a little retail therapy

was in store yesterday
madam woke up with a case of the grumps
and a pain in the
foot
that felt like a pulled muscle
and made me very very .....
well, grumpy!!
the temperature had plummeted overnight
and it was cold and gloomy
but the sun eventually came out and made everything a little brighter
and I remembered that  shopping had to be done
and that there was a new shop to go and explore
right next to the
grocery
so I made things ship shape and off we went
in the bright sunny day
with a brisk breeze blowing

I don't usually need retail therapy
I don't actually like walking aimlessly through stores
looking at "stuff" I don't need or even want
but I have done it
mostly with friends who seem to need rather a lot of therapy sometimes

so I gave in to the grumps and entered the store.


First impression
what a mess
things thrown onto the shelves because that's better than leaving them in the boxes or on the floor!!
lots of stuff I won't be bringing home any time soon or ever!!
I'm sure many of you in the States know this store
and I do remember going into one a while ago, with a friend in her area
and more or less thinking the same thing in that store
messy and not much there.
the prices aren't that much less than the original either, so I don't get all the fuss
but
that's me.... so I'm all
whatever floats your boat
about it!!!


;p

after wandering about for a while

picking up things and putting them back

aisle after messy aisle

I spied

 this  ^^^^^^^^ up there ^

and any blue blooded crafty type

isn't going to leave with out checking

these babies out

now is she???

so I indulged myself with these

75% wool 25% silk in this one
only one ball unfortunately
my colours too
ya-ummmm

:) :) :)

this one 100% wool

three balls of that

in soft green and a mauvey mauve!!!

that isn't showing here at allllllll

but believe me when I tell you

it's lovely....

and on the sticks already

so with my tiny bag of goodies clutched to my rather ample chest!!!

I hurried to the grocery store to find the man, before he completely filled the cart with

un-necessaries

and home we came

another exciting installment of that which is my life

:) :) :)

well the cat was happy to see me back with supplies

after surviving another

ooooooo

couple hours with an empty bowl

 :((

the day had become very pretty and after all the domestic things were done

I put on my hoody sweater and went and sat in the sun

with my new therapy aid and started

clicking away

with the sun on my face

and a smile in my heart

and a few less grumps

 

It lasted until the breeze became too much

and the need for a cup of tea became unbearable

and the cat came and sat by the door

and did her

no body loves me routine

which even got the man up to see what was wrong with her

!!!

so in I came

and with cat fed and watered

tea in hand

I came and checked my e-mail

and

 there

was the icing on the cake

the gravy on the biscuit

the bathsalts in the water

I got an e-mail from

MiaS

telling me about her little adventure

while replacing the "fatballs" in her trees, for her birds

(I presumed they are  like suet balls, like I made once with the kids

but it didn't work for us, they melted and made a big yucky mess on the ground)

but Mia

made her birds

some pretty "fat balls" by crocheting colourful covers for them

and hanging them high up in the trees

.........

apparently...

the birds didn't like them

and it seems it scared them off

and all I could imagine was this!!!!!!!!!

Mia I hope you don't mind me sharing this

but it really really made the grumps go away

 thank you for being so funny and making me laugh

all the way across the big pond

oh and this was at the checkout and it was

$1.99

and it reminds me of the Easters of my childhood

when we would get them filled with luscious chocolates

and keep the boxes

and it was made in Germany

so it's real!!!!

and today I don't have the grumps or a pain in the

foot

I may still BE a pain in the.....

but I can work on that!!!

so off I go to knit knit knit

for a while

and I'll see you all later

thank you for the sweet comments you all leave

that really makes my day too

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

I am so lucky to have such nice visitors

 and so today I'm  going to send you

somewhere

someplace nice to go

and even if you aren't into this kind of thing, I'm sure you'll just enjoy the beauty
I found it yesterday and just drooled
all over the keyboard......

reminder to self
disinfect said keyboard
...

:)

goose lake

he had it all to himself this evening

and so did they

the "butterfly effect"

one lone goose

makes many ripples!!

and with that I bid you

good evening

!!!

rainy days and mondays

always make me want to sleep

!!

 after I was sure the storm had passed

 the rain was gently falling and the wind had died down

I decided I wanted some

oatmeal cookies with my afternoon tea!!!

yes I have afternoon tea

I have a cup of tea in the afternoon

so.....

I made some

do help yourself!!!!!

:p

I tried to get some more shots of the birds this morning

as the sun shone down and the sky was blue

and fluffy little clouds blew by

there were three hawks sailing the wind right above me as I sat and drank my coffee

but they stayed right in front of the sun

and I couldn't take a thing

and then I noticed that there were no birds

anywhere

even after the hawks had floated away

I think word has been sent out, that the lunatic with the camera is on the loose

and they don't want their picture taken anymore

they think 86 the first time

plus

oh about

what was it

105

is quite enough for now

so I had to come back in

 it turned all nasty and black and blowy and wet anyway

but I'll get them the little...

.....

.......

I am very upset and cross with myself

because I was hoping to show you the wonderful new stitch I learnt

but I can't

:(

I sat and continued with it and I thought I had made a really sweet

tie-like scarf thing

Friday and Saturday I chanted away

lift a stitch

yo

knit a stitch

and it grew and grew

and

I put it down and did something

like go to bed

and when I got up yesterday

there was a dropped stitch

like a ladder in a stocking

right down the middle

unseen unworked and unnoticed

so I don't have a sweet blue tie to show you

and I'm mad

...

in more ways than one!!!

so I'm going to have to start all over again

and in the meantime I found something that has my fingers itching again

another stitch I want to do

it's on a pillow I saw a while ago and found again while sulk-surfing!!!

so I consolded myself with that

you can't see the stitch all scrunched up on the needle

so I did this as practice and it worked

oh, it's called honeycomb stitch and there are various ways of doing it

so I chose the

brioche way



hhmmmm, brioche

well, I have the cookies to keep me company

if there are any left of course

I hear a lot of crunching coming from the other room

better go and save a few!

and it's time to think about cooking

again

pppppffffffffff

:)

here one second

and 76 shots later

and the tele on

gone

and that isn't his beak

it's a stick behind him!!!!!!!

photos

sooc

straight out of camera

hee hee

she's been s 'perimentin'

with her little blue love!!

you're in for it now folks

she found the burst feature

 on the camera and went outside

when the sun came out

and clicked 86 shots of the birds coming to feed

ignore the awful conditions of the ground and the litter all around

they have scratched the ground all to pieces and it looks like a bomb site

and

it's winter!!!!

 :)

Yesterday when I mentioned that I am crap at getting bird shots

a brilliant brain from cross the big pond

left a message about

rapid fire shots

that is what I call them

so

this morning I found out how to set the camera to

burst mode

that is what it calls them

and

I

burst-moded my little heart out!!!

NO

I will not make you sit there are look at 86

not very good at the moment shots of little tiny birds stuffing their faces

but I will show you

the little lady I have been trying to capture

in the lens

for a very long time

who suddenly appeared

in the tree behind and decided to join in 

with the others

I am over the moon

but still sane enough to know they aren't very good

but  I know you'll give me a break this time

so

here

she

is

with her

lipstick

on

just so

and she let me click away until she was done

Yes it's blurry but remember she is moving all the time

and I am trying

very very hard not to

so

there you go

I have a new toy

now I just have to take

 100

more to get a clear shot worth posting!!!

see ya

:)