High flyers

It was a blustery day yesterday.  And Anne's daughter's family have come to visit.  We had just acquired some kites and this was the perfect time to try them out.  So we headed to a park by the ocean where the wind was blowing hard.  Oh, and it was raining, too. 

We got them up in the air...

And some stayed up soaring high in the sky.  Bit boring, really.  

Others were no end of excitement.  We could not get it to do more than go up, turn and head for the ground.  There was a lot of running and fetching.   And ducking - fast!

I'm pretty happy here because I've figured it out - it's all in the string control.  Then you can make figure 8's in the sky.  It got pretty addictive even though, as you can see, it's COLD!   I was glad my sweater had a hood and that I'd left some mitts in the car. 

To warm up,  some went for hot chocolate.  Others went to the yarn store and guess what they found?  Sock yarn, of course! 

I couldn't wait to get it on the needles.  I know I'm supposed to be designing a bag right now for Project Yarnway.  Knitting socks will let my mind wander and dream.