Donkey ornament from wine corks OK, who said that there are some Christmas tree ornaments out there that are UGLY! I think that it must have been some journalist who was trying to get attention because newspaper sales are down and the best way to get noticed is to “dis” on everything and sound “funny”. […]
Garden Holly 2010 Well Holly is or can be holy depending on your interpretation of the language. There is this blurring between words, languages and dialects. The great castle in Edinburgh – Holyrood – is pronounced “hollyrood” – which is possibly a doric form of haly ruid – or holy cross. On the other hand,
Fish Wall Hanging from Lucy Neatby Always being one to extend celebrations as long as possible, I embraced Tom Bawcock’s Eve – it’s an early start to Christmas partying. This is an event that is celebrated in a tiny fishing village in Cornwall, UK. The village is Mousehole pronounced “Mowzel” and every Dec 23, villagers
Argyle Gloves from Le Tissier Apparently the brown car is back. That is, brown, as a colour for cars, is back. Is this a late 20’s or early 30’s thing? Brown coloured cars were popular both during the great depression and in the 70’s, which apparently, sported a number of brown cars, and I guess,
Sivia Harding’s Moonshadow ….would be as white…maybe, maybe not. Actually a few years ago it was very green and warmish. There was no snow, no skiing and well it looked like the vernal equinox. I wrote about it then. Here’s the link. http://divineknits-infiknit.blogspot.com/2006/12/oh-solstice-my-solstice.html So this year it is quite different. There’s lots of snow and
Wedgewoord Knitted Teacup from Infiknit I was reading a review of mobile phones and apps on the weekend and the article noted that Microsoft (Bill Gates and all) actually had an operating system for hand held devices in the mid 1990s. They obviously decided not to pursue the idea of mini computers at that time,
Argyle socks from Cabin Fever Well, Auld Reekie (Edinburgh) is hame (home) to my brother and sister-in-law anyway. I think it must be the season – getting close to Christmas and all – but I have been thinking a lot about a time before children when my husband and I would go back to Scotland
Lobster Mitten I read the other day that, because of the recession, there is now a surfeit of lobster on the east coast and the department of fisheries is thinking of running an ad campaign to promote the sale of lobsters. I wonder if it will be a little like the milk campaign – “Got
Xmas Stockings from Ann Norling I often think that Dec 6, the feast of St. Nicholas, is a bit like the “warm-up” band before the appearance of the big name concert band. You know the band that gets everyone in the mood so that the stars don’t have to. Santa (St.) Claus (cholas) is actually St.
Winter Dreams from Red Bird Knits On Sunday I bought Susan Boyle’s new CD “The Gift”. I wanted to keep her dream alive! And so it seems do a lot of other people, apparently, her new CD sold 318,000 copies in the first week of its release. It also topped the US and UK charts
