Yarn!

Had a good day yesterday. Went to a local yarn store; didn't buy anything (frankly, I wasn't impressed with the selection) but it was fun to look around. From there I headed to Alamitos Bay Yarn Company. It was packed, as they were having their "Holiday Sparkle" event. Not a sale, but rather they had almost 40 quick projects on display, and when you bought the yarn you got the pattern for it. I had lots of fun & bought several skeins (posted on flickr). I've already started a scarf with one of the skeins.

On the way out, I saw a pelican on a street lamp & got a few pictures.

From there I headed out to Heritage Park. My, it has changed so much since I was a kid. For the most part, I like the changes they have made. They've added a statue of Paul Revere & some plaques telling about his famous ride (including the fact that he was caught & didn't actually finish the ride). They put in lots of drinking
fountains which weren't there before, some decorative cannons & a fake rowboat. The only one I didn't care for was that they took out the really long concrete slide. Safety reasons no doubt, however that was one of my favorite things there when I was a kid & I'm sorry that it's gone. Still, they replaced it with lots of new climby things and smaller slides & the kids that I saw there were really enjoying all of them. There were lots & lots of ducks, and I even saw a praying mantis.

Ralph & I went to Chee's for dinner. He had his favorite: wor wonton soup (no noodles). I had a combo plate with fried rice, egg foo young and two fried shrimp. Ralph had to help me finish it off.

And today. .. sigh, today it's back to work.