needles and hooks and plans

OH MY....

green

rose

coloured tunisian cables

the glasses aren't!!!

patterns

will it work?

distraction.......tiny yarn tiny needles

maybe in this

newly learnt stitch

added don't think so!!!

getting bigger old faithful

knit knit knit

I am hooking and  knitting and trying to make a pattern for a tunisian cable

got up at 5 am and decided to try to make a cable

after I don't know how many tries I got it

yeah!!!

had to knit it first to get the

"feel" of a cable

did it in crochet

yuk.....

so wrote a pattern and did the stitches

yeah!

will show more if I keep going

got too many colours to choose from

what a spoilt brat is I....

we got the moon in the morning.....

and the grapes on the vine

sun in the trees

the geese floating by

leaves suspended in air

and all is fine

:)

thursday things

I learnt how to

do something called

Channel Island Cast On

and then I figured out how to make knitted bobbles

at the beginning of the rows

(and no that isn't my hair or the cat's hair

it's alpaca wool so I guess it's alpaca hair!!!)

and this afternoon

 I went outside to have a cup of coffee

which lasted about five seconds

when I looked up and saw this

then I decided to change the lens setting on my camera

and put it on

Tele

and walked into the back and saw this

..............

my gentle giant

the beechnut is beginning to turn

and the first of the Japanese Maple

Hope you had a thursday full of

things

all good

and

sunny.

(I changed the lens back to what it had been because I don't think I know what I'm doing!!!!)

:)

busy doing nothing..

lousy photo of a very pretty sunset last night

my camera has something off on it and I don't know what

maybe it got sand in it

 or

moisture at the beach

messed it up

cross your fingers it's nothing major

coz

I LOVE YOU BLUE!!!!!!

I made the man a cake yesterday

"yellow" with coconut and pecans

he said not to leave it out because the hoards of ants we have would eat it before he could!!

Did I tell you we have HOARDS of ants in the kitchen

can't find out where they are coming from

they are out

then they are in

I told the man they have a tiny stargate

and he laughed

so it isn't too bad yet

I have this to show you because

it got bad

.......

the ant situation

they were swarming along the wall this morning

so the resident ant hunter said

that blankety blank stuff I've been using isn't working

have to go to the big orange box store to get some more

I...being me asked

 is it ant poison you have been using

oh great red looking hunter

he says no

it's for all kinda critters

ants too maybe

you wanna come too

no thanks

he looks forsaken

you want the company I ask

would be nice but only if you want to

need anything at the yarn store

(he wanted the company)

oh I suppose

I had been planning on working on this fine piece of something

with the yarn I bought in NC

but I went

we bought all the ant spray they had

and then some!!!

 and I came home with new yarn

this is just to get the feel of it

it's so soft and

the new bamboo needles are so quiet!!!

more yarn

 and a song in my heart

this is the fourth time I have started this pattern from my new book

they say be careful and don't twist the chain when you join

they don't say anything about twisting it while working

......................................

I know

I'm

:)

thanks a ton

for now I just want to say thank you

to all of you

for the birthday wishes

the compliments

the comments

on the photos of late

I really do appreciate all of them

I have looked back over the blog

and it suddenly hit me that

next month is the

roomonthelefts

blogerversary

as we say!!!

WOW, a whole year of my blabbing and you still come to visit

brave souls

and we'll have to see if we can't come up with a little something

speshhhhhh al

and some good news

(for me anyway)

the sister found all the photos on her laptop and is sending them down

YIPPEEEEE

more photos of the beach and such

can't wait to see them again!!!!!

OH you TOOO?

GREAT!!!!!!

sunday roast....always

we always used to have a roast of some kind

on Sunday when I was growing up

it was a pork roast

or a beef roast

or a chicken

 always came with

roast potatoes

peas and carrots and green beans

gravy but not from a can or a packet

real gravy made from the juices of whatever had cooked

I had to peel the potatoes and carrots

when I had had a few cooking lessons

at home and at school

I made the

Yorkshire Pudding

it has good memories

when I got much older

my parents got into the habit of going to the pub

close to the Castle

of the Windsor kind!!

we would walk up and sit and have a

don't remember what my father drank

my mother would have a Campari and soda

a friend from Kenya lived with us when my sister left

and he would have beer or a whiskey

when I was of age

I had a shandy

beer and English lemonade mixed together

English lemonade is kinda like 7-up

we'd eat a sausage

"banger"

that had been cooked in the pub's oven and I could have had

those for lunch quite happily

nothing like a good old English banger!!

after all the drinking and eating

we'd walk back home and sit down and eat the roast

the potatoes the veggies

and that delectable

Yorkshire Pudding.....

I didn't make it for a long time after I came here

first of all no one knew what it was

I didn't have my own kitchen till I got married

and I had kind of forgotten about it

even though I did miss the feeling of the

Sunday Lunch

when I had kids of my own and we moved here and things got settled

I started making

Sunday Roasts

beef

pork

chicken

with roast potatoes

carrots peas and green beans

and

Yorkshire Pudding

my boys liked it very much

they ate what they liked

I never ever forced them to eat something they didn't like

why have a gagging child to spoil a meal

I mean really!!!!

so I continued the tradition of

Sunday Lunch

and one day my youngest asked me

Mother

may I ask you a question

Yes child I answered

what is it that you wish to know

Mother

why do we always have roast on Sundays

could you find it in your heart to give us

.....

oh I don't know

........

SPAGHETTI!!!!

each time he comes to visit us

he calls and says

Ma.....s'me

don't care what you cook

but whatever it is

would you

could you

pretty please

make some

Yorkshire Pud.......

one day I will

I will I swear

make him spaghetti and Yorkshire Pud......

:}

silence while the sun does its work!!!

holy cow

is it cold outside!!!!!

I woke up before the dawn

again

way before dawn

do you know how dark it is at 5.30 am?

and how long it takes for the sun to come up?

as I was making my second cup of

wake me up

I glanced out of the window and saw the mist rising on the lake

so

I jumped into my clothes

no jammies outside these parts

and

with coffee in hand

no socks or shoes or jacket

slippers....open toed!!!

I went as close as I can

that No Trespassing sign

stops me in my tracks every time

grrr!!!

and the neighbour is home at this time of day!!!

:{

and took these

there were some ducks floating

on what must be warm water

or the mist wouldn't be rising

:}

the other neighbours dock

and the trees starting to colour on the other side

they are swimming round in circles

to keep warm

???

the sun was beginning to light the tops of the trees on the other side of the road

and I ran back inside

coz it's freaking cold out there

!!!!!

I'll stay here for a while and enjoy the warmth

I have a TAAAAAA DAAAAAAAAA

to show you

the sister's scarf is done and dusted

it is complete

finished

no more wip

I put little fru frus on the ends

Gee I hope she likes it!!!!!

Now to find something else to keep me occupied

and out of trouble

off to browse through my new books

YUMMM!!!!

:}