no boos here......

nope...

we don't

"do"

Halloween here

always hated it

of course when the kids were little

we

"did"

it

lots of inventive costumes

pirates were the most favoured and the easiest

lots of candy lots of screaming and running around

tricking and treating around the neighbourhood

on foot or mostly in the back of someones truck

with me at the wheel driving at 2 mph

when they got older it was

3 mph so they could run and jump on

really safe and sound

but hey

it was Halloween

so you did dumb stuff

the last one I remember was when son #1 dressed up in a dress of mine

asked me to make him up

style his hair

oh and did I have some girly shoes he could borrow

after that

it's all a blank!!!!!!

he is a handsome man

he was a beautiful child

but

a cute woman he

DID NOT MAKE!!!!!!!

eeewwww!!

so anyway

tonight the lights will be dimmed and the drapes drawn early

and even if someone comes

which they haven't done for ages

we will not

" be at home"

 hu hummmmm!!!!

Teresa asked me to show how to do the

double knitting I mentioned

so I will post that later

I started doing it this morning

and got into a right old silly mood

as a second

hootie cutie came into being

oh my so many pretty eyes....

silly we can do

in spades

peek a boo...

I see you....

me too...

t'wit....................t'whooo

Papa can you hear us?????

OK I'll get myself together and be back with some sanity

need to do a lot of editing with the photos as the light is

well

there is no light....

so I'll see you later maybe

^-^



oggm....

oh goodness gracious me

I have looked at every

ascot

 bandanna

boa

kerchief

 shawl

stole

scarf

warmer

wrapping

tie

bow and otherwise

and

piece of string

one can put around ones neck

!!!!!!!

I have not found anything

that has spoken to me

nothing

nada

zip

zero

zilch

nought 

but I did notice one thing

in my close to being in a stupor

there seem to be

an awful lot of

OWLS

out there

all sorts of little guys and gals

so,

so as not to have a whole day wasted

and without a little something to show

and I mean

little

do you see how little he is

1.5 inches

I present

hoo-t

:)

AND

he was made by the

double knitting method

which I suddenly remembered how to do

so it took literally a few minutes to whip him up

on dp needles

it took longer to choose the buttons for his eyes

do you know how to double knit

if you don't and you want to

tell me and I'll show you

isn't he sweet

cute

adorable

just a honey pie

?

we got no snow

we got rain and cold and wind

but no snow

they got snow north of us

and east and west of us

and today

is the most

beautiful day

hope you had the best one ever

xxx

a treasure in the mail...

hooray and up she rises...

it has arrived

the yarn I bought from

Ruth

on the most horrible of

 horriblest days

dark and dank

and cold and wet

and drippy and just

so depressing

a little bit of yarny goodness found its way to me

through all that cold and wet

it popped into the box

and husband

brought it into me

with a flourish

well for him it was a flourish!!!

as soon as it landed on the couch beside me

"air mailed" across the room

!!!!

(we need to invent a" eyes to heaven" little icony thing)

the envelop was torn asunder

and the contents were revealed



no thank you Ruth for taking that step into the wonderful world of dying and spinning

but you are most welcome m'dear

a little business card

in case I forget where I got my treasure!!!

and a way for you to go see what's left!!!

:)

it has a name

stormy seas

that's very appropriate today!!

LOOK at it

LOOK at all those colours

it is of course so much better in reality

it's soft and tightly spun which makes it feel squishy somehow

can't wait to get hubby on the other end of the

winder....

and a little extra

a stitch marker

on a cute gingham ribbon

so sweet

I think I have a bead very like this one

maybe I'll make another

so I'm happy

first that it made it

and then that is made it so quickly

and that it is just so

scrummy

I'll have to sit and think what to do

see if there is anything hiding somewhere that will shout

pssst

over here

make me...

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

if it does

i'll have someone give you the address of the loony bin

!!!!

well, off to start the dinner on the most horrible of horrible days

that suddenly became

a

very very

very

nice day in deed

:)



again...

it's gone again

another week

amazing how fast it flies

even when you're not particularly having any fun!!!!!

when I realised it was Friday again

I wondered what the heck I would post

it's been a few days

so I just checked

blue

my camera

to see what was there

and this is what I found

(I have no memory of taking these!!!)

so this is what you get to look at

strange but true

I obviously baked another cake

and took shots of the rack as it cooled

I am having a love affair with carrot cake at the moment

it's just so

autumnal

for some unknown reason

and loaded with pineapple and golden raisins and walnuts

well

I'm in bliss

then I came across these

I

don't

know why!!!!

do do do do

:{

we'll have these for our

Friday flowers I think

they are in my mothers very old and worn silver vases

at least I think that's what they are

I brought them out of the thing in with all the stuff in it

 and put them to use

and a change around in the bay window

it's getting so dark so early now

or it seems to be

maybe it's all the friggin' clouds around these days

that I thought a little

multi coloured

candle light might help

cheer the place up a bit

                 

it did!!!!

pretty!!!

