, I quickly fumbled for the phone and took the shot before she walked away. The story here is that while grocery …

Okay, I messed up the blog again. Go, me! I tried to add images to the category and archive searches, and it ended up adding a little thumbnail to every single post. FUUUUUG. So… thanks for your patience while I … Continue reading

Walker Lake in Nevada, taken in January, 2007 on our way home from holiday celebrations in Arizona.

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