coming attractions.....

I have been PO-ssess-ed

but it's so worth it!!!!

:)

plant ID.....

do you know

what are these trees called

does anyone know?

A new reader, Teresa, wrote and asked me

because she thinks I am someone who would know

obviously thinks I know something about gardening

and plants and flowers

but I hate to disappoint you

I really don't

I used to

I could walk through a garden and identify practically everything that grew there

I drove my sister nuts one year

when we were in North Carolina

there is a delightful garden in Manteo

that has been there quite a while and it drips with Spanish moss

and wisteria and all sorts of southern exotica

it is built near the site where they say

the

Lost Colony

came ashore

it is a lovely place to visit if you ever go there

we have never actually seen the play they put on

because the one year we were lucky to actually get tickets

it rained in buckets just as they started

and we had to leave

talk about a bunch of PO'd people

anyway

if anyone can ID those gorgeous trees

please do so we all know

I'll be back in a bit

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

:)

hyacinths daffodils and forsythia

but not of the floral kind

the colours of cotton

on the needles and hooks

the light stinks today so this is not the true colour

I tried to change it in the editing but it wouldn't have any of it

there is a truer one further down

this one is a little better

this is some silk yarn I found recently

and for some unknown reason I bought three balls of it

it truly is the colour of a daffodil

and the forsythia I brought in the other day

and greeny yellow

and it's so soft

I picked up the hook yesterday and I have half finished what I am making

on the needles

I'm only on row 21

crochet is so much faster

and simpler

and easier

but I still love the look of a knitted thing

so as far as I can tell

all is well in 'puter land

and I do appreciate your suggestions and help

I'm so over the insides of a machine

just show me where to put the gas and turn the key

the bits inbetween

don't interest me

at

all

!!!!!

be good!!!

:)

hello!!!!!

as you can see I posted photos

now I don't have a nav bar

the thing across the top of the page

 and I can't make comments on any ones blogs

so just know

tammy

I came by to see you

and Jingles

isn't it funny how she gets to sit down on the clean chair and not you?

Rosemary

I love that room you chose to sleep in

Ruth

as I told you on Flickr

I love your new bag

and have five blocks made already

I didn't visit too many others

but I'll get you the next time!!

 and to all of you who visited today
all
125
of you and counting
thank you so much for stopping in
sorry it was a bit disheveled but
blogger can do that to a person
and geeks don't help either!!

sooo

let's see what

blogger brings us tomorrow

to blur and fuzz things up

hee hee

plus

the geek squad of one

found a new thigamijig on

Explorer 9

(which is what he just loaded on our 'puters)

that stops you from being traced as you travel round cyberspace

???

and I think that is what took the nav bar down

I don't care who follows me

I go to the same places so often

they'd get bored and drop me like a

hot pot-a-to

unless of course they are interested in knitting and hooking

:) :) :)

see ya

dazed and confused

flummoxed

and completely

ignorant

of how this all works

but here we are again

hopefully

back on the light side of things

it did snow yesterday

but we got just a dusting

even though they say we got 2"

I have no clue as to how some of you say you saw the deleted posts

on google reader

I have no idea  how to do that

and even if it was explained to me

I wouldn't get it

probably

but the sun came out and the day ended up being so pretty

and as you can see from the top photos

I got to play with the sun

as it has moved and is now shining through the window in the living room

this is something I found and did

and then undid

it's called the daisy stitch and I found it on You Tube

the place to find anything and everything

so I'll end here

incase it all goes pear shaped again

have to try and find  out what and how and why and where

if I don't come back

send in the dogs!!!

:)

?

just pretty pictures today

I've been playing in

Picasa

 

I found two more daffodils in the back garden

and brought them inside 

in the warm 

and found these on a little wild tree

across the road 

think it might be cherry

or apple

or 

..... 

