rainy days and mondays

always make me want to sleep

!!

 after I was sure the storm had passed

 the rain was gently falling and the wind had died down

I decided I wanted some

oatmeal cookies with my afternoon tea!!!

yes I have afternoon tea

I have a cup of tea in the afternoon

so.....

I made some

do help yourself!!!!!

:p

I tried to get some more shots of the birds this morning

as the sun shone down and the sky was blue

and fluffy little clouds blew by

there were three hawks sailing the wind right above me as I sat and drank my coffee

but they stayed right in front of the sun

and I couldn't take a thing

and then I noticed that there were no birds

anywhere

even after the hawks had floated away

I think word has been sent out, that the lunatic with the camera is on the loose

and they don't want their picture taken anymore

they think 86 the first time

plus

oh about

what was it

105

is quite enough for now

so I had to come back in

 it turned all nasty and black and blowy and wet anyway

but I'll get them the little...

.....

.......

I am very upset and cross with myself

because I was hoping to show you the wonderful new stitch I learnt

but I can't

:(

I sat and continued with it and I thought I had made a really sweet

tie-like scarf thing

Friday and Saturday I chanted away

lift a stitch

yo

knit a stitch

and it grew and grew

and

I put it down and did something

like go to bed

and when I got up yesterday

there was a dropped stitch

like a ladder in a stocking

right down the middle

unseen unworked and unnoticed

so I don't have a sweet blue tie to show you

and I'm mad

...

in more ways than one!!!

so I'm going to have to start all over again

and in the meantime I found something that has my fingers itching again

another stitch I want to do

it's on a pillow I saw a while ago and found again while sulk-surfing!!!

so I consolded myself with that

you can't see the stitch all scrunched up on the needle

so I did this as practice and it worked

oh, it's called honeycomb stitch and there are various ways of doing it

so I chose the

brioche way



hhmmmm, brioche

well, I have the cookies to keep me company

if there are any left of course

I hear a lot of crunching coming from the other room

better go and save a few!

and it's time to think about cooking

again

pppppffffffffff

:)

here one second

and 76 shots later

and the tele on

gone

and that isn't his beak

it's a stick behind him!!!!!!!

photos

sooc

straight out of camera

hee hee

she's been s 'perimentin'

with her little blue love!!

you're in for it now folks

she found the burst feature

 on the camera and went outside

when the sun came out

and clicked 86 shots of the birds coming to feed

ignore the awful conditions of the ground and the litter all around

they have scratched the ground all to pieces and it looks like a bomb site

and

it's winter!!!!

 :)

Yesterday when I mentioned that I am crap at getting bird shots

a brilliant brain from cross the big pond

left a message about

rapid fire shots

that is what I call them

so

this morning I found out how to set the camera to

burst mode

that is what it calls them

and

I

burst-moded my little heart out!!!

NO

I will not make you sit there are look at 86

not very good at the moment shots of little tiny birds stuffing their faces

but I will show you

the little lady I have been trying to capture

in the lens

for a very long time

who suddenly appeared

in the tree behind and decided to join in 

with the others

I am over the moon

but still sane enough to know they aren't very good

but  I know you'll give me a break this time

so

here

she

is

with her

lipstick

on

just so

and she let me click away until she was done

Yes it's blurry but remember she is moving all the time

and I am trying

very very hard not to

so

there you go

I have a new toy

now I just have to take

 100

more to get a clear shot worth posting!!!

see ya

:)

a little house keeping

of the bloggy kind!!!!

I have added a blog list

on the right hand side

something I have been meaning to do for a while

they are not all of the blogs I go to visit

but they are some of my favourites

please feel free to pay them a visit

and maybe

just maybe

you'll meet a new bloggyfriend

and who knows where that will end up!!!

I may change the list every now and then

adding and subtracting

so keep an eye out

you may be next!!!

:)



peace and serenity

good Morning all

how are you today?

Well, I hope

and enjoying your weekend

seems that all the hubbub in blog land is calming down

I ran into quite a few skirmishes last week

seems the

"nasties"

were out and about doing what they do so well

I very quickly clicked the "get me out of here" key

and left them to their gloomy selves

 

it was gloomy enough outside

not to want to spend time with silly people

who think they know it all

and don't like it when someone has an opinion different from theirs

let the sheep graze with their own kind

I say

 we had the winds until late last night

except for a few limbs blown off the trees

and all the chairs outside upside down and thrown around

we got off very easy

the power stayed on

but up north once again those poor people were/are without

so glad we don't have that power company

soon after my post yesterday

the sun came out and the whole day changed

the power of  sunlight is an amazing thing isn't it?

bright and shiny trumps dark and gloomy any day!!!!!!!!

it danced on the water and made diamonds

the only kind of diamonds I like

and the wind blew in all the debris
 but I didn't look at that!!!

