SUP-ER LOGAN!

It's been a long time since me and the socks have gotten down to business.  I thought winter might come-and-go without one single project even getting started!!  I've been distracted by a long list of unexpected house projects (for example, see our blog entry on the flooded crawl space), but a few weeks ago the stars aligned... and so did the socks.

 

Inspired by this photo of my co-worker's 4-year old nephew:  

 

 

Cutest kid, eh?

 ...I created SUP-ER LOGAN!

You can see SUP-ER LOGAN shares the love of the color blue.

He's sporting yellow "goggles".

His pillow case cape says it all: SHAZAAM!

This was one of the funnest critters to make. I really liked trying to re-create the essence of the photo.
SUP-ER LOGAN is destined for his Forever Home with his name-sake in the wilds of Wisconsin.


In other news - the Seattle Metals Guild Lecture Series has resumed!!  Aaron volunteers for the SMG setting up the series (7 years now!).   Last week was the second lecture of the year, with speaker Jenny Fillius (www.jennyfillius.com).  She is a tin "upcycler", which means she takes old cookie (and other) tins, cuts them up, and nails them back together again to make really cool wall hangings.  We'd have to say anyone with a shred of a sense of humor would LOVE her presentation.  Absolutely hysterical with great photos of her tins spilling out everywhere.  And, of course, images of her work.  She does wall pieces - sort of painting sized - that are very clever, all with cut up tins.

This is Aaron, as the sign suggests, welcoming everyone to the talk (he does a great job!).

Finally, on Friday it was time for our annual tradition: Leave work early and go to the NW Flower and Garden Show.  Apparently, it's the second biggest F&G Show in the nation.  We enjoyed smelling and touching all the flowers and this time of year, it's exactly what the soul needs!

Here I am by the Hobbit House display, one of the amazing full-sized demonstration gardens.

In an unprecedented event, Aaron and I made it all the way through the show and did not spend one cent!!! Unheard of!!! It wasn't for a lack of cool stuff.  Had we had a recent lottery win, we may have purchased this $28,000 fence.  You've gotta admit: It is amazing, and it was made by a metal artist right here in Seattle.  It goes on the bucket list of things we dream about.  I think imagining this fence around our front yard was worth the price of admission.