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This was the view through the windshield as we drove to the ALS ride on Sunday morning in Napa

I've never been ballooning, but I wonder if it could be as lovely as seeing all of the balloons from the ground as they rise into the sunrise.

A few hours later, as I stood on a corner in Yountville directing cyclists to take a right at the fork, several pick-up trucks passed with balloon baskets in the back, and the balloons themselves mushed into tied-down canvas sacks.

And, a gratuitous shot of vines, because after all I was in wine country

Sadly I managed to pick up an icky cold somewhere along the way, so today I was very lazy indeed- mooching around sniffling into tissues and generally feeling sorry for myself. I wanted to make something, but didn't have the energy to wrestle out the sewing machine. After watching The Ghost and Mrs Muir, which is chock full of the most wonderful crocheted shawls and wraps, I finished a crochet WIP that has been IP for almost a year

It is a mohair/silk blend that I beaded with pink pearls and made into a cross between a scarf and a necklace. A scarflace? A narf? Whatever the name, when worn it looks something like this

It is surprisingly warm, and I think rather nicely dressy. The length was determined by the number of beads I had pre-strung on the yarn using a beading needle lo those many months ago when I started it.

I've begun another crochet project and hope that it will be less than a year before it gets done, but I won't hold my breath (particularly because I can't breathe out of my nose as it is).

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