Tuesday, November 24, 2009

New Friends, Birthdays, Family,.......All Things Good

So much activity since my last post!  I have a wonderful new friend all the way up in New York, my mother celebrated her 88th birthday, my cousin flew in from Kentucky to help us celebrate, and there is actual knitting to report.

I met my new friend through Ravelry when she contacted me about a new yarn shop that was opening in my little town. I hadn't even heard about it, but sure enough when I went to investigate, there it was!  Wow, it took someone from New York to tell me I now have a LYS!  Thank you Claudia!  She came to Charlotte with her husband on a business trip.  We met at the new yarn shop and had a wonderful time.  A few days later we went on a "road trip" to Seagrove which is a neat little rural town where there are 100's of pottery shops. It was a GREAT day!!!  I hated to see Claudia go back to New York, hopefully we'll have another "road trip" some day.  Now is when I should insert a picture of Claudia and me..................As usual, I didn't have my camera.  I'm so stupid, absent minded, disappointed that I didn't even get a picture of the two of us.

My mother turned 88 Sunday, Happy Birthday Maw Maw!!



                                                Relatives came to celebrate....................



And I know it's hard to believe, but I have proof of actual knitting..................



Even something finished a while ago and now ready to be mailed out to a friend




                   Hope everyone has a wonderful Thanksgiving!                   

Saturday, November 7, 2009

Getting back to normal after the critter invasion


The road I live on at dusk.  (click to enlarge)

While my sister was visiting we took an evening walk and couldn't help but stop for a shot or two of the changing leaves.  So peaceful.......................God is good.

Thank goodness this guy is now happily roaming on a nature preserve instead of shitting all over destroying my garage.  As I was doing my final cleaning of the aftermath he left I discovered that not only did he poop all over my new window blinds, he left teeth marks in almost every slat! The little varmit is lucky that I've mellowed in my old age, or he might have been toast possum stew!  The smell is finally starting to abate and hopefully there won't be any more possums to take up residence in my garage.  What a nightmare!  (Click on the picture to check out the claws on my little friend) YIKES!  Oh, by the way, I saw yarn on a website that had oppossum hair spun in it.  To each his own, but if you ever had to deal with one of these guys and the smell they leave behind, the thought of knitting with their hair is totally disgusting.  Exactly how does one come to have possum hair anyway?


I've completed several small projects here and there.  One is a pair of helmet earmuffs.  These are going to feel so good while riding my horse this winter.  You can get the pattern here:  http://brineydeepdesigns.blogspot.com/2008/10/free-pattern-bike-helmet-earmuffs.html
A big thank you to the designer, she did a great job and filled a need for a lot of people.

Pictures of my sweater in progress coming soon.