TGIF

How glad am I this weeks over

VERY...

won't bore you all with why

just know I'm glad it's gone

now don't think I expect the next one to be all

wine and roses

but it hasn't shown itself yet

so we can have hope

yes we can!!!

they say it's going to snow

drizzle

freeze

and then

ice

right before

it all turns to rain

so I made sure all the important things were taken care of

I refilled the biscuit tin

ginger snaps and shortbread

now we can move forward

I keep reading how people love their smart phone cameras

so I decided that if I've got one I may as well start just using it

and getting used to it

just like I did with

♥blue♥

so I took some snaps while the kettle was on

and these are the result

you can crop the photo right on the phone!

I discovered how to zoom

and turn the flash off

how to zero in on something

it still feels really clumsy and awkward

 but soon I won't remember how not to do it

obviously need to retake
 but
 I wanted to show the

violets are blooming

so we have a tiny bit of colour around

sorry that's really bad!!!!!

should go back and re-do these

oh well

a tiny bit better

my favourite colour

so sweet sitting there blooming its little head off

and the orchid is still going

I had to move it back to the bedroom

because every time I switched the light on

I broke a flower

so here it sits looking over the lake

which is empty at the moment

the birds come and go

and as the snow is on its way

who knows where they went

the knitting is going slowly

my little finger cramps quite a bit so I've not been at it that much

it's the way I hold the yarn and I can't hold it any other way so.....

I have found two other things that I am dying

dying

to do

have you noticed all the

"houndstooth" around

hats gloves

scarves and shawls

in every colour

(found on Bing)

so I wondered if one could knit it

and
 of course one can

so one is going to

as soon as the pinky cramp goes away

it's starting to cramp now as I type!!!!!!

OW!

and then the other thing

is from our friend over on Flickr

that some of us know and love

with her burst of colours and talent

Wildaboutcolour

Ellen

is making a new blanket

I LOVE IT

and want to do it

NOW

before I finish anything

here's the link to her stream

isn't it fabulous!!??
such a clever belle she is
 :)

hope all of you are well

and that you have a great weekend

take care all
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