=]= 
-

the clouds broke up and started floating in big puffy groups

south of us

I can't imagine how windy it must have been up there
or how bumpy the planes rides were in all that turbulence

as the clouds drifted and moved, the light changed and it so very intense at times

I couldn't see what I was looking at and just clicked

leaving the camera to do its thing once again

I have told you how much I love my little camera

haven't I?

maybe a time or two

:}

I truly don't know what I would do without it anymore

there are so many photos that I don't show

because if I did I think I'd break

blogger

and Flickr for that matter

but I can't delete them because I can still  see

whatever "it" was

that made me take it in the first place

I also have a whole group of "just one"

a shot that was, for me, perfect with just one click

and voila there is what I saw

of course there are all those that didn't work out

and have been deleted

and the blurry ones because in my enthusiasm I moved too fast

or had the macro on when I shouldn't have

or the bloody bird I'm trying to take

 flew away and all I'm left with is the blur of it's flight

to be truthful.....

when trying to capture the birds, that's the only time I wonder what a "real" camera would do

I see so many bird photos taken with lens's I know nothing about

other than....you can get a bird shot

but really I know I wouldn't do a real camera justice

so I am very happy with what I have

truly

madly

deeply

:p

I mean I couldn't look at this and not squint or cover my eyes

but it can

it can look straight into the sun and see the brilliant light up close

and just say

"snap"

and then look up 

and

in a nano second

adjust and

capture the puffy white clouds way over there

yes, I love my little blue "eye"

be it up to the sky

or all the other places I shove it

 she does not......

mummy's angel baby is camera shy

and I really should respect that

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

yeah in her dreams

:)

it's the 25th of february

and I think I just saw a warning for

TORNADO'S

in our area

I cannot describe how strong the wind is right now and how very very scary it is

to be under all these tall trees

the wind is so loud

and so gusty

it's either high up in the trees

or swooping down and hitting the ground

with such force everything is being blown

hither and yon

it's crazy

and I don't like living in the woods

today

:{

this is the silly flag someone put up at the

place we call the beach on the lake

and this is a leaf stuck in the fence

;}

and there

are actual waves on the water

I'll have you know I was almost blown away taking these

but look at the sky

and those clouds south of us

so I don't mind risking life and limb

to show it all

and yes I did  housework

it's all lemony fresh

crystal clear

and bright as a peacocks tail

and

 I'll have you know..... it was hard to do it

not the work

but  having to ignore the fact

that I got an e-mail

from Sweden

with a video attached

from

Nilla

who made it for me to show me the stitch I told you about the other day

that I couldn't for the life of me figure out how to do

WELLLLLL

I can do it

and I can even say the chant

of course with an English accent

 "ta hank, lägga hank, sticka hank och maska".

and that means

lift a stitch

yarn over

knit a stitch

and I did and look what I have

:}

it is so soft and squishy

and so pretty

and

now that I know

so easy

it's called

 Snöstorps-knitting

and it comes from

Norway

and it's lovely

and she thinks so too!!

so for the rest of this afternoon

I'll be chanting

in a clean house

with the wind howling outside

dinner is already planned

so

I'll see you

soon

thank you

 Nilla

"tack så mycket!".

lift a stitch

yo

knit a stitch

lift a stitch

yo knit a stitch

:}

how can it be friday

again.

but, I'll bet those of you who have a job are happy it is

and those with kids are happy it is

and those who like the weekend are happy it is

or those of you who have plans for the weekend are happy it is

around these parts

it makes no difference at all

!!!!!!

one day is pretty much like all the others

so it's just the name of a day now

!!

back when I had a life!!

:)

Friday used to be the day

I'd scrub the house clean

from top to bottom

wash everything in sight and fold and put it all away

bake something yummy

do the shopping,

no that was on Thursday

because that's the day the new stuff comes in

and when the kids came home from school

happy it was Friday

everything was all ship shape

and as it should be

I wonder if they even noticed

or remember

but I doubt very much that they did or do

because that is how life was

and they didn't know anything different

and the hubs was working then so he didn't have a clue as to what went on

so now

he asks why things have to be done on certain days

and I have failed to make him understand

that that is how it was

is

and always will be

and if he doesn't like it, understand it, accept it

then move out of the way

because

mama's gonna clean today

like she ain't ever cleaned before!!!

At least that is the plan

the idea

the intention

the want

and most importantly

the

NEED

!!!!!!

see ya

on the other side of

domesticity

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



look at these beauties

the needles I was waiting for

arrived

acrylic ones

and beautiful wooden ones

look at the colour inspiration in those

!!!

metal ones still to be opened

and below

the soft and supple cable

no more twisty tangles

ooooooooo

and then

and then

this that  I spied this morning

and rushed outside to

shoot

right before the rain came

an American Bald Eagle

flying in the wind aloft

so high you can hardly see him

but I saw him in a flash of sun

for just a second

but it was long enough to identify him

with his white head and tail

the wind is cold and blowing

and looking down

I spied these

life amongst the dead and dry

crocus'

I know I know

crociiiiii

on the back lawn

(there's that word again!!)

in amongst the leaf litter

ever present

poking through the earth

and showing the new season isn't far away now

even the rose bush agrees

and there's even one for later

and she doesn't give two hoots

coz she can't eat them

or sleep on them

.......

oh my what a big eye you have kitty!!!

so there you go

something

 new

graceful

pretty

and

grumpy!!!!