Pumpkin Sunrise

Weekends are for memory making,  relaxing and enjoying quiet moments of our days.   If you would like, please share your weekend moments  in the comment section with a link to your blog. my family Hello my friends :)  I'm a tiny bit nervous hosting this weekend series, but here I go-bravely! This weekend has been eventful and joyful and oh so full of goodness.  We spent the day watching our daughter graduate from law school!  Before I forget, I must say that the ceremony was IN an auditorium with AC.  Phew.  I was comfy and loving the day. I had no trouble finding her in a crowd, can't explain how one child is findable (not a word but should be one) and one is not.  It just is.  Afterwards, we lunched at a restaurant in town with her boyfriend and friends. I have a full house-with shoes scattered in the foyer, piano being played, and a Zelda game is running upstairs while my son does the three heart challenge (it's a gamer thing). I'm happy

I can't remember where I was in blogland but someone was sharing their space where they create so I thought I'd share mine again.  I love seeing where people are inspired when dreaming up future projects, don't you?  I've been toying around in my mind a sweater to knit.  So far I haven't cemented on a pattern or a yarn.  However, I've spent many hours on Ravelry.... In the spirit of getting to know you and you knowing me, here are some truths: -I had a Catholic education from kindergarten through high school -I wore a uniform in high school and LOVED knowing what I was wearing every single day -when eating dinner I always taste my vegetables first -I love eating green foods:  green beans, peas, lettuce, spinach, sprouts..... -I had fast labors with both children -even though I was born to birth babies, both were sickly and colicky :( -on my 10th birthday I broke my front tooth and spent the entire day at the dentist having it fixed -I became comput

I find myself amazed at how quickly the weather switches to never ending breezy cold and light jacket wearing to sandals, humidity and greenness.  Spring has arrived, flowers are blooming, trees are mostly leafed out.  And yes, I'm grumbling about the humidity. This week we had a truckload of mulch delivered and our few beds will be getting a bit of a sprucing up.  We haven't mulched in years and the beds are begging for some moisture retention from the sun.  Many of our bulbs are sprouting up and are promptly eaten by the rabbits.  Each day I check to see if there be a blossom....fingers crossed! Our dirt road is all green now.  The forest floor is covered in   skunk cabbage  and may apples , both beautiful in their own ways.  The wild ducks love weaving in among the leaves as they scurry away to hide from me. Can you see that fish?  He is huge!  He and his friends who are equally large live in the duck pond down the road from us.

I've made great progress on my charcoal shawl .  I haven't managed to memorize any of the pattern except the three stitches on each side that are garter stitch and the purling back on the wrong side.  So I find the knit a challenging one that I must pay attention while chart reading.  I'm loving the wee bit of nylon and bamboo in the wool content as well.  Kind of crunchy?  but smooth.  I think that it is a knitter's thing. My reading....well I am still reading David Copperfield.  I find the story compelling enough to read at night as well as during the day.  I don't read my ipad in bed, it's not comfortable for me.  So I went exploring in the house to find a copy.  One of the wonderful aspects of my home is that both children are avid readers, avid book collectors.  So although I do not own a personal copy, I found a copy in my daughter's room! what are you knitting and reading this week? Joining Ginny and Frontier Dreams

This in not my pond, the one that I walk by every single day.  This is the town's pond and yesterday my son and I walked the path that winds around fields and trees.  The geese and their little goslings were abundant and so relaxed when we walk by them.  No hissing just a look at us and maybe a herding of their children. I love how the Canada goose  mates for life.  Both mother and father were together with their little goslings.  Family groups.  Big families and little families all together in a goose community.  I was lucky to be there to witness nature at its very best. We stood there and watched, drinking in the summer like air and lived in the moment. Thanks for all the kind words on the last post.  I am back to feeling fine, it's amazing what a non bleacher sitting day can do for my joints!  I am lucky that my aches and pains come and go and all I need to do is wait. Yesterday in the midst of errand running, mulch buying, and grass seed planting (n

My weekend was spent celebrating our son's graduation with a bachelor of science degree in math.  What a day!  I will say the event was challenging because the school held the ceremony in a gym....on bleachers.....with no air conditioning.  I'm truly thankful that I did not pass out.  However I'm having issues with my RA and I'm hoping in a day or two that my pains will disappear. This body does not do bleachers anymore. I find it funny while raising him, I could never find him in a crowd.  When he was four years old, other friends or family would point him out for me.  I never remembered what he was wearing and frankly he looked like every other boy on the playground.  So holding true to my lacking mothering skills, his girl friend spot him in the line up before me then pointed him out. In my defense, his hair is very short and I was looking for a different looking son (doesn't help that everyone is dressed the same in robes!!)  Anyways, we took some quick p

I think spring is here to stay, really!  This past week I've enjoyed watching the dogwoods bloom and although they are not as big and bountiful as last year, I'm glad they survived the harsh winter and are celebrating spring for me.  I'm hoping the butterfly bush will show life soon, but I fear that the winter and mounds of snow were too much. This spring has been a daily habit of looking at beds and watching and waiting for signs of new life.  So far, the rabbits are nibbling away any new bulb that sprouts. Frodo is getting a bit older and wiser.  He tends to only bark a bit at the deer and sometimes he doesn't see the rabbits! What?  That is unheard of....I know when I push publish on the post, I will find a rabbit in his mouth....that is what happens when you document life so boldly. The spring days have a rhythm to them that I have enjoyed and snuggled into gleefully.  I shop at a vegetable market once a week picking up tons of lettuce heads and salad i