When was the last time you paid $565.00 for a snowdrop bulb? Well, apparently, this is the price that an e-bay auction fetched for Galanthus plicatus – a very special (and expensive) cultivar of the more common Galanthus nivalis, which is pictured here. Follow the link for the whole story. Actually I wrote several blogs […]
I’m going to do a week’s catch up & then I’ll be back on track, as my daughter has gone back to university and I have one less person in the house to cook & clean for etc…etc.. So I should have blog time! A week’s worth of luck was… 1. My friend, Arlene, dropped
I’m still playing catch up with my lucky days and here is the update.. 1. Luckily JM posted to my Facebook wall that National Knit in Public Day, June 11, 2011 is also National Yarn Bombing Day, so I decided to post about it! 2. Fortunately, although it has turned cold again -15C some days,
Want to stage a “Yarn Bombing?” These are great events which can be promoted on Facebook and Twitter and/or in your local media – newspaper, radio, TV. They bring loads of traffic to your store and create a lot of excitment and anticipation!! Yarn Bombing Just select a day – National Knit in Public Day is
Sorry, I’ve had to do a bit of catch up because….. 1. Luckily, I’ve been busy since my daughter arrived home for reading week from Halifax. 2. She requested a dinner of tacos & tortillas. We haven’t had this in ages and it tasted great!! 3. It was again a balmy +10C, we could really
Sagittaruis Shawl from Queen Anne’s lace It was warm to-day – close to 10C. Here is my luck while waiting for Spring….. 1. I went to a midday meeting wearing a sweater – no heavy winter coat – what luck! 2. Sagittarius is blocked and fortunately, I like it! Now onto Pisces or maybe Gemini!
Today it was about 5º or 6ºC – so mild – so lucky and…. 1. I managed to get almost all of the Queen Anne’s Lace patterns up on Patternfish. I have been meaning to do this for a long time! I just had a lucky spurt of energy! CN Tower – Toronto 2010 2.
It has turned cold again today – but sunny, luckily and today…. 1. I had a nice chat with the 28-year-old at the office – lucky to be able to connect for longer than just “ships passing in the night.” 2. Several shipments came in and patterns went out – I do like the regular
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
