going to the beach....

family vacation to the beach....

 

I'm packed.

 

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Books

• The White Queen by Philippa Gregory (the story of Elizabeth Woodville, who secretly married the newly crowned Edward IV; her boys were the lost princes in the Tower of London, a mystery that has never been solved.)
• Blue Shoe by Anne Lamott  I love everything Anne Lamott writes, and this one has escaped me up to now
• Madame Picasso by Anne Girard  Paris and Picasso in the early 1900s.  What's not to like?
• The Catcher in the Rye  by J.D. Salinger  Many many many summers ago I spent beach time with this book and I remember exactly zero (nada) about it.   It was included on Time‍ '​s 2005 list of the 100 best English-language novels written since 1923 and it was named by Modern Library and its readers as one of the 100 best English-language novels of the 20th century. In 2003, it was listed at #15 on theBBC's survey The Big Read.  I'm going to re-read it because it's good for me.
  

Will I read them all?  HA!  Of course not!  But, I need choices!!!

 

Knitting

• Little Boy Blue (the white version) only needs two more skeins knit in; it might be done before we leave.  Ordinarily, I wouldn't touch Red Heart anything (I know.  I'm a yarn snob; I hope you don't hold that against me.)  But this acrylic with a touch of wool really isn't awful.  It's for a first-time, working, non-knitting, mom-to-be who really doesn't need me putting a guilt trip on her about hand washing a blanket.  I might actually knit with this stuff again. I might.
  
• Banana Leaf shawl may appear to have been neglected lately, but it has really just been resting up for vacation.
• Mont Royal test knit socks
• Two balls of fixation for some August birthday socks.
• yarn for this or this or maybe this

 

Spiral shell was in the pile....but then I knit it.  oops.  

 

 

 

 

 

Comments

[Jenna K]

:) I am in the same boat on Catcher in the Rye...I read it in high school and couldn't tell you a thing about it...along with The Giver, Once and Future King, and multiple other classics! Also, love the shell! Perfect (pre)beach knit! And the options for your last yarn, I don't know which I would pick, they are all so perfect, maybe I would knit all three and write the longest sentence ever. Have a wonderful trip!

[Tracey]

I am thrilled that you are headed to the beach and it looks like you are very well prepared on both the knitting and reading fronts. Have a great time and remember sunscreen!

[Mary Lou]

Happy Birthday and safe travels. The line I most remember from Catcher in the Rye is beginning with his family and "all that david copperfield kind of crap" -- it is on my bookshelf, perhaps I'll pull it out this summer.

[steph@woolythyme]

yep....those are the quotes I'm after!!!  :)

[Ann Denton]

You have peaked my curiosity. I don't remember a lot about "Catcher in the Rye" either. A lot of books have passed through my brain and I would hate to take a test on them. Have fun at the beach and have a great birthday!!

[rusty duck]

Have a good time!

[Elisabeth Andree]

Hope you will have a really good time. Enjoy! Love the spiral shell!

[mamasmercantile]

Have a great trip away, looks like you are prepared with plenty of projects and reading material.

[karen]

oh my you will not read them all but if you didn't take them you would wish you did!! I hope you have so much fun with your family :) Have safe travels!!

[Desiree]

Enjoy your trip! The sea shell is a hoot! :)

[Katrine]

Just in case you run out of books - The Other Boleyn Girl was excellent. Have a great time at the beach. Escape!!

[emma]

Have a great vacation. Love the shell, i don't think i would have been able to resist making it either.

[Linda]

Have a really lovely vacation!! I love that shell - would like to make it for a friend of mind - but all the sewing up etc, throws me.... I've got Meridian on my "to be bought" list!

Linda in VA

[steph@woolythyme]

I really love that pattern.....I'm still undecided which I'll make!  I'm going to take that as one vote for Meridian!

[steph@woolythyme]

yes, but note:  no clothes!!!

[Nicole]

Have lots of fun at the beach! You definitely are armed with many good books and knits. :)

[Tien]

I love how you have your packing priorities straight. Interesting books and pretty yarn. I haven't read The Catcher in the Rye yet but seeing it on all of those "best of" lists is making me curious. Have a fun trip to the beach!

[Iris]

That spiral shell is fantastic, love it!

Your holiday packing makes me laugh - my own looks very similar, all knitting and books, even though I rarely get round to anything like reading or knitting when we go away!

Have a great vacation!!

[Leigh]

I LIKE how you pack! of course! its all about having choices : )

[katie]

have a great vacation steph!

[Debby]

Great reading list. The White Queen was serialised on television recently, fascinating story. I loved Catcher in the Rye when I read it years ago, it's time I re-read it too it's probably very different than I remember.
Have a great holiday...what fun the whole family.
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