Monday, May 31, 2010

something to smile about


The next generation!!!
One studious...
the other
entertaining!!!
You decide which is which!!!!!!!!!!
I forgot I had taken these
and
found them in a file!!!
From last week.

Monday, Monday



It is Memorial Day here in the States
the day we have to thank those
who have
left the shores of home
and
gone away to
fight for what we call
Freedom.
Some returned
and
some
never did.
I am old enough to
remember
several of these
times,
and
I wonder
how many more I will see.
Today
we watch as the oil
fills the Gulf of Mexico.
We watch as
groups of people
kill eachother
and
blame the other for it.
We hear the world rise up
and
demand justice
for whichever
group
they think needs it.
We see thousands
march in the streets
condeming
racism
and
bigotry.
We hear
words of hate
and
violence.
We hear so called
men of god
rant and rave
about the fires of hell
consuming their enemies
and
the righteous
rising above it all.
We watch our children
go off to a war without end
to a land
where people kill eachother
and
blame the other for it.
Where hatred and predjudice
runs rampant
and
bombs explode
and
kill the innocent.
This is how it has been
forever.
The rich get richer
and
the poor
get sent off to war
and
if they are lucky
they get to hear our thanks.
We never learn
do we?

Just something I was thinking about today.






Saturday, May 29, 2010

sunset shadows glass trees and hairy flowers




Now isn't that an enticing title????
The glass tree is the
Austrian Black Pine
that appears to be made of glass in the sunset
Unfortunately it doesn't show up
so well in the photo
but beleive me
it looks like glass
It has been cloudy all day today
but the sun came out just in time to make shadows


and light up the
astilbes

and show the hairy flowers
in all their glory!!!

and another wip


Show it to you tomorrow
have a good evening
or night
where ever you are.
:)




FYI..

For those of you who are stipplers about spelling and such...somehow the translator is interfering with my script....I cannot remove the influence....so if there are spelin miztaicks

it ain't me....it's google!!!

Thursday, May 27, 2010

VOY-laaa!!!!



The quickest fastest project


evaahhh!!!

 
nine circles
in nine squares
and you have a pillow!!

I can't tell you how hot it is
outside right now
in the front.
No one will be sitting here
for a while!!!
And little pillow won't be staying out..
storms and flash flood warnings up for later today.
CRAZY weather....
But just thought I would show you
I FINISHED IT
in a day.









in a minute......





SSSSHHHHH....

 
 
I'm busy


 
 
almost done tho'


:)


Wednesday, May 26, 2010

PPF...


PAST.....
 
 

 
 
PRESENT.....
 
 
 
 



FUTURE....
 
 
 

:)


Sunday, May 23, 2010

Passing the hook!!!


The grand children came yesterday
The very second he walked in
the questions started!
why this
why that
how come the other
He is very curious!!
nosy!!
and
inquisitive!!
Wants to know where things come from
why you aquired them
who gave them to you
and why
and then asks
what everything in the house is
the door,
is it a door
no it's not an elephant
and the elephant isn't one either
it's a chair..
the cat
why is she hiding under the bed
can he pet her
maybe later
why is there trash in the trash can
how come all the forks are on the table
can he have a tissue
(napkin)
will the cat come out soon
can he watch
Sponge Bob.
how come I have so much stuff
Then
why did I buy him toys to play with
did I know he liked these kinds of toys
how did I know that
OH he is psycic too
where did the ball go
how come the plane is stuck in the tree
daddy
you need to climb up the tree and get it
no the squirrels don't want to fly the plane
where did the ball go

Lunch
he likes this kind of lunch
meatballs
that can't have sauce on them
it must be beside them
the pasta
is his favorite
no he doesn't know what it is called
it's not macaroni
how come all the meatballs are gone
oh he ate them all
where is my cake
happybirthdaydadcanihavemycakenow
no no ice cream
on the cake
beside the cake
i think my tummy is hungry for more
can i have a drink
no i don't know what your name is
MRS P can i have a drink
thankyouwheresthecat
my head was spinning
In the meantime
the grand daughter
was sitting quietly
or
playing with her brother
explaining, teaching
patiently
she loved her little
somethings
that I made
then she spied the
"wolf"pillow I made a while ago
that look was in her eye
she has it in her possession now!!
:(
she saw all the hooks and yarn
all over
theroomontheleft
asked how and if

