Missing Seattle: The House on Dexter Avenue North
About halfway up the long shore of this lake, closest to the viewer, a few blocks away from the lake in one of those patches of trees is the house my grandparents lived in. I came for long visits, sometimes whole summers, for years, and then lived with them the first few months I was in Seattle right after college, while I got on my feet. They called it the dollhouse and it was such a cute little Victorian, with a view of the lake and easy walking distance to downtown and the Freemont neighborhood.
Would love, love, love to own that house. Actually looked into buying it a few years ago when I moved back to Seattle, but it was the height of the real estate boom and the price was so high. Plus I was in the middle of leaving California and the house I'd lived in with my pretty recently dead brother and all the trauma that went with that and plus the fact I had no idea what I was doing. It just wasn't the right time to buy the house. Maybe someday it will be...would love to have that connection to my beloved grandparents.
Image Credit: Skunks.
My First Baby Project!
Going to be making a sweater for our little baby...
I was going to wait until the first trimester was over to do anything baby-related, but my husband's been pushing me to trust that all will be well. We had such a nice day yesterday, he and I, just an errand-y kind of day, we looked at a family-sized (used) Jeep to replace my little Wrangler, and after, the sun was out and we walked downtown and shared gelato cones sitting on a bench and then went into our cute local knitting shop and I bought a book with baby projects. And yarn. Above is the test square I knit yesterday to check the gauge...I'm going to make a pretty little gender-neutral hooded sweater. Fun!
I haven't knit in a couple months because I haven't wanted to start something that's not baby. Going to be fun to start again. :)