A Sunday Field Trip

A few Sundays ago, I went on a field trip with my Knitting Group to Churchmouse Yarns & Teas and a delectable Ice Creamery called Mora. This knitting group of mine is wonderful - full of super-smart, crafty, and hilariously dirty minded women (and the occasional guy.). It was a perfect sunny fall afternoon, we met up on the Ferry to Bainbridge Island and walked up to the shopping district where we were greeted by a sign out side of Churchmouse welcoming our group to the shop! Isn't that sweet? We filled the tiny shop to capacity and spread out like rabid little bunnies to scoop up yarny treasures that we could then knit up into something cozy and beautiful. I settled on the Chunky Malabrigo, a kettle dyed pure merino wool in varying shades of blue and green. My brother, Lucas later pointed out that these are the Seahawks colors which did not thrill me. I still like it though, and will make myself a scarf. Yes, I am still at the scarf stage of my knitting adventure, but am constantly motivated by my Capitol Hill cohorts who have skillz you wouldn't believe - Yeah, that's right, I said it - skillz, with a z. They are that good.
So, then up at Mora I got a scoop that I was allowed to split in half between 2 flavors. I got a half scoop each of Mojito sorbet (Pure summer - lime, mint, perfectly icey!), and mint with shaved chocolate (minty, creamy, melty!). These 2 went really good together because they both had really fresh and sparkly undertones.
It was a great day!

After the field trip, I drove over to my Mom and Dad's house for a special Sunday dinner to celebrate the closing of a house we sold. My brother Matthew remodeled it and I designed the landscaping. It sold back in August, but we were waiting for my sister-in-law Erica to give birth so she could join in the champagne imbibing! This was my first experience with Dom Perignon, and I gotta say it was delicious.