happy independence day!

So.  Miss W was supposed to be in a parade on Independence Day.  The float was a zoo theme – it was a whole thing based on knit hats.  The hat she chose was a snowy owl.  So I made her wings.  And I had extra felt so I made her a little owl pillow that she calls Eglantine.  We had to cancel our vacation plans for several reasons, so no parade, but Miss W is looking forward to being an owl for Halloween this year.  (We don’t have her hat yet.)

This morning, the Michigan chapter of Americans for Prosperity hosted a talk by Ann Coulter, after which I got to meet her and get my copy of her new book signed.  She was hilarious and I had a great time.  AFP gave out free t shirts too, so that was a nice bonus.  (Sorry ’bout the crappy shots while she was at the podium, I don’t have a good long distance lens and her body guards are twitchy so I couldn’t stand up and move closer.  I wasn’t even that far away during the talk, it’s just a terrible lens.)