and the best part is.....

we filled the bird feeder yesterday

so they would have a feast too

which meant this morning I was woken up by birds squawking at each other

and fighting for a place in line to swoop in on the feeder and get breakfast before anyone else

when I saw them

 the red headed woodpecker was holding court and telling them off in no uncertain terms

but the chickadee thinks he's the size of an eagle and shoved the woodpecker off and took over

the little ones have the balls of  rogue elephants big egos!!!!

so sweet!!!

coffee made 

I switched on the idiot box 

and saw what has become the yearly migration of those who think shopping is the new religion and worship accordingly

at the shrines of greed and overindulgence

fights have broken out over toasters....  TOASTERS....

people have been beaten up in the parking lots over parking spaces

guns drawn and so called security guards strong arming shoppers in the stores

is this not the end of all we know to be civilized and decent

what has this got to do with Christmas 

so I turned to that which makes me calm and happy and took it's picture

the sun and a bit of hooky pretty

a little scarf made with some yarn I've had for ages and have never quite matched  to anything

until now.... the pattern looks a bit like chair caning...and I likes it!!!!!

and today we get to do the best part of having a special day

we

 get

 to

 eat

turkey sandwiches

........mmmmmmmmmmmmmm.......

:)

the comet ison.....

let's hope this doesn't turn into a

turkey

!!!!!!!!

in case you don't know... there is a comet hurtling towards the sun called

ison

if it makes it around the sun, and let's hope it does

 we'll be able to see it coming back in December...

but until then...

to all of you in the US

Happy Thanksgiving

eat yourself under the table

 and please

don't go shopping

one day without won't kill you!!!!!!

gobble gobble all

xxxxx

winter for the weekend....

winter is coming for the weekend....

it's going down to 

brrrrrrrr!!!!!

more Friday flowers were brought home and a little something extra coz I couldn't resist it

as it reminds me of the cardinals on the bird feeder who, when the food is getting low

sit there and give us

the stink eye....

rather like that one seems to be doing!!!!

 

I decided to cook today..... 

so I spent a little time in the kitchen this morning and cooked some

comfort food

so we  I don't have to cook each and every day if we  I don't feel like it

coz I'm sick of it and if you do it all at once

it's done for a few days and you can believe you're getting a break

so with the minced meat there is now

 chili, pasta sauce, veggie soup and the base of a cottage pie

and some meatballs for who knows what!!!  next in line is the chicken...... maybe tomorrow now!!!

and it's all cleaned up and on it's way back into the cabinet...and freezer

nice bread and  apple pie

with ice cream for goodies....

I don't like ice cream, but there was a very annoying lady standing in front of the cream and no matter how I tried to get her to move out of the way....she ignored me and continued to choose her fake flavored coffee additive stuff...so I got the ice cream!!!  :) :) :)  

and when I'd put all the goodies away 

I checked the mail and found a book... one I thought I had already and drove myself nuts one day looking for it....but turns out... NOT!!! have looked at it so often online I guess... on Amazon where you can see inside the books....as you know!!!

so...I have that and there are lots of taped things on the idiot box

 and I got some new needles at the dusty musty discount store I told you about many moons ago

they're square and these are very small but they feel good, so I imagine thicker ones would too...

we'll see!!!

OK

 have a good weekend and stay warm or cool or dry 

and safe....

I'm off to have my cuppa

 and

 decide

 what's

 for 

dinner!!!!!

MWAH!

xxx

a song from Iceland ...

 

 

 

some of you will know my Viking Princess friend

Svana

she is from Iceland

 and she now lives in Norway

today she posted this on Facebook

and it's so pretty

I thought you might like it too

there is English translation for those of us who do not speak

Icelandic!!!

and I have discovered that only the Icelanders can speak

Icelandic!!!

thank you Svana for sharing!!!

:P

 

 

 

 

 

b-bling....cha-ching....

it started off like this

a little patch of diamonds along the shore

and the wind blew and moved the water

and it grew bigger

and by this time I was blind and couldn't see any more

have never seen them on this side before

and that dark blob in the middle there

some idiot moron brainless twit  dumped  leaves in the lake

aarrgh!!!!

a tut that's not a tut...

a friend asked if I could explain how to do that blanket that keeps popping up all over the place

there's a chart but it's of no help

so I thought I'd maybe show it this way

and while I'm at it

show you too, incase it's something you might want to do it too

I'm not sure what the pattern is called

but I keep seeing it and people keep asking about it...

I posted it on Facebook too

and will load it onto flickr

it's quite an old pattern

so have no idea where it comes from

it isn't hard ...

it's  worked in the second row below and in between the stitches

so you have to concentrate for the first couple of rows

after that it's all good!!

I used those colours so one can see what's what

that's one of the reasons I'm not that fond of this blanket

I don't like the colours used and therefore it doesn't "speak" to me

AND

it looks very very '70's

and not the cool/groovy side !!!!!!!



so if I'm stepping on anyone's toes

let me know

and I'll act accordingly....

and on a completely different subject....

have any of you here in the US noticed a lack of something this year????

have you noticed there are

NO ACORNS

not ONE

after the last couple of years when it was hazardous to walk outside

there is a lack of these little flying projectiles

I looked it up and came across

 this

poor little squirrels...ours feed from the bird feeder...

but it is really interesting and I just hope it's a natural cycle thingy and not some horrible

catastrophic end of the world thing.....

