Canon may be getting some more of my business...

Look, ma, no pictures. This is not because I don't want to show pictures, but rather because I am unable to show pictures. My camera has been AWOL since the Morehead trip. I've searched the car and all my bags with a fine toothed comb and still it hasn't turned up. I loved that little thing. I'm still hoping it will show up somewhere unexpected.

So, we will struggle on without visual aids. Actually, I don't have much to show at the moment anyway. I'm making a shawl for the Friendship Spinners gift exchange and I don't want to show it just in case one of the group stumbles across my blog.

I'm looking forward to the retreat at Shakertown in a couple of weeks. In addition to a fiber-related gift exchange, they also have a more structured exchange. Last year, it was hats. I made a felted hat (my specialty) and received a lovely toque-type hat made of alpaca with the words "Friendship Spinners" worked into it. The weavers in the group exchanged woven bath towels -- but, not being a weaver, I didn't participate in that one. This year, the structured exchange is shawls, so both knitters and weavers can participate in one exchange.

My DH is still on the road. He's been in St. Louis since Thursday and should be back very late Monday night. It seems like we've been all girls here for a long time.

Tomorrow I go to R.A. Jones Middle School for the Art Links Adopt-a-School program. I'm showing the kids spinning and then we're kool-aid dying some yarn. In December, another member of the Weaver's Guild will come with her loom and show them how to weave their yarn into a colorful rug for their classrooms.

Ally is making some medieval food for extra credit in her history class. She found a recipe online for what was called a cherry tart. It uses cherries, ricotta cheese, some spices and chopped up "ROSE PETALS." It was a great excuse to buy some roses at the grocery. I can't imagine that the rose petals are going to add much taste, but the recipe specifically called for them and we added them. It smells good anyway and it's about to come out of the oven.

That's all for now. Happy Thanksgiving if I don't post before then.
(picture snagged from the Internet)