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    To knit or crochet

    April 19, 2012 - By 

    I finally learned how to knit on needles…albeit only with a new special kind of yarn. There are many brands and styles of this yarn on the market…but this was the only one at the fancy pants yarn shop that a few of my knitting group friends and I went to last week.
    I made this knitted scarf.  The surprising thing (that will only make sense to knitters)is that there are only 6 stitches per row….all knit stitches!
    I even figured out how to bind off by myself!! It was without a near catastrophe but I managed to save it….thank goodness.
    I think I’d have cried it it had fallen apart.

    Then last night while watching “Wheel of Fortune”,
    hey it’s educational for the kids,
    I crocheted this scarf with the leftover yarn.
    I can’t believe how quickly it went!
    Of course it’s much thinner and much longer. 
    I am pretty sure I have to stop all yarnwork for a while. 
    I’ve had a pain in my basal thumb joint for a couple of months now. I had some stiffness and then something that felt like it came out of joint and popped back in. Honestly, after that it felt better than is had in a month or so…but now it  has flared up again. 
    I’ve decided (with my non-existent medical degree) that it’s either tendonitis or arthritis….hopefully the former.

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    Late afternoon Tea Tuesday

    April 17, 2012 - By 

    Since I am so late today, I decided to answer Kimmie’s, our sweet hostess, question with my post. 

    She asked:

    what is ever-present in your not so simple life?
    off to the edge and not making it into every photo op and blog post?
     
    This is the idyllic image I  show…beautiful crab apple blossoms, lovingly gathered by my own hand alongside an anniversary card from my in-laws. 
    Lovely, right?
    But this is the whole scene….
    The seemingly ever present paper pile on the table. It gets moved from place to place but seldom ever fully dealt with. Right now there are dozens coupons, a community ed catalog that I really need to fill out registration forms for, a grocery list and kids school papers that need to be oohed and aahed over.
    I like the first picture much better. 🙂
     

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    Spring is in the air

    April 15, 2012 - By 

    We’ve got a pair of chickadees busy preparing a nest in the bird house I plucked out of a FREE pile at the curb while on a walk last year. Those birdies have it stuffed so full that the nest is trailing out. 
    I’m not sure how they plan on raising babies in there.

     

    We are finally getting some moisture. It’s been so dry that grass was crunchy.
    The crab apple blossoms love it.
    I’ll be cutting some off in a bit to bring inside. Too bad the blossom stage is so short lived.
    My neighbor’s tree is further ahead than ours…at least I get to enjoy it from afar.