to jonsi with love

today the fog rolled in, like a blanket, soft and white, it covered the shore, covered our home. so i headed for the hills. taking the longest trail, the one closest to us, a just over ten mile loop. i love it so much, to be up on the mountain, standing in the sun, looking down on the foggy town and ocean below, it's like being in an airplane, above the clouds!


 the weekend began like this:

(my daughter instagramed us at the concert we went to!)

friday night at the santa barbara bowl. we saw the icelandic band sigur ros. SIGUR ROS (capitals = excitement). kimberly, my oldest, and i were in the pit, seven souls from the stage (i counted). jon 'jonsi' birgisson, lead vocalist, man with the angel voice, sang right in front of us. small point and shoot cameras were allowed, a few photos were taken. i felt swept away, enchanted, the music. the visuals were also breathtaking, haunting and beautiful. next morning hannah, my youngest, called 'how was it?' 'it was the best night of my life'. she said, 'mama! what about the night i was born?!' oh absolutely darling, yes, that too.

it was though, the best, in a way, night of my life, babies and wedding aside. this band is at once stunning, mythical, transcendent, sublimely moving and powerful. i cried. at the end of their performance, they came out and thanked us, the audience. another reason why they are exceptional. many of these words are borrowed from reviews, i am mostly without. sigur ros world tour continues, i am dreaming of seeing them again, before it's over, here or here.  a very good review found here (they played at madison square garden last month). have you ever traveled far to see a favorite band?

and the random number generated winner of the knitting project bag giveaway is:

emma

'Oh yes please, I'd love a chance to win one of your yarn along bags.'

thank you emma and congratulations! thank you for all the lovely words, i am so happy to see the project bags liked, wish i could make one for each of you!  have a wonderful week ahead xxx lori