 

and this is the one from yesterday

made to look like more than it is

It's hard to think that the weather is going to get bad

it's so pretty outside today

cold

but pretty

hope you are all enjoying your days of rest

ha ha

enjoy the flowers

if you don't yet have any

:)

final friday of the third month of the new year...

an extra long title

coz I ain't got nothin'

you don't want to hear about the

house work and laundry

I did

or how cold it is

and it's going to get colder

well that's what the guy on the radio keeps saying

so before the snow comes

I thought I would get a snap of what's out there

bloomin'

not much I can tell you but here is the first

periwinkle

with it's beautiful

blue face following the sun across the sky

and

the only daffodil

to bloom

one

alone out there

all by itself

solo

solitary

and it has mud on its face

to boot

but look how frilly it is

and yellow

and muddy

but still beautiful

even tho'

 it's the only one

this is the humming bird feeder

that's lost the little dohicky where they feed from

so this is just an adornment for now

will have to look see if we can find the dohicky online

and it's clean coz it rained!!!

....

here is the cloth made with the honeycomb stitch

it's so soft and pliable

love the colour

and this blue one is a new stitch I was trying out

knitted star or somesuch name

and yes it's off the needles

I pulled the wrong one

and unstitched it

it's one of those days I guess

and look at this

while I was surfing I bumped into a whole bunch of those fabulous

Japanese craft books on Amazon

the rings I started making the other day?

they have a book with them in

don't you just LOVE the Japanese craft books

I'd like to have them all

think I'll go back and drool some more

but first the kettle is calling my name

well I think it's the kettle

might be the cat

have a great weekend everyone

I hope we don't get what they keep threatening us with

maybe it can stay in the mountains and let the skiers have one more run

my daffodill won't survive!!!!!

:}

what happened to Spring?

brr-rr

after 75 F the other day

we are plummeting to the low 40's

a huge rain storm came through last night and

brought the cold back

I went out to see what I could snap

and suddenly realised how cold I was

I went outside to pick a posy of violets

to send to

Australia

!!!

a flickr friend commented that she wished she could pick some for her mother

so I did it

and made a little collage that she can hopefully print off and take

the next time she goes to see her Mum...

posy

over on flickr

isn't it great that you can send a virtual posy across the globe

who needs

inter flora!!!

I tape a knitting show on PBS

(I know, like I need any more "inspiration")

and the other day found out how to do

domino knitting

knitting squares into a

...

square!!!

after I had figured it out I made a square that I may put a back on and use it as a pot holder

to replace the

African flower one that I have used for a year now

African Flower

that takes some of us back a bit

doesn't it???

:)

these photos are from the other day

that were still on the camera

so I thought I'd post them

as

I

 have

nothing else to show you

the crab apple tree

a fallen branch with "patina" on it

the sedum beginning to come back

and the chives that I should use on some potatoes

maybe when the new potatoes come to the store

(mmmmmmm

new potatoes and a steak

and a ton of green beans

yummmm)

and last but not least

the

Autumn Joy sedum

coming back in the pots

hope the cold weather and the

SNOW

they say will come over the weekend

doesn't kill it all

and we have to start from scratch

again

hope the sun shines on you today

it doesn't look like it will here

but

HEY

it's March

the month that can't make up its

flippin'  mind

I think I'll do the tut I've been putting off

someone asked how I made the coasters

and I never answered

sorry

....

see ya!!!

:)



wednesday OUCHies!!

when I went to shut the computer off the night before last

the lamp was shining on the thread I had on the desk

the room was in semi-darkness and it looked so pretty

so I took you a picture of what I saw

!!!!

I had been making a "tut" for the coasters I made a few days ago...

but left the example on the desk and forgot about it

 the shine and shadows reminded me to post it

which I will do

soon

today each and every joint I own is a little sore

leaf blowers and lawn mowers

and

rakes and shovels

haven't been in my repertoire of late

so those muscles are rebelling

and as it's going to rain today

I can take it easy and use the other muscles that don't hurt!!

if I can find one

LOOK at this!!!!!!!!!!

right above the front door

sat this little fellow

I went outside just to see all the work we did

and notice how much more has to be done

and

when I turned around

there he was

sitting on the gutter

with

his

eyes

CLOSED

fuzzy yes,

but you can see he is a little crooked as he takes a quick nap on the roof

he stayed there for quite a while

until a nasty noisy truck drove by

what a sweetie

he must have woken up too early

like me!!

I watched a short story this morning on NHK about the Japanese survivors

some of them are going back to where they live

and just getting on with it.

