Easter 2012

This year we spent Easter Sunday at my daughter's home. The sun was shining and the Spring flowers were in full bloom. The temperatures were just right, too. Her dog Lucky was all excited to have us over and helped from under the kitchen table. It was a good day! The new photo in the header is of Pilot Mountain, which is seen from most locations throughout the Piedmont Triad area. I never get tired of seeing it, and the Native American legends say that "little people" live beneath the knob. ??? I've only been to the top of the mountain a couple of times. Mountain climbing is not my thing anymore! I hope that everyone has had a blessed Easter, and that we are all mindful of the reason for the Holiday; that is, Jesus Christ's death on the cruel cross to save us from our sins and allowing us the hope of a Heavenly future with Him.

I see something green!

Our old lawn mower was purchased from Lowe's in the mid-1980's. It lasted (with a lot of TLC and patience) until the end of last mowing season. Poor Donald (my son) had to keep picking up pieces and parts and reinstalling them every time he'd mow the grass. Over the weekend, after much deliberation (with himself) and internet searches, he decided to buy a John Deere mower (also from Lowes). Even though he doesn't like to have his picture made, he stopped long enough for me to take this photo of him and his new mower. (I think he likes it!)

I spent Saturday with my daughter and we went to Winston-Salem to search for a new mattress for her bed. I decided to spend the night at her house and had a good time playing with the Grand-dog. Wish I had photos of that!! Lucky dog is a delight to be around (but somewhat hyperactive), and her favorite thing to play is "fetch & fling". She sure got me over my fear of dogs!!

On the projects list....I finished up this weeks Barrister's Blocks and am coming down the home stretch with the Vintage afghan. I want to finish up that afghan before hot weather sets in (it is predicted to be near 80 later this week!)  Until later....God Bless.

Here I am, I think....

So guess it is time to check in. Photoless, but you know me...I hate taking pictures and usually get my son to do it for me. (He's been terribly busy at work.)  I've been working on my usual Prayer Shawls, the Vintage Afghan blanket, and the Farmer's Wife quilt blocks "Sow-a-Long", now called Barrister's Blocks (see sidebar).  I think I have about 30 of them made, but have not taken the time to count them. Other than that, the weather has been warmer this winter, my son bought me a new dishwasher and it was installed last week.  I Love It!! Thanks again, Donald.  And finally, Shizuku-chan and I will be celebrating our Birthdays later this month!

The photo above is from "icanhascheezeburger.com". I just love to look through their cat photos.

Sunday Snow!

It is beautiful to look at, but cold to get out in. We got about four inches yesterday and schools and the college is closed today. It is supposed to get up to near 50 this afternoon. All the snow will be melted soon. The first photo (all of them taken by my son, by the way) is of 'possum tracks on the front steps.

Mittens

I am having trouble getting a photo to upload today. Guess I'm still trying to figure out this new way to do things on Blogger. I have been busy working on Prayer Shawls, mittens, etc. The mittens on the right are from aranknits.com (uh, the pattern is anyway), the ones on the left are called Irish Hiking Mittens and are from Ravelry.com. I hope you can still click on the photo to make bigger.

Burrr...cold

Slower than molasses in January kind of refers to me these days. I have startitis, and good intentions, but that's about it. One day is warmer here, then the next is in the deep freeze again. My chair is surrounded by stuff I've started, even a pair of what I call "pepto & purple" SOCKS! Lovely soft yarn, but not much energy to work on them. A kid quilt is started, and two blocks made of twelve. You guessed it...that is sitting and waiting, too. Also a Vintage Afghan...no where near done. (I'm starting a pattern here?) Okay, I should take a picture of something for the blog...maybe I'll do that later, too. I enjoy reading everyone else's blogs, so sorry I can't be more interesting on my own. See ya....later.

Looming

With the Holidays over, I have decided to work on some hat and scarf sets with my looms. The photo seems to have come out quite dark, but maybe you can get the idea what they look like. Click on the photo again, and it will be larger! For the hat, I used a Knifty Knitter adult purple hat loom. For the scarf I am using the decoraccentsinc.com six inch scarf loom. The yarn is Lion Brand "tweed stripes", one strand for the scarf, and one strand of LB and one strand plain brown for the hat (two total). I have several balls of yarn that I want to make up like this...until the notion strikes me to work on something else. It has been terribly cold here this week, and I don't do well in the cold anymore. Sarah at myfavoritesheep.blogspot.com is hosting a mitten knitalong on Ravelry. I was very tempted to join in, but just knitted some Aran mittens recently (pattern is free from www.aranknits.com) and didn't feel like starting another pair right now. Until later... Happy New Year!!

All I Want For Christmas......Is Ewe

When I saw a large number 20 Serta Sheep on the Crazy Sheep Lady blog (myfavoritesheep.blogspot.com) I knew I really wanted one. I told my daughter about it and somehow she found one! I opened the B.I.G package at her house, and Lucky Dog started growling at it!! Number 20 is about 30 inches from the top of her head to the tip of her tail. She is 50 inches around the middle!! She has been sleeping in a large laundry basket for lack of a better place to keep her. You're likely to see her quite a bit around here...