992...I won I won I won I won I won....

well that didn't last so long...

a couple of posts and then she disappears again...

well things got a bit screwy and I just let it

I've had sinus problems for a while and it all got too much

 and I just gave in to it

and let the headache bloom

no

 I didn't put on a fez and silly glasses or smoke a pipe

but I may as well have

the way I felt

it passed and good riddance I say...

I edited that photo over on Flickr and somehow got it over here too

so I used it....

Mr pear is no more

I ate him....and he was deeelish.

and 

I hear you ask

what did you win 

M

what?

one of my favourite photographers, people and all around lovely lady

Kim

had a giveaway on her blog

and I entered it

I don't enter very many giveaways

but I did this one

and I was one of the winners

Kim has some of her photos made into cards and large prints 

and I think she sells them in a local store

go visit her and you'll see

and you;ll be able to see the other wonderful shots she takes of all her critters

I will have to hunt for frames

coz I'm not sharin'

not a one I tell ya

no siree

not one!!!

but this I will share

it's that time again folks

the watch for colour begins once again

the little tree that  features in so many photos on this blog

is at it again

slowly but  surely

it's turning...

will keep a record of the progress...

aren't you just beyond thrilled!!!!!

see ya's

991...

sometimes inspiration comes from the strangest places

and inspiration 

or the lack thereof

is another reason I stayed away

this blog turned into something I didn't really plan on

it was nothing but crochet

I do not do that 24/7 

and it was beginning to bug me

I do,

 and love,

 to do it

but I just don't want to think about it or see it

ALL THE TIME

even though every time I sit down I pick up a hook!!!!!

I don't smoke anymore

haven't for years and years

 but

 there is still that little

 'niggley something'

 there

that  makes the need for busy hands to stay with one

even though I don't work or have kids around anymore

I do seem to keep a semblance of businessness

and even on the quiet days

there is always something that needs to be done

but covering the house in hooky things  is not one of them

I have very little of what I have made out on display

and I have given some of it away

the pot holders and cloths are mostly what is used

there's nothing like a good hooked wash cloth to scrub away a day's toil!!!

and the pot holders just brighten up the drudgery of the kitchen!!

and as it's getting chillier now

scarves/shawls

 are also used and appreciated

but they live in closets and drawers

so not seen

I do see other houses where its all put on display

blankets tucked warmly and cozily around couches

pillows and cushions piled on for more squishy warmth

lampshades and chairs

covered in covers made of granny squares and such

doilies galore

(sounds like a stripper!!!!)

potholders decorating the walls

blankets on beds and chests and banisters

hands and wrists

coffee cups 

and cell phones

 and tablets 

and apples 

and such

all wrapped up warm and safe

 against this strange and terrible cold 

that necessitates this covering 

of inanimate objects

and my very very least favourite of all

yarn bombing 

everything in sight

I am not one of those who seem to have come forward lately to say that bombing is a waste of yarn

I just don't like it and I don't think it adds anything to the view

but that's 

MHO

I have one thought 

not for me

and

and one question

how do the husbands feel about living in a wool cocoon

all bright 

and girly

 and 

very 

very

hooky???

!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

 so from here

 I hope to change it up a little bit

oh there will still be hooky stuff no doubt

and the odd knitted something every now and again

but hopefully not every time

all the time

there is so much more

than 

hooking

!!!

990...

a swishable screen upon which to leave sticky fingerprints

new rig with old keyboard, t'was July then

 the reason for not being here

 

is that for a few weeks I had no keyboard

upon which to write

because 

husband took it upon himself to buy wife a new rig

as they say in the rig world

it was a complete surprise as I was under the impression that my old rig was just fine thank you very much

and I was quite happy to plod along in the old version of myself

but

husband

 is a gadget man

so to speak

if he were a bird

 he would be a

magpie

if that is indeed the one that is so attracted to bright shiny things 

so

 after rigging up the rig

I started on the journey into the world of

windows

whatever the hell it is now

a large bright screen in front of me

wi-fi floating around me

tiny little  "tower" behind

all so new and bright

Bluetooth to boot

connecting keys to screen

swishing the monitor this way and that

marking up the screen with my sticky little fingers

observing the wide wonderful world of the internets in full screen wonder

visiting friends and acquaintances in full colour

and rocking out to a new list of tunes

as I did my things

and then

poof

 

goodbye   words

and good bye ROTL

 

the blue tooth crapped out and because of other things more important than my wicked way with words

I was struck dumb!!!!!

