April 20, 2012

Weird stuff I have done

Most of what I do in my spare time is sleep, that is because I don't really have spare time but, every so often there is something that I have to do as part of a club or just cause I can. Today it was narrate at a naginata demo during a Sakura Matsuri at Smith College. To get to Smith I rode the bus in full uniform complete with dragonfly patch and name tag. It was rather fun, slightly odd sitting in the seats because the knots of the hakama dig in if the seat has a back. Once I got to Smith and the club and I got all of our stuff together they demonstrated stuff and I narrated. I was rather fun.

There was food as well, I got to make onigiri for the first time, they were rather tasty and fun to make. Also you could eat mochi and drink barley tea. The tea was quite good.

The naginata club was selling pocky to fundraise and did quite well in that. There were a couple of people who had brought a collection of kimono and yukata for people to dress up in. I got to wear a kimono and it was rather comfy. A kimono is generally silk and lined while a yukata is cotton and unlined (generally).









I also got bored and the Friday before I dyed my ponytail blue. See the two tones of my hair in the above pictures, that is the cause. 

On the knitting front I am crocheting a shawl for myself to wear to my brothers college graduation. It is red and is lace. I am using some red yarn that I got on sale at Webs. Pictures will come later.

April 14, 2012

Spring has arrived

Spring is officially here in all of it crazy weather glory. The week of Spring break was like summer then the weather went back to normal, now the temperatures are starting to go back up to normal temperatures. The turtles in Lower Lake are coming out onto the partially submerged logs to sunbathe.
Turtles

Also my puppies came to visit me, with my parents. It was my first time meeting the younger Luna.

Luna, the puppy who can't stay still
After they visited me we all went to my brothers track meet, and watched him run. Luna especially liked it because everyone petted her.

The naginata club had some guests so we had lots of really good training, and much fun also. The knitting has changed to crocheting a shawl for myself for attending my brothers graduation. The gift shawl was finished over Spring Break.
Blocking on my bed