Hand Knit Skirt in Euroflax Linen

This skirt was an easy knit in Euroflax Linen. I love the drape this yarn has, it feels wonderful to wear and softens with each washing. And best of all, it is easy to care for as it is machine washable and dryable. It is modeled here by my beautiful daughter Alexandra.

Bandon, Oregon...Sept. 4th thru 7th, 2009

It had been 5 years since our family had been to Bandon. It is so beautiful there that I will never wait that long again. We have always visited during Labor Day weekend in September, and the weather has always cooperated. The beach is sandy with beautiful giant rock outcroppings including Face Rock, tide pools during low tide with plenty of starfish, anenomes and other creatures, and I am always amazed how hardly anyone is on the beach. It was a wonderful 4 days.

Lost Valley Music Festival 2009

The festival is fast approaching and still so much to do. This will be our 28th year putting this event on, which happens to be in our own backyard which is 2.5 acres of forested beauty at the base of the Cascade Mountains. It is a beautiful setting for outdoor music, great food, and awesome friends and family who join us. The Pears will be playing and will feature Alexandra, our daughter, on bari sax. Our son Zach plays drums in Pleasant Swill. We are hoping for cooler weather this year...last year we had a record scorcher of 108 degrees, although by afternoon we are drenched in the shade of Douglas and Grand Firs well over 100 years old.

Year Round Gardening

We have a 16 x 30' greenhouse that we have always wanted to build a raised bed inside of so that we could garden all year. This spring we finally did it! The bed is 18' 9" long by 3' 9" wide, with a height close to 3 feet above ground, perfect for sitting on the sides while working in the bed or just enjoying the ambiance of the greenhouse. We are currently harvesting many varieties of lettuce, bok choy, collards, spinach, mustard greens, and several varieties of tomatoes are going crazy, along with eggplant, peppers, walla walla sweet onions, cabbage and dill.

Waves of Ocean, Mountains, and Stream

Yesterday I completed my Lizard Ridge Afghan, I absolutely love it. It was a joy to knit and I loved the creative aspect of it. It reminds me of water flowing, sunsets on oceans, sandy beaches, coral reefs, deep ocean bottoms, mountains with streams meandering thru them, gently rolling hills, nature ever changing, constantly in motion which in turn helped me with my color selection. I am happy that I came upon this pattern designed by Laura Aylor, and can be found at http://www.knitty.com/ in the Fall 2006 collection. I highly recommend this pattern to anyone who loves to knit with color ♥

In the Court of the Pi-Rat King...

Pi-Rat ruled with humor, wisdom, and compassion for all despite having only one eye and a broken knitting needle which served as his peg-leg. He proudly displayed love for his mom thru his tattooed behind.

Handspun Heaven

Spinning again...it's been a year and I have to wonder why I took such a long break? It was so much fun to spin this even though I was sick while I did so...80/20 merino-silk, 2ply fingering weight, approximately 780 yards.

The Pears

The Pears are (as pictured in photo)...Roger Haney, Alexandra Pearman, Jordan DeWein, Anne Cooley, Lorna Pearman and Dennis Pearman recording and performing all original music written by Lorna Pearman with additional arrangements by Dennis Pearman. Listen here at http://www.myspace.com/thepearsband

All things created equal...

I like to create and I find inspiration from my life and the natural world. Thoughts come in the form of lyrics thru experience, visual art thru my own perception of existence. I can't imagine waking in the morning and not knowing what to do with my time. I just wish that there was more of it. This little Chihuahua is a needle-felted creation of mine.