1-2-3 Hockey: Last Post In September! WOOOOOOOOO! We’re Almost There, Hockey!

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I went out first thing to take pictures, figuring the carrot fronds might look cool after the hours-long torrential downpour we got early in the morning. The threat of drizzling or more hung heavy in the air. Like, literally. It was so humid the lens fogged up terribly. So I took four or five really crappy pictures and skittered back inside.

Since I had time to kill before leaving for the night shift and no one to chat that time away with, I took to processing this photo in Picnik. I applied about 80,000 different layers to it, including an effect called VampiraScope, only to get something that still looks pretty much like I took a crappy picture of carrot fronds through a fogged up lens. But, I guess the VampiraScope did transform them into Bunnicula carrots, so there’s that, right? — Pk.

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1-2-3 Hockey: So, Iron Boar Is Mysteriously Having Problems With His Ears, Eh? Sounds Like Salary Cap Solution To Us! (Unless Our Ears Are In Need Of Assistance, Too.)

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After the hand-quilting class I left one of the practice muslin-batting sandwiches in its hoop on the dining room table. Rollie decided it made a nice little nest for her this evening while Boomer and I trimmed up some more pies and tarts. My jury duty experience finally came to an end today, with a very satisfactory ending. Schnookie was totally right — jury duty rawks. — Pk.

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1-2-3 Hockey: What Was Your Favorite Moment In The Mike Mottau Era? Yeah, Us Neither.

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I had a long, long, boring day at jury duty today, and I think I’m getting a cold. All I wanted to do when I got home was lie down and die but Schnookie was all, “Hey, go take pictures of the pretty sky!” I’m glad she was a cruel taskmaster, though, because the sky was quite lovely. — Pk.

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1-2-3 Hockey: We Asked Crunchy To Shoot A Portrait Of Favre The Cat But Apparently Someone Is Too Busy At “Training Camp”

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It was a lazy, cozy rainy (but awfully muggy) night here at stately Maple Hoo (after a day that was finally rainy from morning ’til night!), so we had a lazy photo challenge. Here, Favre naps on my bed in the glow of the funky lamp I picked up on a photo jaunt to Asbury Park. — Pk.

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1-2-3 Hockey: Another Installment Of Our Continuing Series Of “Are We The Coolest People You Know? Don’t Answer That.”

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Today we took a class at Pennington Quilt Works to learn how to hand quilt. It was so much fun and now we can’t wait to get started on real projects (ones that would be more exciting than the practice muslin sandwich pictured here)!

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1-2-3 Hockey: Ah, Saturday Night, When A Young Girl’s Thoughts Turn To Getting Tipsy And Shouting At Her Sister About The Devils’ Management And Ownership

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Finding an instance of raw sienna for the Sixty Four Colors Flickr photo project seemed like it might be a toughie, until we discovered Boomer’s little antique metal soldier/actuary was exactly that color. Or was at one point.

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1-2-3 Hockey: There Won’t Be Many More Hockeyless Friday Nights, So It’s Time Now To Revel In The Homemade Mallomars And “Dr. Quinn”

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We had busy days today, some better than others — Pookie had to go back to work instead of jury duty, which meant she got to participate in the farewell party activities for ET, and Schnookie had the most miserable farm experience ever. Then there was much napping and stitching and watching Dr. Quinn, so the only thing we got a picture of was our baking adventure. This is an unfrosted version of a mallomar-type cookie from a Martha Stewart cookbook.

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