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

:)