Socktoberfest 2009

I am partaking in Socktoberfest this year. Basically you knit socks for the month of October. There is a Ravelry group here. I ordered 4 new things of sock yarn just for this event.



The one in the back is my favorite:



Isn't it purty (yes, I just said purty). I am going to make it into the Blossom socks from Twist Collective.

I have also started some Mystery Socks out of the green:



I did some mystery socks last year and had a lot of fun.

The other two yarns have patterns yet to be determined. I have something in mind for the crazy purple and orange yarn but I have to swatch to see if it will work.

Back from the Beach

We took a little three day trip to the central California coast this last weekend. Despite the large amount of other people (Labor Day and all that) we had a lot of fun.

We started things off with a trip to the Santa Barbara Zoo. Aubrey seemed to enjoy looking at all the animals. (more zoo pictures here)











We then headed to the hotel and just relaxed for the remainder of the day.

The next morning we headed out to the beach. We went north to Pismo State Beach and hung out for a couple hours. (more beach pictures here)











Aubrey got bored of the beach and was ready for a nap so we made a spur of the moment decision to drive a few hours up to Monterey and go to the aquarium there. Unfortunately it was super busy. But it is such a nice place that we still had a good time. (more aquarium pictures here)















The last day we stopped at a couple other beaches, but Aubrey just wasn't into it as much. (more pictures here)







So we grabbed some lunch on Stearn's Warf and headed home.


(Thresher Shark)


(Swordfish)