Where??

Where Have YOU BEEN??

Stern, accusing look, from the gate guard.

Oh, only out of my mind.

Hopefully, starting today will issue a new beginning on my blog here.  It's been all Instagramming before now.  Not even much there.  A lot of lost time looking at Other Peoples' Work, photos, etc.

Has the art of writing reached a plateau in the world of blog?

My mental world is getting a little better.

So now I can share more of what I've been able to accomplish.

I like to look at pictures of other peoples' stuff, so I'm going to concentrate on posting photos mostly.

Have a nice day!

XXOO

 

Look As Migraine

OH LOOK.  Isn't this interesting??

This is about how I look when migraining.

(Sort of.)

Definitely the big eyes- everything is too much light.

Not the smile though.  I generally don't smile much either.

The hair-- oh yeah.

Love you guys.

Smurfette gone. Now What Am I Supposed to Do??

Smurfette – gone…..

Now it is just he and I again.  Everyone extraneous has moved out.  It is quiet here again, and more than that it is finally peaceful.  Peacefulness is priceless.  Don’t ever underestimate how much it is worth.

The other thing is:  It is mind boggling to enter the space around a teenager.  I never knew it could be that perplexing.  I could use lots of other words to describe the experience, but I don’t want to offend anyone.

Maybe it’s just because I’m “out of touch”?  i.e. too old to get it.  It’s sure not like any other world I’ve been in, including when I was that age, unless it really is that bad, and I just didn’t recognize it back then.  Oh my Lord.  Jesus help the teenagers get through those years!  It can make you or break you.

I think I put in my time of times these past two years.  I haven’t got too much to show for it, except for several knitting projects.  It’s really a shame, because I keep gathering fabric and patterns, and creating my own ideas for things, but not being able to accomplish them in the same time frame as before “they” came.

 I think though, that I will be making more of an effort this year to continue on my journey of dollmaking, quilt finishing, and starting on some new quilts.  Unfortunately, my cheerleaders have all passed away, so it’s up to me to motivate myself and get going on these ideas. 

Every holiday comes and goes so quickly.  If you’re not ready a year ahead of time, I say you’re not ready.  Look, it’s already past Easter, and I seriously have to solidly plan and execute Christmas projects.  I’m only 64 (!) but I think and hope I still have lots of time left to accomplish some things.  I really pray this virus stuff doesn’t cancel those plans.  I have my vaccinations.

Just want you all to know the Good Lord loves us ALL.  Don’t give up, no matter how bad it gets, because one thing I’ve learned is that whatever is going on, it Will pass.  Truly.  XXOO

How Bad Do You Want It?

 This is the last time I'm going to see this version of my Plover sweater.  I got all the way to where you separate the sleeves from the body.  Then my sweetheart doggie touched it with her paw and out came about 24 or more inches of a thread of yarn before I could catch her and get the yarn off her nail. !!!!

This is whats left after ripping out the mistake.

I have studied and tried to salvage the thing.  Now the stitch count doesnt coincide with any row in the directions.  

So how bad do I really want this sweater? I started it over once  before.  I started for the first time in June 2020.  Maybe its a jinx....

I still want my sweater.  I spent a lot on the many skeins of yarn.

No more doggie next to the knitting!