Archive for June 12th, 2006
Fuzzy Wuzzy…
<p><i>…was a bear.</i></p><p><i>Fuzzy Wuzzy had no hair.</i></p><p><i>Fuzzy Wuzzy wasn’t fuzzy….was he?</i></p><p>I’m pretty sure that I’ve mentioned that I live in the ‘wilds’ of the Berkshire Hills however, I haven’t really blogged about the ‘issues’ that one faces from time to time while living in this ‘utopia’. (there was sarcasm in that statement – can ya find it?) ;o)</p><p>No, I’m not talking about the ‘upfers’ (that’s a whole ‘nother nightmare) I’m talking about the bears.</p><p>Yes, bears. Big ones. Big, black, hungry ones that seem to enjoy snacking on our garbage. Sometimes they even take it to go and we get to go garbage hunting. We usually find it about a quarter mile away in the neighbors’ yard (that part is <span title="Roger Rabbit – my SO" class="serendipity_glossaryMarkup">RR</span>’s particular favorite).</p><p>Last Tuesday we were awoken by the motion sensor that covers our driveway. At 5 am. I am not a happy camper at <i>5</i> fricken <i>a</i> fricken <i>m</i>. The thing wouldn’t stop dinging so RR got up to check it out. Next thing I heard was, "OH MY GAWD – we’ve got bears!" </p><p>So of course, I had to get up. Dammit.</p><p>Right after I got out of bed a big tractor trailer truck went by and scared the hell out of the bears – one ran into the trees and the other ran up the tree. The big black blob hanging onto the side of the tree trunk is ‘baby bear’:</p><p><a class="serendipity_image_link" href="http://jessaluknits.com/uploads/Photos/Bears06-12-2006001web.jpg" onclick="F1 = window.open(‘/uploads/Photos/Bears06-12-2006001web.jpg’,'Zoom’,'height=495,width=655,top=144,left=192,toolbar=no,menubar=no,location=no,resize=1,resizable=1,scrollbars=yes’); return false;"><img width="175" height="131" style="border: 0px none ; padding-left: 5px; padding-right: 5px;" src="http://jessaluknits.com/uploads/Photos/Bears06-12-2006001web.serendipityThumb.jpg" alt="" /></a></p><p>Now I love nature just as much as the next gal. However, I most definitely do *not* love nature ten feet from my house at five fricken am a mere two hours prior to when my lovely daughter (whom I may want to kill on a regular basis but I love very much) will be waiting for the school bus a mere five feet from where these things are munching on last weeks pizza. Want another photo? For scale?</p><p><a class="serendipity_image_link" href="http://jessaluknits.com/uploads/Photos/Bears06-12-2006018web.jpg" onclick="F1 = window.open(‘/uploads/Photos/Bears06-12-2006018web.jpg’,'Zoom’,'height=495,width=655,top=144,left=192,toolbar=no,menubar=no,location=no,resize=1,resizable=1,scrollbars=yes’); return false;"><img width="175" height="131" style="border: 0px none ; padding-left: 5px; padding-right: 5px;" src="http://jessaluknits.com/uploads/Photos/Bears06-12-2006018web.serendipityThumb.jpg" alt="" /></a></p><p>This one was taken from my bathroom. With no zoom. They were damned closed to my house.</p><p>Freaks me right the hell out. So while I was quietly panicking RR got out his ’stash’ of firecrackers and proceeded to scare the hell out of them. Okay, I’ll admit to a couple of fantasies involving a 12 gauge (oh COME ON – they were right NEXT TO MY HOUSE. I’m allowed.) RR finally managed to scare them away around 6am and we all went back to bed (for 20 minutes). </p><p>So now every bag of trash gets cayenne pepper and bleach before it gets put out.</p><p>Should I get two sticks to bang together a la "<a target="_blank" href="http://jessaluknits.com/exit.php?url_id=1495&entry_id=217" title="http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0055277/" onmouseover="window.status=’http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0055277/’;return true;" onmouseout="window.status=”;return true;">Parent Trap</a>"? ;o) It may not be effective in scaring them away but if I throw one at an oncoming bear maybe I’d get lucky and hit it in the eye which might slow it down and give me a fighting chance to get the hell away from it…maybe?</p><p />
Welcome to ‘June-tober’…
<p>…and Saturday was the coldest, cloudiest, windiest day yet. Gawd this sucks.</p><p>Of course it was cold and crappy. It was <a href="http://jessaluknits.com/exit.php?url_id=1490&entry_id=216" title="http://www.wwkipday.com/" onmouseover="window.status=’http://www.wwkipday.com/’;return true;" onmouseout="window.status=”;return true;" target="_blank">Worldwide Knit in Public Day</a> and <a href="http://jessaluknits.com/exit.php?url_id=1491&entry_id=216" title="http://spiderwomanknits.blogspirit.com/" onmouseover="window.status=’http://spiderwomanknits.blogspirit.com/’;return true;" onmouseout="window.status=”;return true;" target="_blank">Abi</a> and I were planning on sitting in the middle of a park. I take full responsibility for the crappy weather – you all know my luck – it was in full force on Saturday (weather-wise, that is).</p><p>But even though it was just me and Ab (and later on her hubby and offspring) we KIP’d and felt ‘at one’ with the knitting universe ;o)</p><p><img style="BORDER-RIGHT: 0px; PADDING-RIGHT: 5px; BORDER-TOP: 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 5px; BORDER-LEFT: 0px; BORDER-BOTTOM: 0px" height="131" src="http://jessaluknits.com/uploads/Photos/PICT4923-small.serendipityThumb.jpg" width="175" alt="" />Greg (SWK’s hubby) even did some interpretive knitting:</p><p /><p /><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/TKUgR_yRg5I" width="500" height="350" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" /><br /><p>Kind of interesting to hear what he thinks (hopes?) we knitters think of while we’re practicing the craft…I’m positive that I’ve thought of the first two things he lists (Lavender and sock yarn) but I’m pretty sure that most of us don’t think about the last two…or I could be completely wrong ;o) Sorry the sound is so bad…his ‘technique’ is rather interesting, too ;o)</p><p>I also have been trying to organize my ‘Daily Reads’ a bit better – notice I have a new list over there –> for ‘New England’ Bloggers. I tried to make an educated guess on some of them – but most of you guys I have met at fiber fests so I had a pretty good idea of who is from where. If you are on my Daily Reads list and live in New England (MA, VT, NH, ME and CT) and I didn’t move you, please let me know (and if you don’t and I moved you please let me know). Thanks for helping me get more organized :o)</p><p><i>P.S. THE SUN IS OUT THIS MORNING!!! W000t! Of course, I have to work today so I’ll be stuck in the office ’til 2:30 :o(</i></p><p><i>P.P.S. For those of us who use Firefox – I found THE. COOLEST. extension this weekend. It’s called ‘RiteofTongue’ and it adds the ability to spell-check your blog entries. You highlight the word you’re unsure about, right click and voila! Rite of Tongue looks up whether it’s spelled correctly or not and gives you suggestions for the correct spelling. If you want it – get it <a href="http://jessaluknits.com/exit.php?url_id=1492&entry_id=216" title="http://hashcolouredtabs.mozdev.org/riteoftongue/" onmouseover="window.status=’http://hashcolouredtabs.mozdev.org/riteoftongue/’;return true;" onmouseout="window.status=”;return true;" target="_blank">here</a>. All of us who have spelling OCD will thank you ;o)</i><i> </i></p>
