Blog entries - October 2012

Finished and Started

Shelley — Tue, 30 Oct 2012 09:30:37 +0100

We had a nice full weekend. Not too busy but with plenty to do. I don't seem to have taken many pictures of it but there were visits with family, good meals and some errands run. I also wound a bunch of skeins of yarn into balls and did quite a bit of knitting. The little sweater I was making for my niece is finished and delivered and I was finally able to get started on her C...

Last Weekend

Shelley — Sun, 21 Oct 2012 23:57:31 +0100

It's snowing a bit outside today. The ground is too warm for it to stick but it's still kind of pretty and reminded me of these pictures from last weekend. Last Friday and Saturday we got a whole bunch of snow. In just a few hours on Friday night the world was transformed from drab greys and decaying greens to fluffy whiteness. Saturday morning had that wonderfully bright feeling tha...

Matched Set

Shelley — Sun, 14 Oct 2012 09:08:28 +0100

We have a pair of salt a pepper shakers snuggled up in our living room.

Work In Progress

Shelley — Tue, 09 Oct 2012 00:49:44 +0100

We have more than just the bounty of our garden to be thankful for this Thanksgiving. We have a babe in progress bringing us new hopes and fears. Our journey to this point was long and much more complicated than we'd expected when it started, and I may spend some time talking about that in another post some day, but that journey has let us truly appreciate how incredible this is and makes ...

Beets

Shelley — Mon, 08 Oct 2012 08:30:32 +0100

Happy Thanksgiving to everyone out there who celebrates it this weekend.

I pulled up the rest of my crop of beets this afternoon. About half of them are normal sized and the other half were huge. I roasted some to take to my sister's house for our family dinner. Just peeled, cubed, tossed with olive oil, salt and pepper and an hour or so in the oven at 400F. They taste wonderful a...

Stroke of Luck

Shelley — Sat, 06 Oct 2012 23:30:13 +0100

This is the beginning of a Sunnyside cardigan for my niece. It nearly suffered a fatal setback the other night. I'd been knitting my way along the yolk increases (will they ever end) and forgot to put my knitting bag away before I went to bed. Did I somehow forget that we have a pair of cats?

When I got up in the morning I found trails of yarn from the living room to the kitchen...

Digging Potatoes

Shelley — Thu, 04 Oct 2012 09:59:36 +0100

I've been watching the weather for the last few weeks waiting for the first frosts. We've enjoyed a lovely warm Fall this year. Except for a chilly weekend in mid-September temperatures have been very mild and my root veggies have been happy resting in the ground. The forecast for last night looked ripe for a good frost though so I decided it was time to dig up my potatoes.