Spirit of Ecstasy What does a hood ornament have to do with knitting? Well, first of all, it isn’t just any hood ornament; it is the hood ornament on a Rolls-Royce. The picture here is of the ornament on the Queen’s Phantom VI. Now I understand that this figure on the Queen’s car actually curtseys. […]
Well, today is Valentine’s Day, so that in itself is lucky and I… 1. Luckily remembered it was a special day and decided to get something nice for dinner. I went to the “upscale” butchers (Cumbrae’s) and bought a small piece of butterflied leg of lamb for dinner and some prepared brussel sprouts that were
Chocolate Covered Cherries from Heartstrings Originally known as St Valentine’s Day, this day was set aside to honour various early Christian martyrs named Valentine, one of whom apparently wrote letters to parishioners explaining how God loved them. The tradition of sending “letters of love” on this day, obviously caught on and was firmly entrenched by
Today was quite a lucky day in the sense that… 1. It was about +5C and the snow was melting! 2. We had a lovely birthday party to attend in the afternoon! 3. My husband had made dinner the day before, cassoulet; so that was made! 4. We were able to get into my son’s
It was a little grey and overcast today, but milder – it warmed up to zero- that was lucky and my other luck was… 1. We finally threw out the dead Paperwhites that had been on the table too long and decided to see if we could still plant the other 6 bulbs left over
Fulvio Bonavia After seeing this bag which was posted to my FB wall, I decided to look at how knitters have interpreted fruit in knitting. The most classic of patterns is Fruit Caps from Ann Norling. Strawberry Hat from Ann Norling This is a pattern to knit a child’s strawberry hat, with variations that include
It’s Lucky Friday – still cold; but the forecast is for better weather and my luck today is…. 1. I’m very lucky in that my insurance company has decided to pay for the repairs to my 13-year-old car – hurray!!! She’s not a write-off!! 2. I was talking to a knitter, whom I have known
I’m a little late in the Good Luck review of my day yesterday – it took a little longer to sort out the good from the not so good; but….. 1. Fortunately today, I found out that they were finally going to appraise the damaged bumper on my 13-year-old Honda Civic and tell me whether
Another bright sunny day; but -15C and my luck today was…. 1. With the help of my husband and two sons, we managed to get the rental car out of the parking spot! What luck! 2. Also Julia was in to help today because the orders were piling up! We may luckily be out of
Today my horoscope wasn’t as grim as yesterday so it should be a luckier day! Let’s see…. 1. Fortunately, my husband’s office is not that far from home, so he was able to come back and give my son and I a lift to school/work, when the rental car didn’t make it out of the
