I started knitting up a (hopefully) quick summer project. While it may appear to be a scarf, it is actually the left front of Askew
from knitty.com, and it is supposed to look like this when it is finished. According to the pattern, the pieces will be small, and then must be "blocked" (aka stretched into the proper shape) after they are knitted . . . but I think this piece will have to be BLOCKED to within a strand of yarn of its life.

Took the Jessica Fletcher bicycle out for a spin this morning down to the Bolsa Chica jetty, and found a bunch of folks enjoying the morning fishing and surfing. I didn't stop for a Bloody Mary on the way home, but that was more a function of the pub not being open yet than any great restraint on my part.

I'm about half way through Harry Potter . . . oh, and half way through a bottle of pinot grigio. We'll see how much more of a dent I make in either or both today.