Well I just had to post to-day about the fact that Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II has set up a page on Facebook. Now, you can rub shoulders not just with movie stars, but with royalty. It is really a very “cool” page with lots of people posting welcomes including me. Some pointed out how
This post is actually following along from an earlier post about celebrities who knit. I mentioned Julia Roberts and maybe Demi Moore….Well, I don’t suppose that I will ever rub shoulders with Julia Roberts or Demi Moore, but I have been able to chat to Fiona Ellis and a few other knitting personalities on Facebook.
It’s Sunday morning and I’m cruising the web looking for a link between knitting and life….why don’t I just pick up the needles and work on Sagittarius? Well I do enjoy writing this blog and have written ahead a few posts already for Nov 11 and Nov 25 – significant days. But not much really
Terrorism is not new. It has been with us since the beginning. On November 5, Britains “celebrate” one of the most “celebrated” acts of terrorism – Guy Fawkes Night. Here is more than you want to read about a “guy” in the 1600’s, 1605 to be exact, who set out to blow up the British Parliament.
There was an article in the business section yesterday, which was actually “clipped” from INC magazine – (they provide the horoscopes for this site). It was about the importance of having something “flashy” in your store window or among your display samples etc…to get people excited about buying, which in our case is, yarn. The magazine
I promised that I would research the term “Bob’s your uncle” and found some fascinating info. First, from Wikipedia: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bob’s_your_uncle Lots of information about Lords, named Robert, appointed to do things. I did like the one about Lord Frederick Roberts (1832-1914. 1st Earl Roberts, and Roberts of Kandahar) who led a successful siege in Afghanistan – too bad
I am relatively happy with the intelligence that I have been given, because I know that I will never have to worry about crossing that line between being a genius and being insane! I was reading an article about Michael Clarkson in the Toronto Star. He is a former “Star” reporter and he has built himself a
I was about to write..”OK, you can claim my great aunt Lil as your aunt too, because Taurus, the shawl with the 800 stitch ruffle, did not get finished this weekend.” Well, I amazed myself. I finished casting off this morning. (I still count finishing off something, from the night before, part of the night
I was about to write..”OK, you can claim my great aunt Lil as your aunt too, because Taurus, the shawl with the 800 stitch ruffle, did not get finished this weekend.” Well, I amazed myself. I finished casting off this morning. (I still count finishing off something, from the night before, part of the night
Piglet said, in the Disney version of Winnie the Pooh anyway, maybe even in the real version, “I don’t mind the leaves that are leaving; it’s the leaves that are coming….” He was raking on a rather blustery day. Today is a blustery day and my garden is full of leaves from the Maple and
