Showing posts with label seasons. Show all posts
Showing posts with label seasons. Show all posts

Thursday, May 09, 2019

Tuesday, April 30, 2019

Tuesday, April 23, 2019

Spring!

The first rose and lots of snowballs.



Tuesday, January 01, 2019

Monday, December 10, 2018

Weekend

12 inches




Sunday, December 02, 2018

More Crafty Things

I am not really spending all that much time on Pinterest, but there sure are some nice ideas to be found.

Our advent wreath this year and an 'ice lantern' made with salt. Greenery as usual from the back yard.





Monday, October 08, 2018

Monday is Cookie Day!

The cookie of the week: Spiced Oat Slices


Monday, October 01, 2018

Happy October!

Finally cool enough to be baking again. I also got new cookie cutters.


Sunday, September 30, 2018

To Blog - That is the Answer

Hi everyone, I am back. I have decided to continue blogging and hope I will have some interesting things to show and tell.

Summer was long, hot and brutal. I find that the older I get the more I struggle with the heat, it hurts. I spent most of the last few months in the only cool room of the house, reading, napping, watching movies and doing very little of anything else I usually enjoy doing. It was too hot to even think about yarn, let alone touch it. I finished one shawl.




We got through hurricane Florence okay. She dumped a lot of water on us, flooded the basement and the mud room got very wet because the roof of it is leaking. All our trees remained standing and because there are no rivers nearby we were spared flooding. In preparation for the storm and in case the trees would come down and damage the roof or the windows, I moved all my stuff from the front of my room to the back. You never know just how big your stash is until you have to move it. When I moved it all back in place, I took the opportunity to do a little purging.

All that stress behind us, Miss Elsa got very sick. She had kidney problems, but thanks to catching it early, infusions of fluid under the skin and special diet food she is doing much better now. I think she is taking advantage of the situation and has turned into a little spoiled terror, demanding to be fed, whenever she feels like it and not eating any of the usual food, just 'her' food. We are now giving the rest of the gang a little canned food in the morning too, so they don't feel left out. Mornings are a bit stressful around here now.

The garden is the usual end of summer jungle and I am wondering if I will try to grow anything next year. If I do I need to come up with a way to keep the critters from stealing my tomatoes again.

Now that Fall is finally here and the weather has cooled down I am working on finishing my (way too) many WIPs. I will not start anything new until they are all done and dusted and I will not buy anymore yarn until my stash is gone, only if I need some to finish a project.

I am hoping for a productive and creative Fall and Winter.

Monday, April 30, 2018

Outside and a new shawl

Well, spring has finally sprung. It is still rather nippy in the mornings, but things are blooming now and with all the rain we had the grass is growing like mad. I spotted the first rose buds this morning and the snow balls are looking mighty fine.


I finished another shawl. I have not decided yet whether to keep it or donate it.


Sunday, April 01, 2018

Outside

A few signs that Spring may finally be on its way.


Monday, March 12, 2018