Thanks Karen! he needs them tomorrow:-(

But would Badge Magic work on a knit that is going to get washed at least twice a week?

Amy, You've got me interested in the shower gift, but the link isn't working. Is it somewhere else?

You can check Instagram at the computer. If you click the camera icon on the top righthand side of the sidebar here, it will take you to my instagram page. You can go directly to Instagram, too. I find myself checking Instagram when I'm bored (standing in line, waiting to pick up a child, etc). I find myself posting to Instagram many, many times when the itch to record strikes. I guess I'm asking myself if it's necessary to publish, or if just recording would suffice.

Sorry 'bout that. I've found that as the internet explodes, lots of people don't have the patience for more than a snippet of a thought. Then they move on. I like to write complete thoughts. In this case, it's been several days since I carved out time for the computer, so I tried to get a little mother's Day news in, too, because time is precious and I'm not sure when I'll find myself back here:-). I appreciate your patient understanding with my long-windedness. I try not to just blow empty air.

I love this! You lined up all the plaid so beautifully:-). I wonder if I have that pattern stashed...

Donna, I went back here after I got your note this morning. No worries--for me or the fish. I've explained in my reply to Shivaun below. Thanks for your kind note.

Just to clarify, for everyone, the fish was already dead when Nick picked it up. I don't know how I missed this whole exchange until now, but really, there wasn't an issue. Nicky picked up a dead fish between sticks and carried it between those sticks across the creek and to the shore so that everyone could get a good closeup of it. It was already dead. Very dead. Then he made the unfortunate mistake of leaving it there on the shore so that the next day we all had a great object lesson in how bad a fish smells DEAD on the banks. No one ate it. No one killed it and no one even considered either. There was no need to properly grip it. It was dead. Floating on its side down the creek when Nicky grabbed it between the sticks. I do think that there are things that we can all learn from this exchange. For my part, I clearly need to pay better attention to comment notifications. Please remember, this was my week in the woods. But I do apologize. It wouldn't have escalated if I'd explained the deadness sooner. I also think it's important to recognize that the story on a blog is limited. We don't know the whole thing, so please don't jump to conclusions and judgements.

They kind of do, don't they?