This is the time of year when we try to make everything “shine.” We put frosting on ornaments and lights in trees. We put up beautiful glass decorations to enhance and reflect light. Perhaps it’s because the days are short, that we need to get as much light as we can, from wherever we can.
Well here they are. I picked them about 5:30pm on Dec 2, 2011. This is absolutely that latest that I have had roses blooming in the garden. Our last date prior to this one was Nov 27 a few years ago. I am also in another photo challenge – hope you can stand it. I
I hope that you can stand another scavenger hunt, because I’m in one again for December. This what I posted for “green.” It is very “ungreen” though, in an ecological sense, because it was taken on December 1, 2011 about 6 blocks south of the 44th parallel of latitude North. These are Hollyhocks blooming in
For those of you who were following the photo scavenger hunt that I was in, in November, here are the last three pictures that I posted. First for “smile” It’s a large Gingerbread cookie that was in a shop window. The bakery is called “The Flakey Tart” on Mt. Pleasant and I thought that it’s
I know that everyone thought that I was a little “nuts,” when I started making kits for knitted teacups. No one every thought Debbie New was a little strange and she started the craze! Well some one has created a stunning paper teacup. I know we drink hot (and cold) beverages from paper cups; but
I was asked to write about “what is in the back of my mind “- a motherlode. This is where I store and ferment my ideas for business, knitting and life! At any given time there is a seed, a seedling, an adolescent plant and one that is about to bloom and produce seeds again
I have another blog challenge which is to describe your day or your year….given that for the most part the minutiae of my day is pretty boring…extend that to a year and you get 365 days of the same. I think that I would like to tweak it a little and talk about the development
This is another heading in the scavenger hunt, I am in. I spent a lot of time thinking and looking for something that would fall under the heading – abandoned. I walk to the cemetery a lot and there are a lot of seemingly abandoned graves there – this is very sad. However, I walk
I have a love-hate relationship with the winter. For example, there is a lot that I can find to like about winter – white fluffy snow, warm fireplaces, hot beverages, flavourful soups and stews, cozy clothes, skiing, skating etc. What I really dislike about winter are the short days. This is what I mean. Here it
