Returned to Canada at 8 a.m. Vancouver time on Apr 28, two hours BEFORE leaving Sydney Australia the same day. Gees, it really is like time travel.

Glad to report that I had audio on my TV thingie this time around. Movies are much better with sound although, had I a different or more creative turn of mind, I could have enjoyed hours of inventing my own dialogue for Avatar, Precious, Defendor etc. Instead I slept for as much of the flight as I could waking only to enjoy yet another delicious Air Canada meal, snack, cheese trio, pancake with maple syrup.

I was hoping it would be spring by the time I got back and I guess, by Saskatchewan standards, it is. It was snowing yesterday and it also snowed the day before. In between flurries it rained like hell so the yard is now sodden, semi-frozen and garnished with partially wilted perennials.

I guess my prayers to the yarn God’s have been answered because in my absence a good friend gifted her entire stash to me and thoughtfully dropped it off for Ed to take custody of. As you can imagine he was thrilled, particularly since learning that I had to buy a whole extra suitcase to pack all my NZ yarn acquisitions in. Must. De-stash. Soon. Isn’t there a 12 Step program for this?

Strangely, it’s actually kinda nice to be back at work. Brought my boss his coveted Starbucks mug and distributed other trip tokens to various friends and colleagues and am now settling in to watch Question Period.

Will try to post a gallery of pics lighting the best of the best of the NZ tour but may need a couple of days.

Tomorrow, though, I’ll post photos of the yarn and fibre acquired.