I Spy

I spy iSwatchy in my brother's "vacation dump" photos.

iSwatchy Update

Hello Knittah,

My family needs more training in blogging. Yesterday I received the following in an e-mail from my brother:

Mom, Bob and I had lots of fun driving around the hills and down the coast to Monterey to see the Aquarium there.

I responded that I looked forward to seeing photos. His response?

I took iSwatchy but not my camera, so Mom and Bob have all the photos.

Well, at least *someone* had a camera! (And it's cool that he remembered iSwatchy. I suppose I shouldn't be too hard on him.)

My mom sent the photos today. Now, normally when she sends trip photos, she sends great, blog-quality descriptions of their travels. The photos she sent to my brother came with the message:

Here are some photos to send.

The e-mail was sent to both me and my brother, so I responded to all, asking for something descriptive, saying I could put together the post if someone sent the pieces to me. I got:

iSwatchy was at the Monterey Aquarium. That is the only descriptor.

*sigh*

Well, here are the photos:


(From the other e-mail they sent, this is part way up the 8 mile long hill my brother cycles up - a 2000 ft rise. It takes him 1 3/4 hr to ride up and 30 minutes to ride down.)



Perhaps my brother will feel inspired to write something more exciting to go with the photos?

Cheers,
Noricum

iSwatchy tours San Francisco

I think maybe iSwatchy is getting a little carried away with his new "try anything once" San Francisco attitude.



I've temporarily uploaded a big pile of pictures to my gallery. I'll be sorting, labeling and re-uploading them in a few months when iSwatchy and I are back home.

iSwatchy helps around the house

iSwatchy likes to help around the house, especially when it comes to gardening and decorating. I still haven't convinced him to help with the cleaning, though.

iSwatchy helped me arrange some scented pinecones

And he helped me prune and water the plants

Sometimes he goofs off a little. He thinks that if he can't see me, I can't see him!

iSwatchy Lives!

It's been a long and crazy summer, but iSwatchy is alive and well after unexpectedly ending up in Vancouver.



He had a great time staying in Coquitlam in a very comfortable room with a lovely host.



Once we were back in Winnipeg, however, iSwatchy helped me set up my new Mac Mini and iPod Shuffle.



After that, iSwatchy spent a little time kicking it oldschool.



Then iSwatchy showed off some of his unicycling skills. I don't know how he rides it so well, considering he can't reach the pedals.



iSwatchy seems to be pretty handy with technology, so I let him give me a hand setting up father's new Xerox colour laser printer.

Swatchy and iSwatchy

Swatchy and iSwatchy

iSwatchy arrived in Winnipeg last night, a bit tired from his journey. He and Swatchy caught up a bit this morning, and iSwatchy will be going over to my brother's later today.

Swatchy will blog about the crocuses and other spring flowers soon... he's deciding which of the gazillion photos to post. ;)

Introducing iSwatchy

When I heard that Nicoya was interning at Apple this summer, I couldn't resist making the newest member of the Swatchy family:



iSwatchy was knit from Cascade 220 on size 5 dpns. I think he was the easiest Swatchy thus far. Do you see the resemblance between iSwatchy and his new best friend? I hope he's a hit at Apple!