:{

a post...

a cold front moved through at 6.00 am today

brr!??

the wind picked up and the few remaining leaves flew past the windows

 and the sky turned a deep grey...a snow sky

 I was glad to be in a warm house

watching the news from across the world is hard to comprehend

even though it happens here 

seeing those faces and that destruction

makes one feel so many things...

so anything that isn't right or perfect or just so

is OK

we have warm houses and food and water

I wish someone would tell them how many people are trying to help

that the destruction is so big and so wide it's hard to get there

they are coming as fast as they can

and

 if there is ever to be a next time and let's all hope there isn't

ever

make sure the people understand what it is that's coming

I saw a man last night, on the news, who said they didn't understand what a storm surge is

he said if the authorities had said

TSUNAMI

they would have moved, left, evacuated.

They put the children in the school... 

but the water came and took them away............

too sad

so sad

not fair

♥

9 10 11 12 13

it's one of those days....

9.10 

am/pm

on

11/12/13

hope it's a good one!!!

le weekend ...

 it's the end of another week....why is time flying so fast these days?

remember when half an hour was more than you could stand to wait for anything

and you would count the days to whatever it was you were waiting for

vacation, Christmas, the end of the week, a date or a visit

now a days time moves so fast there is no waiting it seems

so...

time again for the

sparkles to blind one, as the sun hits the water just right

they light up that side of the house so much it's hard to see sometimes

and it fills the room and everything in it with

light and makes shadows

that photo is of the sister and me when we were really little and we lived in Kenya

maybe I'll take a better picture one day

the blue vase is a birthday surprise husband got one day

when he had to go to the fix-it store for one more thing he needed to fix it 

whatever it was he was fixing and he has fixed a lot lately!

anyway

 we had wandered through the store ( another store not the fix it store!!)

 and I mentioned how much I liked that vase

and

 it was

 in fact

THE vase that set me off on the quest for blue vases that I went on a while ago

(phew!!!)

and I kept going

he remembered and stopped by and brought it home

because he liked it too

but the flowers that are still around are too small now to go in the big blue vase

so they will have to do for friday flowers I'm afraid

but it's

 Awesome

with a 

CAPITAL A

that they are still around to brighten up the place!!!!!!

have a great one everybody

whatever it may be!!!

itch to stitch...

so I scratched....

listening to all my favourite songs collected on you tube... and going down memory lane

which, at this stage in life,

is a long one

!!!!!!!

see ya!

xxxxx

Phew!! that was close...

                                                   

...maybe too close....

but it's over now

 and we don't have to put up with the negativity,

the endless repetitive ads

the incessant drone of voices ever saying nought 

I am speaking of yet another election cycle

that seems to never end these days

as soon as they are elected

they start working on the next

the Commonwealth of Virginia has a new Governor

Terry McAuliffe

politico image

I am not in any way, shape, or form, a political animal

I'm not really even interested, though I know we are supposed to be

but being married to a "political junkie"

 I tend to shy away and ignore

!!???

but this one was scary

( because of who was running )

vewy vewy scarwy ....VERY

and to be honest 

very sick and twisted in how they think we should live and function

because they say so!!!

but now that it's over

 and they didn't get in 

and we won't be living in the 13th century under 

sick twisted misogynistic bastards

we have enough to deal with ,with those already here!!!!!!

this state is not exactly the most modern and forward thinking to begin with

so we don't need anymore backward thinkers telling us what to do...

now I am not stupid enough to think that who did get in 

can do much to change

anything

but that is the world and we just get to live in it best we can

end of soapbox rant!!!

(my opinions are my opinions)

let's look at some pretty pictures 

my gentle giant is changing his cloak once again

husband brought home  what he thought to be

a  ready to eat

punkin' pie so I cooked it on Saturday

which was a very pretty day and if you squint you'll see a couple of ducks taking a stroll round the lake!!!

and I found this under the hutch ! 

(along with the dust bunnies who were coughing rather loudly)!!!!!

so I thought I'd make an autumnal one too

(to keep it company when it ends up under the hutch once again no doubt)

and sammy squizzel was waiting his turn under the bird feeder

the birds were going crazy flying in and out like jet planes and all sammy had to do was sit underneath

and wait for the dropped seed...

I'm using one of my own tutorials!!! for the crossed stitch stitch

(up there at the top of the page if you want it)

not sure I'll keep going

 as I can't settle on one thing

which is why I'm doing this too

it will be an 

"M"

!!!!

for 

"M:

:)

and the muffins are just out of the oven

so

 now that all's right with the world

well as close as it's ever gonna get around these here parts

it's off to put the kettle on

and get on with what's left of the day

hope you have/had a good one

and nothing was

anywhere near

scarwy

XX