 

( now to be completely truthful and to cut the crap a bit

there is an on screen keyboard but its a pain in the sit upon to use and very very frustrating to keep having to backtrack and fix the gobble de gook you just typed....but it sounds much more dramatic the other way :))

 

this year has been one of those years

that if it could

 break

 or fall apart

 or stop dead

 in its tracks

it did

do you have years like that

we do

it started with the fan in my room

one minute whirring around moving the air

the next

nada, nothing, nil, zilch amount of movement

 

then

and more importantly than air being moved

 

the washing machine

 

 husband "fixed"something

and

after 21 years of great service it just

quit

leaving

wet laundry

and no way to spin it dry

 

so being the old fashioned girl that I am

I wrung it all out in the bathroom sink

shirts skirts socks and trousers

 

(if it ever happens to you

  just go out and buy new clothes!!!!!!!)

 

coz one night in the bath tub

tends to leave a musty smell wafting hither and yon

and of course

it isn't noticed until one is out in public

and a sudden whiff of mildew hits the nostrils

 

I did put it all in the dryer

that was still working fine

but the odor was already attached by the next morning

 

so husband chose a new machine

and we had to wait for it to come

and wait and wait and wait

in the meantime I did our washing in the sink

I have done it before and thank heavens I can do it again

 

husband took the opportunity to redo the laundry space

with new plug'oles

 and fixed holes in the floor and walls

 where the various and sundry bits came and went

new shelves installed above

a swipe of paint for all the chips and marks were from tugging and heaving the old machine out

new wires run
coz the power needed is less
 so we went

wire fishing in the walls

him in the attic and me in front of the place the switch/socket used to be

yelling about whether I can see it or not (the wire coming down behind the wall!)

that led to husband deciding he had to change all the switches and plug 'oles everywhere

"because they need doing"

that's why!!!!!

 

we now have pretty new light switches

with little lights and slidey things to control just how much illumination one needs to see what one is doing.... or not doing

SIGH...

a day with grandson and son #1

who came to help install the new behemoth

because a behemoth it be

" LG "

life is good

it is indeed once again

 

and off into the new world of hi tech laundry I went

it washes and dries all in the same machine

 

(like the ones in Europe have done for centuries

well maybe not centuries

but decades)

for sure

 

it has a cycle for just about everything you can imagine

 and I have yet to use them all

I'm dying to find out what the difference is between

 

"blankets and bulky items "

!!!

 

it takes a long time to do it

but it does it well

and

isn't that all that counts

 

and it plays a little tune for you

 when it wants you to come and take the laundry out...

 

it seems the summer was spent making things new and improved

husband has the scars to prove it

but he proves it

in well illuminated rooms

and clean

fresh smelling

 clothes.....

 

and moi

I have a new keyboard upon which to write

and

 share

the

nothingness

once again

!!!

 

:)x

 

 

 

(once I have figured out how to find all the photos I've loaded

I'll post a few more!!!)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 and a PS
thank you for the kind comments left yesterday...
:)x

 

 

Post 989...

 

 

a few questions for a Monday morning

 

 

 

why...

 

when you find something you really like

and it works as advertised

do they take it off the shelves

and stop making it altogether

 and there isn't anything to take its place

 

 

why does 'new and improved' mean

it's not so good any more

and why don't they just leave the old alone

 

is there so much negativity in this world these days

so much bad news

so little focus on what's important

 and so much on what isn't

 

can't children be children anymore

why do they have to be little teenagers

 or tiny adults

 

(where) have all our geese gone

and is Honker really gone forever

haven't seen him for months

so I guess I just answered that

such a wonderful creature he was

so full of purpose

and neediness

so dedicated to those who weren't even his kind

other than they had feathers and big feet just like him

the next generations of Canada Geese won't ever know how loving and protective he was

 of the ones who came before 

 

and also the swans

gone

but not forgotten

the sight of them in the evening

 feeding right outside the back window was wonderful

I have made myself believe that they moved on

further South to the Lake where there is a wonderful lady who watches out for them all

 

 aren't there any well written TV shows 

they seem to lose the plot after a couple of episodes

and just wander off aimlessly into

stupid land

doesn't matter which network anymore

did any of you see

' Breathless '

on PBS

!!!!

 

 and all the other drivel

too much to bother with now

so I'm glad I've found

"International Mysteries"

which are foreign cop shows and creepy stories

only problem is...

I have to read the subtitles

 so it plays havoc with the mindless needlework thing

 

and speaking of needlework things, mindless and otherwise

why does it take so long to make something  you fell in love with and just had to start making right a way but now it just doesn't seem to grow fast enough because the stupid stitches are too small to make it  grow fast enough

but you have to finish what you start

coz that's the new rule you made for yourself

and you have to follow the rules

right

 

RIGHT!!!!!

 

 

:):):):):)

 

and we're back!!!!!

 

( a bit  awkward and non descript

if I do say so myself!!!

but it's been a while

 so

it'll take a couple of posts

to get back in the swing of   )

 

blogging about nothing 

 

'til the next time

 

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