We packed all of our belongings into a portable storage container at the beginning of September, and now we're living at my mother's place while the search for the perfect house continues. The kids started school, and I went on a trip with my friend Thea and my mom.
My mom and I flew to Spokane, WA on Friday morning to meet Thea. The next day at 6am we drove north to Nelson, BC (and said hey to the surly border patrol personnel). There we enjoyed an amazing day of spa treatments and shopping. Sunday, we soaked in the Ainsworth Hotsprings and did a whole lot of other stuff, including checking out the spawning Kokanee salmon heading upstream from Kootenay Lake (I love that word--it's pronounced "koot-nee"). The fish seemed so tireless yet it didn't seem like they ever made any progress upstream. I had to resist the urge to wade into the water and "help" them by chucking them up farther. It was strange, but even stranger to realize how rarely I get into the wild these days, such that the experience was almost surreal.
Driving back to Thea's home in Coeur d'Alene, ID on Sunday, we stopped at the Northern Woven Broom Co. in Canada. I had mocked Thea for buying an extremely expensive broom here the month before (I can't bring myself to tell you how much it cost), but I ate my words once I arrived, and bought my own (less expensive but still pricey) model. These broom are stunning, it is true, but what really makes you want to own one is meeting the man who makes them himself and seeing them hanging in the log barn. The connection is profound. Plus, they work really well and last for forever, and I want to be a witch for Halloween.
On Monday morning, we all got up and after eating breakfast at Thea's cafe, got back on the road to Utah, driving down in Thea's car (the whole point of the trip: to accompany Thea on her drive down here). Jonah was a trooper and pretty good natured about being tied down in his car seat for most of three days, but somewhere in Montana he decided he'd had it, so we took a breather and this photo. I finished my red Euroflax linen scarf shortly before sunset. Now I'm back into the swing of things, sort of, and life goes on. What about you? Busy much?
8 comments:
Just don't dye your hair green. (Unless you enjoy the dye-that-hasp-to-grow-out look, that is.) :) Great pics!
Aww, your little guy has changed from an infant to a baby since your last picture! He looks so sweet with you.
Great to hear what you're up to!
That is one cute baby. Can you bring him again this week or something? Or maybe we should have coffee or a playdate or something?
What a sweet photo of you and Jonah! Sounds like you had a great trip.
A witch, you say. You need to buy a copy of Anne's felted witch hat pattern. Vonnie got more copies in today.
I so enjoyed meeting you at the fair. That was a lot of fun! I hope you find your perfect house. Too bad mine is too far away. =) I'm glad to know you used a POD. I think we are going to use one too.
You should make a wig out of green yarn! Jonah is such a cutie.
I love that you took a road trip with your mom.
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