Yesterday, Tom and I saw "Where the Wild Things Are." I enjoyed it; he didn't. He doesn't like "art films."

Today, we drove up to Solvang. It was sunny and hot, but not too hot to enjoy. We stopped to admire a flock of magpies off a side road on the way up. I bought some circular needles at Village Spin and Weave. We enjoyed a Danish lunch, walked several blocks, and came home.

I knit only about an inch on the grey bamboo sock. I bought some variegated pastel yarn in Solvang, as a mood elevator. I knit up a swatch this evening, to see how it felts. I feel another hat coming on.