Friday - June 27, 2008

 Something happened...

 Something happened with the turtle.  

Despite the fact that he's not a mammal, he somehow developed orange hair and even eyebrows.  Even more troubling than that, he started going around the apartment, mumbling to himself.  (That's especially impressive when you consider that he doesn't even have a mouth.)  

He started out looking in the herbs we got in the CSA bag, asking if 'Daisy' were there.  

He then moved on to the ivy that we grew from the sprigs in my wedding bouquet, still looking for this Daisy.  

He climbed onto the Ivar and was excited at first when he found the dried mushrooms, but was sad when he realized there was no Toadstool.  

He then examined the fruit bowl for a Peach.  

He checked the hat I was making for signs of a Daisy.  

After all of this proved fruitless, he climbed into Caleb's recliner and started watching the Tivo.  I pointed out to him that he hadn't gotten permission to do this, and that he had better not delete any of my shows.  

After that, he crawled (extremely quickly for a turtle) over to where I keep my guitar.  He got it out, barely frustrated by his lack of opposable thumbs to work the zipper.

He then started trying to play 'The Sad Turtle Blues,' but was somewhat frustrated by the fact that he was too small to play the strings and finger the chords at the same time.  At this point, I packed him up and sent him off to my brother, who knows more about video games than I do.  

Pattern: Sheldon

Yarn: Tahki Cotton Classic from Webs in 3549 and 3763

Needles: Size 3 dps

Modifications: Added hair and eyebrows.  

Thoughts: This was a lot of fun, and there are a bunch of good memories tied up in this little turtle.