Heavenly

We are at the beach!

I don't think C and I have ever taken

a beach vacation alone before...

it is splendid and decadent!

The home we have rented is awesome -

right on the Gulf

with two huge porches

overlooking the ocean, 

and loads of comfy chairs all over the place.

I made a bit of a collection from our early morning walk:

I am doing some eco dyeing and printing

using sea water as my mordant,

so the local leaves are a great find.

They have been bathed in the sea water too

so I'm hoping that makes them print even better!

The shells are the beginning of a collection for Jeannie,

my left coast buddy.

There is a wonderful outdoor shower,

and this lovely rusted piece was hanging in there.

I have borrowed it,

and am printing some cotton with it.

It already looks great -

after only a few hours!

Barker is totally enjoying the warmth of the sun:

I've been knitting a good bit today:

put the finishing touches on two sweaters,

(Hannah Fettig's "Featherweight and also her "Yoked Cardigan")

and also worked on this one:

It's Hannah Fettig's Trail Jacket

(that's Hannah there in the photo on the link!)

knit on Quince's Osprey yarn.

my colorway is "lupine" -

I love it!

I really enjoy Hannah's top down, 

relatively seamless sweaters...

can you tell?

Last night's sunset was pretty incredible:

We had just arrived,

barely unpacked,

and got the boys out on the beach for a nice walk.

What a reward!!

Hope you had a wonderfully decadent weekend too!

peace