April and fools

Or at least the Oakland A’s. Today was the third and last of the three day Battle of the Bay between the A’s (my team) and the San Francisco Giants (those stuck up folks from DotCom money). Shall we just say that money is a factor? So the A’s didn’t have the best showing in the world for the last two games and none of us really expected they would do all that well today.

Hope maybe, but expect? Nah. Final score was 6:3 with more players rotating through the field that I have ever seen in a game.

So instead of whining about a couple of my favorite players no longer being with the team, I will instead discuss headgear.  I decided I needed a choice

A’s Fabric scarf, lined with flannel baseball print

looks like a standard OR cap with a tie added

made out of the same fabric. Sewing these was part of yesterday’s entertainment when I figured out that wearing a ball cap just wasn’t going to cut it. Wearing the cap? Yes, Taking it off for the National Anthem? Necessary but not going to happen. Hats come off, scarves and turbans don’t.

Of course, I was not the only one sporting decorative head/head gear.

with a lovely sparkly bow

Or the fun guy right in front of me who wound up being called…

Haircut for the obvious reason. He has this week off work so won’t have to get non-baseball fans opinions for a few days.

About Holly

fiber person - knitter, spinner, weaver who spent 33 years being a military officer to fund the above. And home. And family. Sewing and quilting projects are also in the stash. After living again in Heidelberg after retiring (finally) from the U.S. Army May 2011, we moved to the US ~ Dec 2015. Something about being over 65 and access to health care. It also might have had to do with finding a buyer for our house. Allegedly this will provide me a home base in the same country as our four adult children, all of whom I adore, so that I can drive them totally insane. Considerations of time to knit down the stash…(right, and if you believe that…) and spin and .... There is now actually enough time to do a bit of consulting, editing. Even more amazing - we have only one household again. As long as everyone understands that I still, 40 years into our marriage, don't do kitchens or bathrooms. For that matter, not being a golden retriever, I don't do slippers or newspapers either. I don’t miss either the military or full-time clinical practice. Limiting my public health/travel med/consulting and lecturing to “when I feel like it” has let me happily spend my pension cruising, stash enhancing (oops), arguing with the DH about where we are going to travel next and book buying. Life is good!
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6 Responses to April and fools

  1. Alison says:

    So no wig?
    You could fulfill my long lost dream! (Doesn’t have to be blonde.)

    • Holly says:

      I have a wig. I have been known to wear it. But not at a baseball game or somewhere that the wind is blowing…..

      • Alison says:

        Oh. (I admit it, I laughed.) Don’t they stay on better than that? I guess not.

        • Holly says:

          Probably, but not willing to take that kind of chance. Pathetic strands of baby fine hair blowing in the wind? Not me…

  2. Rebecca says:

    Love it! I made one of those caps for my Buffalo Bills.

    Also, that haircut is awesome lol

    • Holly Doyne says:

      He thinks so – and has put himself up on Instagram, Facebook and Twitter… Now if any of us knew his name (beyond yelling -Hey! Haircut!)

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