A Random List

While away over the weekend, I learned many new things. Here they are as they pop into my head:

1. Google Maps can be used to see photos of the road and Carol showed me how!
2. Single plied yarn knits up visibly different from multiple plied yarn (I always thought I was doing something wrong but it was the yarn – thank you Mendocino Yarn Shop!)
3. Acrylic painting has many additives available to layer and mold and make relief type paintings. (How could I have never known this before? Because I am an OIL painter!)
4. Seaglass is much more abundant after a storm. I read this; now I know it experientially.
5. Finished seaglass is rounder and translucent; the differences are subtle but they matter to the collector.
6. Most hot tubs are set at 104 degrees but 100 is still comfortable.
7. My cell phone is capable of texting but it isn’t necessary nor convenient in my life.
8. There is a new kind of dimmer on light switches that is so tiny one can (and did) miss it!
9. A song I love, Gabriel’s Oboe, is from a movie called The Mission.
10. The center of California is delineated on Hwy. 99 (already knew this but now know how to find it!)
11. ALWAYS have a map with you when you are on a road trip because there might be a traffic problem that will negate your Google directions. I knew this but was ever so grateful to have followed this wisdom.
12. ALWAYS have simple knitting in the car with you, even when you are driving alone, because you never know when the freeway will transform itself into a parking lot.
13. NEVER drink too much coffee. (see #12) (I sure felt badly for the woman in the white sedan.)
14. There is a specific (and odd) way of walking to increase one’s speed; Carol and I got a great laugh out of experimenting with this (easier to do when in a place where no one knows you.)
15. Abstract art causes me to think of yarn. (Many things do this for me.)