I know it should be a display of tulips; but our Valentine’s gifts to each other and to family have managed to totally relax once freed from their bondage of wrapping paper, cellophane, elastic bands and anything else the florist could find to contain them before we got them!!! I love tulips. The effectiveness of their […]
Someone posted this to my Facebook wall and it spoke to me. I am someone who believes in random encounters with the divine…. This is so awesome. Please take a moment to read: A man sat at a metro station in Washington DC and started to play the violin; it was a cold January morning.
Yes, we all know that knitting can be rescue therapy when things go wrong in this world; but this is about another approach to knitting. My friend sent me a link to a video of a woman who is trying to show the historical and cultural significance of the binary system. Here it is http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hoiuYw5pVQ4&feature=youtu.be
……… procrastinate. I am in another blog challenge and it is to complete the line – 12 ways to……and I decided on “to procrastinate” because I am very good at that and I am surprised that they have only asked for 12 ways 🙂 1. Go for a coffee to think about what’s to be
It snowed last night…one of those deep white snows that makes everything look like a fairyland, especially when the sun shines and it shone today!!! We went for a walk just to be out in this wonderful landscape. Well, we weren’t the only ones. Along the way, we passed some professional photographers. With cameras the size of Bazookas, lawn
Snowy Evening Shawl Soon I am going to be starting my Snowy Evening Knit-a-long. We will be knitting an oblong scarf based on the stitches in a triangular shawl that I designed several years ago. I have varied the stitches a little but essentially you will be capturing a snowy evening like this in lace.
The challenge in the Globe and Mail camera club this week is to take pictures in your backyard and post them. The idea being, I guess, is that the really good photographer can take the ordinary and make it extraordinary. Here’s the link to some pretty interesting pictures of really nothing special, except that the photographer has
When is a tree a scarf? When it is turned into one. I was out for a walk yesterday for about 5 miles – getting ready for “The Way” – not sure it will happen; but I’m keeping the dream alive. Anyway there were some awesome trees along the way that have to be turned
…..or another reason to teach your children to knit or sew or both – especially your male children. There is still a lot of stereotyping around and where it is easier for girls to ask to be taught to knit or sew, boys often avoid the opportunity because it might “label” them. Having the ability
