sunshine shadows and early bloomers

a couple of days ago the sun was shining

and making shadows in our room

love the sun streaming in and making things shine

the birds on the lake were happy too

we seem to have a flock of baffle heads again

they just showed up

in large numbers and they've stayed

....

it's the same old story

can't get close to them of they all take off and

disappear

so here's what they look like

 up close and personal

so while I was spying on the ducks and gooses

I spied this too

the Christmas cactus is blooming......  :{

guess I'll have to get another one

I used to HATE 'mums

I don't any more

not when they look like this!!!

finished all my books 

but a new one arrived yesterday

so I'm set for the next few days

still ploughing away on the red scarf

and I started a new knit

have to have one of each going or I get bored

so I started 

this

hope all is well with all of you

the amount of visitors this little blog gets these days if amazing

seems the more I stay away

the more the numbers go up

HHHmmmmmmmmm

:}

a sweet find...

a little something you might like to make for yourself or as a tiny gift

found on the pinning place

but it's here if you want the pattern

Tuesday twilight

no not "them"....

 THEM.....

.......he caught something...frog...fish...turtle...who knows .....

 

 

 

thought I would just show the birds on the lake this evening

the sun was almost down and they showed up as I started cooking dinner

lousy shots but you know the story by now

sneak around or they all fly off

and the heron caught something

I saw him do it

ick!!!

but I know he isn't hungry tonight

and neither are the ducks

all bottoms up and munch for them

they must make it hard for him to see into the water as they stir it up with all their paddling about and such

think he was glad when they finally floated off into the sunset!!!!!

the gentle giant is almost naked

and the Japanese Maple is glowing

this is the tree that loses all its leaves

at the same time

when the time is right

a gentle breeze can knock them 

ALL off at once

I always imagine they make a tinkling sound when this happens...

?????

will try to watch for it

yes, I'm going to stand there camera in hand and wait for the 

wind!!!!!

in the last photo you'll see I'm still working on the

shawl

I got some new yarn

same as the "naughty yarn" from before

but this one is a lovely brick red

rather like the maple

and the rest of the things seem to match the colours outside 

I'm on my last book too

there are more in the mail so I have to read slowly

so this one will last

!!!!!

:)

xxx

as I said....

check the background before posting

when taking photos 

!!!!

have had inquiries about

 the owl

see it in the back there

nothing much of anything

 but it caught a few eagle eyed readers

as did the heart

!!!???

see...just a circle with a little embellishment 

and a piece of felt for the beak....

do owls have beaks or is there another name for it???

hmmmm!!!

I did

16 sc in a magic ring and made three rows with different colours

(try to go in between the stitches on the second row, not into the top of the stitch

so you get a pattern of sorts 

uneven tho' it may be!!!!  :) :)

change colour

as many times as you like

then make two triangular shapes somewhere on the edge

for the back of the eyes

do something like

sc hdc dc tdc dc hdc sc

twice

make two small circles for the eyes

I did 7 sc in a magic ring

attach them to the triangles with a french knot or if you can't do that 3/4 straight stitches

if you have bits and bobs of yarn sew a few stitches here and there

a triangle of felt and another to cover the back to hide all the knots and ends

e voila.....

hooty patooty

♥

the heart???

look up crochet hearts 

on the interwebs

 and 

you will find many patterns there

I haven't a clue which one I used

so take your choice of what you find!!!!

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we didn't get any of the storm that ravaged the coast

there are no words left to describe what must be going on up there

one of the blogs I read has finally come back up

they were without power for

8 days

 they aren't on the coast

and it snowed on them yesterday but thankfully they kept the heat

and it's only the beginning of November

we may not say anything but believe me we think of you all 

every time we switch a light on or the furnace clicks on

or we feel the hot water 

xxxxx

yeah!

congratulations Mr. President

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