I gave her a hook
and
a small ball of yarn
and
the
craft
has
been
passed
on!
not to be too dramatic
of course!!!!!
:)
My son said he remembered making lots and lots of
"long things"
she will learn to do the second row
and beyond

Welcome to the world of craft
T.
:)

but the best part of it all
was when he appeared from nowhere
pulled on my shirt
the way four year olds do
and said
I LOVE YOUR HOUSE!!!
thankyouJwheredidyouputthecoastersthatyouusedforfrizzbees?
:)
XX






Saturday, May 22, 2010

nice surprise today...



the kids are coming by for a visit!!!
So Nanny will be busy with them
and
I'll see you tomorrow!!!
Hope the storms stay away....
but if they don't
we'll
have plenty to do
inside!!
Have a lovely day
 :)

Thursday, May 20, 2010

translator....

I have installed a translator....over on the side. 
I have nothing to do
with what it does to your language.
I have used it on other blogs
and I usually end up in fits of laughter.
Poor Google,
trying to
translate
crochet patterns
into english
is really
HILARIOUS.
If you don't crochet
you won't be able to make
heads or tails
out of it.
Wonder what it will do
with that expression???

just a photo to fill in the space!!!


Forgetabbadit....




 The fiddly thing has been laid to rest...
I will not waste anymore time on it.
I will move on to something else
I will let go
and
pretend it never happened.
No record of it anymore!!!
The End.



BUT...

 
I do have this to show you
one of a few this year
The snow seems to have created miracles
and they are
beautiful
It's a Magnolia Blossom

:)

They're ba--ack





The birds on the water
have been absent
for quite awhile
but

today I saw two Geese
Canada Geese
not Canadian tho' !!!




and a rather large Heron.
Two seconds after I snapped this
he took off
and
didn't come back!!!
It's very hard to
take a photo
of birds.
They move too fast
or hide
in places
 where you can't
get a good shot

 
 
 
 
 
 
See her there in the middle ?
I think she was waiting to fly into her nest
which is in the dayglo green bush
underneath
this tree.
Have no idea who she is...
but she's there
so I took her a picture!!!!!
The sun is shining today
and it will get warm
this afternoon,
maybe close to
80F
it was
 63F
yesterday
and the rain we got
did
some good
Byeeeeee
off to finish
that
fiddly thing....



Happy Birthday #1 son




My son has a birthday today
Happy Birthday
to you

Hope you can take a minute
for yourself

and reflect
on things

Hope your day is
sunny and bright


and that you never stop growing
even when things
don't look so good

know that you are a
star
in your mama's eye

and that the whole
bunch of us
love you
and wish you
a
Happy Birthday.

:)




Wednesday, May 19, 2010

trying to finish...



My strongest weakness (?) is math. 
I can barely
add 2+2 together
 and
come up with 5!!!
Hexagons
are not my friend
but 
once I get it
I get it
if you
get me!!!
I am trying to make
something
that is being
stubborn
and
I will not give up
until it is done.
It's not hard
just fiddly
so I will be
quiet today
and
let you
get on with what
you are
doing.
It is still drizzling
and everything
outside
looks happy.
Hope you are too.
Ciao
for now.

Monday, May 17, 2010

Finished project...



 I said I was going to finish things that I had started.
Well, I showed you the bag I made from the new book.
It was a fast project
and
it is done.
I haven't decided which one to make next


I started this a while ago
and
now it is finished too.
I am very happy with it!!!
I very rarely say that about things I make!!

but this time I will!!

