Fluffbuff

  Our lovely neighbor across the street decided to cover his front lawn with dung on a Saturday afternoon. For those of you unfamiliar with the Californian way of life, let me tell you.

Every year around the first rain, usually in early November, many people (sigh) fertilize their front lawns in what they believe to be the best way. As far as I know, there is no scientific proof that poop is better than other fertilizers — I think it's one of those urban myths — but that's the way it goes here. Good for us that this weekend we didn't have people over.

Anyway, the local color note is just to explain how I got to drive down to Costa Mesa after a long hiatus from Japanese craft books. We needed to be away from the house for a whole day; who wants to spend a whole Sunday breathing shit miasma? Have you ever heard of a better excuse to go hunting for cool new knitting and embroidery books?

So, away from the poop we went and I came home with some wonderful finds.
One review coming up shortly.