This would be as good a moment as any,
to tell you that I was once invited to Shirley Temple's birthday
party. '35? '36? My mother thought I was too young to go. I wish
she'd kept the invitation, though. My father was a Hollywood reporter
at the time. They used to get a lot of Christmas cards from
movie stars. My mother bundled those up and sent them to her younger
brother, then in college.
I've finished the fourth repeat of the
centre of the Unst Bridal Shawl, but haven't re-addressed myself to
the problem of uploading photographs to this new computer. On Old
Slowcoach, plugging the camera in automatically calls up the camera
software. Maybe I'll have to do it that way. Another thing I haven't
got around to yet is getting a Man In to transfer programs across to
the new laptop. It's not one of the things my husband nags me to do,
and thus tends to slide down the list.
Franklin has a new
blog up on the Lion Brand site – always an event. It addresses
the question of how long it takes to knit something, and is thus
rather relevant to the Unst shawl. Poor Franklin hankers after such
knitting, but as a designer who has to keep producing things, can't
allow himself such a luxury. (He doesn't actually say that, but it is
strongly implied.)
I don't think I worry too much, when
contemplating a project, about the question of how long it's going to
take. But of course, such considerations do arise. Can I finish this
shawl before Hellie might reasonably want to get married (which won't
be before her brother Thomas-the-Elder's wedding day in November of
this year)? When should I start work on a knitted Marmite jar, if I
want to have it ready for Christmas? That sort of thing.
Franklin's latest for Knitty,
incidentally, is an interesting
essay on choosing colours – he says it's going to be the
subject of a new class.
The other big news on the knitting
front is that the Winter 2013/14 VK has turned up. I think I have
expressed surprise before that they bring it out just as the
snowdrops bloom, a bit late for launching a major winter project. Nor is
there much that attracts me – VK's are better when they have
ripened for a couple of years. But I awfully like no. 25, one of
those blankies made up of motifs. It's an area into which I have
never strayed, but the appeal is there.
Non-knit
My sister says she always cuts peppers
in half and cleans them, before roasting. American cookery books must
be stronger on sensible advice.
I can't import pictures, at the moment,
but I can download them. Here is a scene from Mount Pelion, last
weekend. Spring has come to the Mediterranean. Those are Archie's
younger brothers, Mungo and Fergus.
I will see Archie tomorrow, insh'Allah.
I'm going to drive him from school to the airport, for the sake of
half-an-hour's conversation.
Regarding peppers - nobody told me, but I cut mine across at the shoulders, and the stalk and core come out. Then I slit them down the obvious seams into pieces that will lay flat under the grill, so I can blacken and peel them. No use if you want them whole, but fine for me since they freeze well and I can add them to my helping.
ReplyDeleteI do this as well, but I once watched Martha Stewert on television plop the whole pepper down on the gas burner, sans pan, and just turn it with tongs. Nice if you only need one pepper.
DeleteI slice off both top and bottom. Then make one slice in the side. The body of the pepper then unrolls to a nice large flat rectangle
DeleteYou may not even need software to download your pictures. Try plugging the camera into the computer, then go to the window that shows all drives available. My camera shows up as a "removable storage", open it up, and copy the files (i.e. pictures) to the spot on the hard drive you want to put them.
ReplyDeleteI just downloaded by Spring Vogue last night. With that hard copy subscription, you get the digital edition free. I always get the digital a bit ahead of the paper. Maybe the US VK is different on both counts? You've probably explained it before.
ReplyDeleteas mentioned above, plug your camera into your laptop and look in COMPUTER for an additional drive - the other thing is that a window may pop up and you can chose to "always copy photos" or some such language and then everytime you plug it in it will auto transfer the photos.
ReplyDeleteWould your computer have a slot for the memory card?
ReplyDeleteI just insert the memory card into my laptop and download the photos without any cable.
Good luck with technology!
LisaRR