Category: Homebody

One day it’s peach blossoms and soy beans, the next it’s bare trees and cheese curds

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My very first hand-spun yarn….it’s so cute at this age.

Alpha_2

DH bought this for me at an estate sale….so sweet

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Peach blossoms

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Plums again. I drink my coffee outdoors every morning watching the dogs and just being still before the day begins. I love planting new things each spring but I think I get more pleasure seeing things come back to life for another season. it’s like catching up over a cup of coffee with an old dear friend.

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Soy beans, I think the leaves are such a lovely shape.

Hey_maisy

Hey Maisy Blue, how’d you get stuck over there?

Wanna_come

Wanna come out in the big yard?

Sweet

Sweet girl, no one else is awake, let’s spend some time alone….shh.

Sweeter

Sweet, Sweet girl. Sometimes I just cannot resist curling up next to her and looking at what she sees. The world is pretty beautiful from her vantage point.

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The compound. DH is building himself a studio next to the shed.

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Notice that the shed where we keep the lawnmower and shovels has clerestory windows… he’s quite the over-achiever. We still need to set up another barrel to collect rainwater for the nearby garden.

I am presently in Wisconsin at a press check and have been working off and on since 3:30 this morning…yuck. the last time I was at press (in December) He was about 75% done with the shed. I bet there will be walls up on the studio when I get home Saturday.

One great thing about a press okay is lots of down time ALONE which translates into lots of knitting time. I brought Twist with me hoping I’d get further along. I’ll let you know. I also brought a whole bunch of Mission Falls 1824 Cotton for dishcloths. It is hands down my favorite for dishcloths, the secondary colors are lovely and they stay lovely wash after wash…the little bumpies give a little scrubby action too.

I took these photos at home yesterday before my flight (except for the peach blossoms…last month I think). You can see it’s definitely spring in Texas…. not so much here in Wisconsin. I love coming to Wisconsin, I even like these bleak months. I think it was sleeting when I got to the plant this morning. Great knitting weather!

I need pancakes, so I’m off.

Oh, I forgot to mention. I ordered something last weekend and it PAINS me that it will arrive while I’m gone, but will be so thrilled to see it when I get home. Thank god I have a couple comp days to play with it. What is it? Wait and see.

Yeah…it’s April!

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Gnome003

I had such a great drive in to the office this morning. Bluebonnets are poking up along the highway and the pastures are rich brown and greening up. I love this time of year.

I’m still wondering why I got myself into this whole city council thing, but I’m starting to kind of get into it. I was never very popular or involved in high school and the thought of a bunch of glad handing and public speaking makes me squirm. ick, do people actually enjoy it?

I binded off my Huge Shawl last night and need to add fringe then block.The Henry’s Attic is so luscious.

Need to find the spider…..

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but I think it’s obvious where this is going.
Oldwoman_2

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                    •••IMAGINE spider here•••

Bird

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Doggie

Goat

Horse

Grave

I’ve been unearthing old boxes of stuff and came upon this flannel
board story I illustrated during my pre-school teaching years. I
must’ve been in my early twenties. I have not drawn or watercolored a
damn thing since . . . looks like it may have been fun.

I have yet to take a pic of my first attempt at spinning. It’s schlumpy but I like it anyway.

I have decided that I am no good at having multiple projects rolling at once. I have had a sweater, a shawl and some socks on the needles for some time and not one of them is close to finished. So, and I know this sounds CRAZY,  I frogged the socks, since I was so not loving the Lorna’s Laces yarn. There. . . now only 2 projects, which is ideal since one requires a bit of concentration and one I could knit in a coma.

I bought Cables Untangled by Melissa Leapman this weekend. I’ve been wanting it for a while and am looking forward to poring over it with a cup of coffee.

Okay, wanna hear something really funny? I somehow was talked into tossing my name in the ring as a write-in candidiate for city council in my small Texas town. Is this is great country or what?