Mostly older folk who just can't understand what the delay is

and then some of the people who are in the shelters

and don't know what they're going to do

so many separated from family

 and it's so sad

 and heartwarming

to see them come together and help one another

but then again that's what we do

the young mothers so worried about the children

sharing one pastry, one bottle of water among three people

worrying that the kids aren't being nourished enough

and now the scare with the contaminated water and food



remains of a tombstone/from the guardian/gettyimages



the nuclear plant is one story

but the people is such a bigger one

the emotion is beginning to rise to the surface and it's heartbreaking

so long without so much

I was happy to see an "expert" say that the survivours need to talk about what happened to them

even if it's just amongst themselves

to sit and tell their story

but it looks like they only have time to survive

in conditions that are quickly deteriorating

they need rescuing all over again

tuesday recipe

nope,

no yummy shortbread today

no luscious needle work

no gorgeous colours

just

good ol'virginny clay

why there aren't more pottery wheels here I don' know

took up the tools de jour 

(he put the rakes away before I could snap them!!!)

 and out we went

he doing maintenance

and oil changes and yucky stuff like that

and moi

got stuck into the big flower bed

that has no flowers

and may never have again

tons of leaves removed

mulched

to a fine mix

almost soil like

underneath the trees cleared

sticks picked up

and it was good!!

why does the wind always shift and blow the leaves back in

)and the grass will grow again and it won't be so brown there on the left

god it looks awful

but this was taken at almost 7 pm so the light is low

well, that's my story and I'm sticking to it(

another example of

BOING

I mean Spring

the clematis popped overnight

and now that it's feet can  breathe I hope it grows and covers the trellis

and blooms its little socks off

put a trellis around the Columbine

and gave it a little mulch blanket

rain and storms coming tomorrow apparently

so it will be watered

and after I quit and came inside

when you have to you have to

:)

he continued in the front

making more mulch

with those leaves that never end

look how dry and dusty it is

I'm off to lie down and give my back a rest

OUCH!!!

hope you had a good day

I did

:)

just a load of photos

maybe I should take fewer photos

and then you wouldn't have to look at so many!!

but I can't help myself

I see

I click

I load

I blog

:)

so, this morning I have a question for you

I saw something like this

made with beads, the little tiny seed beads

saw it ages ago

and while I was fooling around seeing what napkin rings would look like

 made with the cotton du jour

I linked two together and then added a third

but before I go on

I have a question

necklace anyone?

would you wear something like this

do you know anyone who would?

here are the three made so far

blue purple and light green

shall I continue

 and make a

scarflace!!!

narf

narflace???

husband thinks it's

coo-ull

but what does he know!!!

so what cha think?

waiting for the kettle to boil yesterday

I noticed that the first wild violets are blooming

I swear they weren't there the day before

do you think it's called

Spring coz

!!!!!BOING!!!!!

up they come?

we woke up to thunder and lightning this morning

a dawn storm

as the weatherman called it

it was quite surprising

the early light

punctuated by flashes and deep rumbles

and

rain

rain that is bringing everything back to life

the Pieris Japonica is just covered in little pink bells

so delicate and yet so strong, as it blooms in the winter

delicate but strong

......

like it's namesake

!

here they come

the columbines are back

the vole missed this one

and if he comes anywhere near it

I swear he isn't long for this world

I'll feed him to the dolphins

gently swaying in the breeze

and season him with chives

can you see the raindrops in the

sedum?

maybe Mr Frog would like a little

vole in the hole for lunch

see his beard made with drops

and this is the lazy woman's way of making strawberry shortbread

when you are too busy making tea and gathering the first blooms

and futzing about making napkin rings

into narfs

and you remember you have

strawberries in the fridge

 tapping their feet waiting to be consumed

grab a roll of biscuits that you bought for husband to have with his favourite meal

:P

and

wash them with egg and sprinkle sugar over them

bake and enjoy with

the strawberries and cream

no doubt there'll be a photo of the next one

the first one was consumed too quickly to have it's portrait taken

!!!!

so here you have it

a question

a walk in the garden

a declaration of war

and a recipe

not bad for a Monday Morning

who knows what we'll do tomorrow

thank you for your patience

your encouragement to continue

and your

sweet comments

see ya!!

:}