So nice

to open up this morning

and find you there

with

welcoming words

and

sweet thoughts!!

(this is just an image... I am out of new things to show!!)

I know I didn't stay away for very long

and that's

because

I asked myself

self

why are you cutting yourself off from something you enjoy

and has nothing to do with having the

winter doldrums

self couldn't answer

....

so

I logged on

and here I am

again

yeah!!

I''ll be back with something

maybe

later

but just wanted to say hello

and

thanks so much

and

let you know I saw the comments

and I'm happy!!!

hope you feel good too!

now how's about another cup o'joe

mmmmmmmm

:}

xx

Hello!!!

It's ME!

I'm back from the beyond.

WHY...

because it's boring being by myself!!

I didn't do anything exciting

I didn't do anything new

I didn't do anything of any consequence

but

I did find out that I am not the
ONLY

one who is feeling

a bit

torpid

!!!

love that word!!

a bit out of sorts

a bit lost and down

a bit discombobulated

a little orff

just not quite right

so I decided

what the hey

lets's get back in the

roomontheleft

and see what we can do to amuse ourselves

whatcha say

up for some nonsense!!

good

As long as the sun shows itself after a storm

we've got nothing to complain about

do we.

NO

we don't.

I have been reading blogs

and it seems many many bloggers

from one end of the globe to the other

have the

winter

blahs

(well in the

Southern Hemisphere

it's the

summer blahs)

but it seems more than that

there is a feeling of

no one quite knows what

je nais se quoi

a feeling of not knowing

if you are coming or going!!!

this new year has been quite

one of strange occurrences

the magnetic pole has shifted

apparently

so maybe it's that

we are unbalanced

and we don't know it

(I'm always out of balance so what's new!!)

Of course all the horrors that have happened

don't help

those unbelievable floods in

Australia

those poor poor people

I read a blog from there

called

BushBabe

and she has been recording the event

and it's been quite an eyeopener to see the water just on their property

and of course looking at the TV and newspapers too

the floods in California too

the snow in the South here yesterday

is wacky

the birds falling out of the sky

all over the place

the huge fish kill just off the coast here in VA/MD

hundreds of thousands

just washed up on shore

and of course

our little body of water

full with geese not knowing where to go or what to do

they are flying in by the dozen

from every direction

because the weather keeps changing

and they don't know where to go

and then the things that we humans do to each other

is the worst of all

but we won't

'go there'

for now

we had some snow the other day

not much but enough to get me out with the camera

snapping

what

there

was

to

snap

this strange little thing

is the foot prints of a

squirrel

or a

very

 very

 very

small

person

I'll let you decide

:)

hope you are all well and happy

and balanced

 I have been working with the knitting book

but so far

haven't done anything worth showing

maybe next time

knitting takes a lot longer and a lot more

concentration

a lot

see ya's

xxx

mini blog break

I just walked through the house

and

went outside to see how cold it was

( and it is)

and

that took all of a minute!!!

and

I decided 

a mini blog break is needed.

I will still be here

and I will still be checking in

but I need to get the old noggin cleared

and settled.

It's that time of the year

when there is nothing to shoot

and not much going on

so I won't bore you with

nothingness.

I want to clear the messes and I want to find something in the book

and the patterns I want to make are a bit complicated and need concentration

something I have none of these days

so I'll give it the old college try for a while.

We'll see how long it takes!!!

and

knowing me

it won't be long

but

I just wanted to tell you so you don't think

something happened.

Don't stop

coming by to visit

I can tell if you do!!!!

Thank you for all the comments and visits of late

and I'm sure you'll see me on

Flickr

and on your comment pages.

Until the next time

take care

stay safe

and

be good!!

M

:)

I find it

hilarious

and

very sweet at the same time

that

no one called me on the

spelling mistake

except the two of you who did

don't be shy about

correcting my spelling

I do miss spell once in a while

on purpose

and I do have this very

annoying way of

writing down the middle of the page

you

know

like

this

!

it's just how this thing has

developed

it actually

comes from

the way I speak

or how

I speak in my head

anyway

the mistake has been corrected

as you know

we are now back to being

inSPIRed

but it will

forever be

chaotic

and I hope today

is so much more

productive

than

yesterday was

I was complete and utter

rubbish

yesterday

complete

and

utter

!!!

Later....

:]

knitting book

First of all

let me be a bad craftsman

.....

the light in this room is rubbish

so these are not the best

now that the excuses are over

ladies and gentlemen

LOOK

at

THIS

!!!!!

THIS one I like!!!

this is pretty photo heavy...

but I wanted you to see.....

If you don't knit

don't want to learn

don't care

move on baby

coz this is for

knitters

of all kinds

and patterns

and colours

wrinkled

puckered

or not

something for the babes

and the Babes!!!

loops and holes

bobbles and braids

that corkscrew block  has the stitch I have been hunting down for a week or two

the mosaic or slipped stitch

and there it is

and then

there is this

:{   :]

I told you

something for everyone!!!!

If you can knit

even a little bit

you will get something from this book

it starts out with simple plain blocks

and works its way up to the above Creation!!!

:{

I have looked through it at least once a day since it arrived

and I have tried a few of the patterns

it is well written

and is pretty clear and easy to follow

I LOVE IT

 I just have to decide how to use it and make something

if you knit and need a new book

this is a good one

I paid for this one

and was happy to do so!!!!!!

OOPPss

I meant to add this link

the book is here

with a few more pictures

and even a pattern or two to practice on!!

:}