and this are the roses I got in June

they dried and I kept them and here they still are

sweet

well the kettle that matches the kitchen walls

 is boiling again

and that cake is still around

a tiny bit smaller now

but still good

so after another fascinating post

I will bid you farewell

and

good evening

maybe tomorrow I'll send you off on a visit somewhere

stay safe and warm

we are supposed to get some snow showers tomorrow

yes I said

 SNOW

I still think someone moved us some place else while we slept

with all this nutso weather

see ya

:)

xx

ooppss I forgot

I have some cute for you

and all I have to say

is

 I want one

ha ha...off to a flying start ...my foot..

the strange title is because I was in the new version

and I tried to post from there (?) but the page wouldn't load properly

so I had to come back over to the

old side

so much for the
new is better

oh well it'll get sorted I'm sure

one day

I don't have much of anything really

but I said I would try to keep up the posts

 you lucky buggers!!!

:)

we took the stuff to the charity shop
well to be  completely accurate
to the trailer they have parked in a parking lot near the grocery store
so I didn't even have the choice of
NOT going in to buy something
hmm  do you think there was thought behind that move!!!???

and I feel like I'm missing some...thing

I already had to stop myself from going to get something

 that will keep happening until I forget what it was I had stashed away in the dark corner of the

armoire

!!!!

why do we call them that

 it's a cupboard

a cabinet

that thing in the bedroom with all of

mum's stuff in it

well

not anymore

but ...

 you know!!

so not having things to move around and find a place for anymore

I did a couple of crafty things

I found some old candles in the

...

thing in the bedroom were all the stuff used to be
...

and I spied some pretty napkins

paper ones

tissue

so

off I went to find the

mod podge
somewhere else that could use a trip to the dump!!!

and after a bit of

rip rip rip

snip snip snip

podge podge podge

 a few sticky minutes later

I had myself some new candles

haven't done that in ages

so I'll put them somewhere and admire

the

decoupage

of it all

!!!!

so what to do now

well you didn't go surfing much today

lets go see what the others are up to

how about miss ruth

let's go see what she's done

uh oh

I spy blue and purple and black and I think it's that one that I liked a LOT when she dyed it

mmmmmmmmm

sigh

lust after

click a few buttons

hey husband come and see what Ruth made with her clever hands

did you get it

says husband

yes

yes I did

say I

as I hit

the

submit order

button

:)

it's already winging its way to me

via the Royal Mail and soon the USPS

hee hee

and the sound of hands rubbing together

I have a little bit of the

butterfly bush coming

and I couldn't be happier

so to make you happy

I took this from Ruths' site too

as she says

ENJOY

it's WOLVERINE

grrrrrrr!!!!!!!!



:)

love it...

when I open up the

roomontheleft

in the morning and laugh right away

it's the best way to start the day

Ruth said she gave blogger the English salute

you know the backwards peace sign!!!!

for now

about changing over to the new interface

but we'll all have to in a couple of weeks so I thought I'd do it now to get used to it

why can't they just leave things alone

new isn't always better

and Lisa said she's found a new swear word

from the verification word

facrat

sounds good to me!!!

and Mia I know my a-nnony-mouses

you each have a certain way about you!!!

the temperature this morning was almost frosty

it was

37 F

hang on I'll get the C chart out

...

2.7 C  :)

...

there was a mist on the lake

but by the time I made coffee and got dressed

you know it

it was gone

I don't have any pictures of pretty autumnal things

except some apples

but

I cooked them

the other day

into a yummy yummy

"apple roll"

can't call it strudel coz it really isn't but it's what we call it

I have another question

why do the apples we buy come from New York

when we grow apples here in Virginia

anyway they were delicious and I love that golden raisin the most

num....

if you want the recipe this is what I do....no measurements sorry

peel some apples...I did four and a couple of pears that were going orfff!!!!

throw some sugar on them

squeeze a little juice on them to stop the browning...

put the lemon and limes on the new little leaf plate you bought for

 a buck ninety nine!!!

if you like it... cinnamon too... and some golden raisins

I use one of those wonderful sheets of puff pastry you can buy

stretch it a little

lay it on parchment paper on a pan

do that the other way around     lay it first then stretch!!!!!

put the apples on the sheet down the middle

fold the pastry up and over the apples

brush with a beaten egg

sprinkle with a little more sugar

and bake in the oven

mine said 400F

until it's cooked and brown and yummy

boil the new pretty mustard yellow kettle...that matches the paint on the wall in the kitchen exactly which is why it was bought in the first place

:)

and make yourself a cuppa and have a little slice of

it's not strudel but who cares it's good

a dollop of cream would be nice but we don't have any

:(

take the cuppa

and finish what you started with that silly

mannequin

make a big honking flower for it

;}

die of embarrassment at the lousy job of stuffing you did

:{

and call it a day

when you see the real ones you'll know what of  I  speak!!!

here is the link to the site

I still have to find something to stick in the top of it and there is no way this will hold a necklace

maybe if I stuff it some more but I doubt it!!!