I had to make the insert because there are no
hexagonal pillow forms,
and believe it or not
the hubs helped
figure it out!!
He is such a good
sous designer
!!!!
I have a couple more things to finish
and will post those
when done!!!
OH...
it's still raining...
yeah
Off to get dinner...
have a good evening
and
hope you have a good dinner too.

plop plop plop




It's raining!!!!
I am happy!!!
I went to sleep last night
listening to the first few drops
falling on the skylight
above our bed.
I woke up this morning to the same
sound
but a little heavier.
I did a lot of watering yesterday
and I am glad I did.
The ground will soak up the rain now,
instead of it running off the
dry, cracked
earth.
We haven't had any rain for quite awhile
now.
I hesitate to say I'm happy it's raining
because of all the destructive
flooding just West of us.
Nature is cruel sometimes
and
there isn't much we can do
when it turns against us
and causes so much
grief.
Man is also
cruel
as witnessed
in the
Gulf of Mexico.
I could go off on that subject
but
I
won't.
It speaks for itself
and we don't need another
opinion
added to the peanut gallery.
So,
it's the beginning
of yet
another week
and are
 we glad for it?
I hope so.
:)

Friday, May 14, 2010

Happy week end



Hopefully I'll be back up and running next week or tomorrow...
I just haven't been myself
and
so I thought I would take a break
and
give you all a rest
too!!
Have a good evening
and a good weekend
Do something special
and for yourself
and tell us about it
next week!!!!
:)

Tuesday, May 11, 2010

Atchoooo

Just so you don't think
I am ignoring you !!!
I thought I would just pop in
to say I am
having an
allergy attack
of some kind
and it is making me
very itchy
sleepy
and
 discombombulated
I am not one who
suffers from allergies
so this is a little
wierd
to say the least
I think it is the grass
which is now going to seed
the pollen count has been extrememly high
this year
and we got some flowers
the other day
that I discovered
had a sprig
of eucalypus
in it.
THAT I am allergic to..
and the house has been open
and
the pollen
and dust
just go to me.
I feel better today
but I
still want to sleep
all the time
and I itch.
My ankles
itch
and my elbows too!!!
:#
Anyway
I am really OK
but I don't have anything to write about
other than what
I just wrote about!!!
So
see you
soon
hope you are all well...
leave a note and let me know
and complain about something
so I am not alone!!!!
:)



Monday, May 10, 2010

New Week...





new day
to start all over again!!
Hope you all had a nice
weekend and that you got to do something you wanted and relaxed.
Not much of anything to say
today.
I spent most of the time
trying to do the things that need doing
and
finding them very boring and mundane
 I did them as fast as I could
and
then picked up hook and thread
and my new book
put a movie on
and
made two things from it.

The flower is really pretty....
it's supposed to be a brooch
and the bag is a tad smaller than I thought
but they are both
satisfactory!!
I think I will line the bag
but have no fabric so I'll have to get
inventive....
pillow cases anyone????
There has been discussion
on Flickr
about whether or not
the cloths
that everyone
and their sisters
are making
should be used
or just hung up to look pretty.
Not a very important
subject,
I know,
but why go to all the bother of making them
if you don't use them?
Now the elaborate,
be-flowered
frilly
things
maybe not so much,
the fru-fru gets in the way
but the plain and simple ones
well I say
YES
it saves on paper towels
always a good thing
and those throw away things
that smell after a while...
eeww!!
and the cotton ones are washable
and if you make a few
you always have a clean one
and
another colour to choose from
which
IS
important!!
Because heaven forbid
we don't have a choice.
Do you know how
spoilt we are?
I do.




Friday, May 7, 2010

TGIF

Here we are at the end of another week.
First week of May is done already.
You know if the year keeps flying by like this
we'll be talking
Christmas before we know it.
I was hoping to show what I started
yesterday,
when I got my new book,
but I can't
because I am an idiot
 and didn't get enough
of what I needed.
It really pissed me off,
so I went outside,
yelled at the cat
 that seems
to have taken up residence
in the bushes
by the bird feeder
and seems determined to eat everyone of them
and decided to water the plants

because the last two storms
went right by us
and the plants are parched
already
So after I had gotten myself together
I took a photo or twelve of the
Mountain Laurel
that is in full bloom.
The flowers start out as little
stars
that turn into little balloons

that burst open to show their
very interesting
insides!!
look at the colour in the very middle
lovely shade of green...
hhmmmm!!


I came back inside
and found this!!!
 I guess I'll be doing some
cleaning up again!!!!

It'll keep me out of trouble!!
and remember

have a great evening
and laugh....
it makes you feel good.