Ensconced in the Dahka. Loving it...
Jun. 17th, 2025 06:42 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
ianukLast week was a slog at work with a huge intensive training/exercise for the factory and our deliveries. It was a lot, it was loud, and peoply and I was drained each day when I got done and still had stuff to do. I managed to 1) get teh shawl blocked, 2)get calligraphy on the Knight scroll Poe did, 3) did all the laundry and put it away and 4) hit the gym on Tuesday. Everything else was a blur. Mel was not sleeping well or even going to bed on time. Which made him super crabby on Wednesday when I got home from knitting and ugh. boys.
But Thursday I finished work early (I had the time in) and managed to get home to finish/start my packing. I had been setting things aside to pack but had not packed in earnest. With Benton's help we got things settled and I think we were in bed about 1130? Mel had come home from the dojo and we had a long chat on things so that took time but meh.
Friday we got final loading and then lost 20 minutes finding Tasha to throw in her carrier. Sighs. she was under the piano. But we got on the road and honestly the trip was pretty good. We did take the "longer" way by going through Alamogordo to visit Pistachioland. Lol. We got snacks, potties, and the boys got ice cream. All good. Arrived about 830 in La Junta CO. Our hotel was the same friendly folks and we got the go bags and cats settled, grabbed Sonic dinner and then were asleep very early. We were all tired. The cats were happy and we all slept well. Had an okay breakfast (benton was being squirrely) but we got on the road and headed out with Mel driving. We switched off in Kearny NE got Runza for lunch. Then a good drive into SD. Though the GPS was nerfed and said we were in teh state before we got to the river. Lol. The GPS kept bouncing between which route was quicker (Vermillion or Irene) and we settled on the straight shot. The worst roads were Hwy 46 from Beresford to our turn. Looks like that project finished in November but I will have to do detours to get to Beresford which is what we did last year when the road was washed out or under construction.
The house is good. The weather has been good and we only turned on the A/C on Sunday night. We've had some really good thunderstorms the first was Sunday AM and then Monday afternoon. Benton has been running around barefoot outside. I finished mel's hat Sunday. I got my wheel up and going last night and spun while Mel was out gathering mulberries for the first harvest off the tree in the side terrace. I think he and benton will be going to pick them in the thicket this week. Other than that we may hit the shire archery practice tonight and I need to plan on when we will have our neighbor Ruby over for dinner. She's still coping with the grief of losing her husband suddenly last fall. She sounded like mom in a way with "the nights are the worst" and I think that is what led to mom not really sleeping at night. But we will have dinner and chat and catch up.
We have about 2 weeks before the Hucks get here and that is also okay. We have some work to do with the boys bedroom and things to fix like a water drip in the main shower and getting the dishwasher running. I think the shut down procedure will be to get it turned off at the panel cause the same thing happened last year I think.
So I promised photos of the shawl and calligraphy last post.
Shawl laid out on the couch after blocking
Shawl on to see how long it is on the front Ignore my crazy eyes focusing with bifocals on phones is hard. :P
Full scroll with hand for scale
Text closeup
The design and painting were done by Poe, she learned that size and spacing for calligraphy are important as are good framing margins but the commission was pretty open and the horse is amazing.
Washed and blocked
On Mel
But Thursday I finished work early (I had the time in) and managed to get home to finish/start my packing. I had been setting things aside to pack but had not packed in earnest. With Benton's help we got things settled and I think we were in bed about 1130? Mel had come home from the dojo and we had a long chat on things so that took time but meh.
Friday we got final loading and then lost 20 minutes finding Tasha to throw in her carrier. Sighs. she was under the piano. But we got on the road and honestly the trip was pretty good. We did take the "longer" way by going through Alamogordo to visit Pistachioland. Lol. We got snacks, potties, and the boys got ice cream. All good. Arrived about 830 in La Junta CO. Our hotel was the same friendly folks and we got the go bags and cats settled, grabbed Sonic dinner and then were asleep very early. We were all tired. The cats were happy and we all slept well. Had an okay breakfast (benton was being squirrely) but we got on the road and headed out with Mel driving. We switched off in Kearny NE got Runza for lunch. Then a good drive into SD. Though the GPS was nerfed and said we were in teh state before we got to the river. Lol. The GPS kept bouncing between which route was quicker (Vermillion or Irene) and we settled on the straight shot. The worst roads were Hwy 46 from Beresford to our turn. Looks like that project finished in November but I will have to do detours to get to Beresford which is what we did last year when the road was washed out or under construction.
The house is good. The weather has been good and we only turned on the A/C on Sunday night. We've had some really good thunderstorms the first was Sunday AM and then Monday afternoon. Benton has been running around barefoot outside. I finished mel's hat Sunday. I got my wheel up and going last night and spun while Mel was out gathering mulberries for the first harvest off the tree in the side terrace. I think he and benton will be going to pick them in the thicket this week. Other than that we may hit the shire archery practice tonight and I need to plan on when we will have our neighbor Ruby over for dinner. She's still coping with the grief of losing her husband suddenly last fall. She sounded like mom in a way with "the nights are the worst" and I think that is what led to mom not really sleeping at night. But we will have dinner and chat and catch up.
We have about 2 weeks before the Hucks get here and that is also okay. We have some work to do with the boys bedroom and things to fix like a water drip in the main shower and getting the dishwasher running. I think the shut down procedure will be to get it turned off at the panel cause the same thing happened last year I think.
So I promised photos of the shawl and calligraphy last post.
Shawl laid out on the couch after blocking
Shawl on to see how long it is on the front Ignore my crazy eyes focusing with bifocals on phones is hard. :P
Full scroll with hand for scale
Text closeup
The design and painting were done by Poe, she learned that size and spacing for calligraphy are important as are good framing margins but the commission was pretty open and the horse is amazing.
Washed and blocked
On Mel