OH WELL

 can't all be masterpieces

hope you are all well and having a great weekend

take care all

:)

in a new place kinda lost and hoping for the best...

no, I haven't moved

I'm still here where I always am

it's just that

Blogger

has made us do something new and

truthfully

I don't have a clue what it is

and right now I'm looking at a new set up and it just feels

weird

I don't take to change at first

but once I'm familiar

Bob's your uncle

this is a bad photo of the heron who comes by each evening

around supper time

I know he sees me even though  I'm inside

s I don't want to disturb his hunt

and run out and try to get closer

sorry

it's really bad

will try to get a better one that doesn't have honking great tree trunks and wet soppy prayer flags

clinging to the tree for dear life

the storm that was predicted didn't arrive but the

colder air did

it's actually quite lovely

autumn should be cooler than summer

and it is

the leaves are beginning to either change

or just fall off and tomorrow I'll go leaf hunting

and I'll show you that silly

mannequin I made

and give you the link so

you can have one too!!

have a good one

folks

see ya next time

mwah!!!



a change is as good...

as throwing your hands up and just giving in

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

it's raining

I can hear it hitting the fallen leaves

which are all over

they haven't been picked up yet

they may not be this year

the one who does it

isn't able to

husband is having a bit of a hard time right now

he isn't ill or sick or on his last breath

or anything like that

 it's just hard for him to get around and do what he usually does

he usually goes out every five minutes and picks up the leaves as they fall

or so it seems

he's very neat and tidy

and very

very

very

persnickety when it comes to doing things

that's part of what's wrong

but

we won't go there now

!!!!!!!!!

anyway

as I listen to the rain fall gently for now

which  apparently it won't for long

because the lady on the radio keeps telling me

there is going to be

a big storm later on today

high winds tornados and heavy downpours

great

I thought I would give the yarn and needles of both kinds a rest for a while

I tried six different things yesterday and literally ended up

throwing the needles yarn and everything across the room

which made husband think I had lost it

which I actually had

:(

so today

I went to the other list of things to do

I feel the need to sew

so I'm sewing

  

I was wandering through Pinterest the other morning and came across a picture that lead me

to one thing that lead me to another

and so forth and sew on

!!!!

I ended up on a page with a video and a free pattern

so I grabbed them and

here they are

it's for a mannequin

a pin cushion

but it's huge

so I thought I would maybe hang a necklace off it

or pin a bracelet on it

whatever

it's cute and hopefully easy and there's a video to watch while I make it

it sits atop a candle stick

of which I have many

if I didn't give them ALL away

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

so before all hell breaks loose outside

and the prediction of the whiney woman on the radio comes true

I will bid you all

a good afternoon

etc...

did you hear about the zoo animals roaming around the countryside

in the State of Ohio

it was literally

lions and tigers and bears...

OH MY!!!

they shot most of them

and there are a few camels still roaming around

poor things

I hope they find them a good home

and don't shoot any more

it's weird what you hear when you aren't listening

:)

oh and another thing

for those of you on

Pinterest

can you tell who's pinning when you go to the page where you can see it all?

I can now

I know when Kate (the garden bell) has been there

the page lights up with all that colour of hers!!!  :)

and when Elaine (La belle helene) has been busy

it's all wonderful design and interesting arty things and funny things written

and Madhu

yummies and cuteness and beautiful interiors and lots of lovely colour too

and Valerie

hers are all serene and calm and so so French!!! :)xxx

the others I follow I don't really know 

but I recognise their pins

it's neat and it shows who we are somehow

I of course am all over the place and nothing makes any sense at all

I like it all

or as a Libra

the opposites attract

just thought it was interesting

see ya

:)

granny wants her holder back

UGH!!!

I know, I'm sorry

it's that damn ugly thing again!!

I was going to go outside and see if there was anything there to shoot

but there isn't

 and life outside

the

roomontheleft

got in the way

and I'm trying to get back into posting everyday or two

lucky you!!!!

so I just shot this as it is finished and there you have it

a big blue and white

pot holder

that looks so hard to make

with all those twists and turns

                    

and folded over bits

and the edges all hooked together like that

but you should know me by now

I don't do

hard

complicated

difficult

challenging

elaborate

I do easy and fast

coz I have the attention span of a

grapefruit

I'm not making anymore of these

they are addictive and you want to see how many colours you can put into them

I know

I have

and I'll show you

and

I want to say something else

blog land is getting very very small

and now with  ravelry and pinterest joining in

it's even smaller

I have had the idea to make something three times in the past week

I have gone looking for stitches

something different and interesting

and I have found what I wanted to make

already made

there in front of me

and it's very

very

very

annoying

when that happens

it's the case with the colourful

granny hot pad

I nearly had a heart attack when I saw it

and it's on one of the blogs I visit

we did the same thing

it's weird

and

OH well

that's life

in

blog land

blogs collide

and

twins are born

til the next time

have to go and fix din dins

again

:)