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 weekend started with a dinner out with my husband and ordering something completely different--our sweet waitress recommended that we switch it up, so we did.  We ordered various appetizers and sampled the night away.  That was fun! On our way home, we stopped for donuts and ran into friends we haven't seen in a long time.  So we stayed and talked for a few hours. (Of course I brought donuts home as well...) Saturday was slow and easy, a walk and just relaxing.  I knit some on that hat that was supposed to be finished today (it's not finished).  I watched two episodes of Dr. Who, I think I'm okay with the newer doctor.  I think. Today was Mass, meeting up with friends to knit, loads of laundry and dinner for toast.  My tea is sitting here waiting for me a

“Write it on your heart that every day is the best day in the year.” — Ralph Waldo Emerson A few days ago, Jane tagged me to join in on a quote challenge.  While I admire these challenges, I am challenged by doing three :)  Two weeks ago, I was in Concord MA and was inspired by the group of authors who created and pondered everything about nature and life, Hence the quote that I chose for today's post. Being positive is a state of mind that I cultivate daily.  Honestly, I'm a "glass half empty" girl who is trying to rewire my thoughts and reactions.  I've found at this age that everything I've ever worried about never comes true.  Chanting positive statements over and over to drown out those niggling negative thoughts has served me well.  I'm much happier! I am STILL using eye medicine after not passing a recheck on Wednesday and I hope in the next two weeks I'm finally finished.  I'm starting to get angry about it now.  Could it b

Every morning I work exclusively on my sweater  while I read a bit.  Slow and steady and completely fulfilling! I tried the sweater on this morning and I think I might redo the bind off of the body but I LOVE it so far.  The binding needs to be a bit looser.  I cannot wait to block this and see what it looks like after the magical touch of warm water and wool wash. I'm still reading All the Light You Cannot See  and I'm enjoying it immensely.  Short chapters are like potato chip eating, just another and another.  In my photo is Flannery O'Connor's short stories and I'm over half way through the collection.  My goal is to finish this book by the end of the month.  Again, I love reading a shorty story a day (while knitting of course!). What are you knitting and reading this week? Joining Ginny and Frontier Dreams

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. How was your weekend?  I hope you had a good one like I did.  No traveling this weekend, just staying at home catching up on the outside chores.  Well....my husband did that.  I did the inside stuff, it's in the marriage contract. Friday night was dinner out just the two of us at our new favorite pizza place.  We walked about in a few stores mainly window shopping.  I really should start Christmas shopping but I'm just holding off a bit more.  I want to see what I can get done in my Christmas knitting. Saturday I visited a craft store to stock up on paper supplies and basic wool.  Today we are having burger and fries for dinner and when the kitchen is cleaned up I'm gonna knit.  Are you surprised?  The turtle was hanging out in my front yard when I spied him.  He

After returning from our weekend in Boston to visit our son, I found that more than three days I was still recovering from how much we packed into a tiny visit.  Did you read or see about the runaway blimp that went over PA, well it was THE news locally here.  My power went out but I highly doubt it was due to the blimp.  Crazy days. I'm on another round of medicine for my eyes.  My body didn't like the first medicine so now I have slight cornea damage....I can never do things the simple way. Don't worry, I can see and I am not in pain.  But it is a PAIN to now use three different medicines to clear this up.  Ugh. Do you save bits of yarn for putting stitches on holders?  I do.  I used to use spare circular needles and found that needles make more of a hole than using wool.  So each time I have less than a yard I bundle it up for when I need spare wool. I know I mention many times that I knit and read at the same time and thought I'd spend a bit of time e

I have been wanting to get my hands on this book, patiently waiting for it go paperback.  Well imagine my surprise while in Canada at the beginning of the month visiting my in laws finding this book in paperback and on sale!  Score!  I just started reading it so I have no opinions but I am really excited about reading it.  Have you read it? My knitting has been focused on three projects, I posted yesterday  about the mittens I'm knitting.  I started the first sleeve of my sweater  and made some progress on the shawl in the above photo. It's been a good knitting week :) What have you been knitting and reading this week? Joining Ginny and Frontier Dreams

Nicole of  Singing of Hope  blog asked for some test knitters for some patterns she wrote up a while ago, so I thought I'd give her a knitting helping hand.  That's what knitters do!! I dug deep into my stash and unearthed some wool and cast on.  I'm having fun knitting with two colors and with some wooden needles.  I find when I'm dpn-ing (shall we coin a knitting verb?  double pointed needling....)  they are kind to my hands. Ravelry notes are here . As you may have guessed these mitts are for a holiday gift.  Ho ho ho!!

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. This weekend we visited our son up near the Boston area.  My weekend was jammed packed and non stop.  I think it'll take me a week to recover!  Friday night we were out and about in Cambridge, we did a bit of shopping and of course ate dinner.  The cold weather returned and let's say it was brisk!! Saturday morning we headed out to Concord to see the historical town and of course some super cool houses.  The one above is Louisa May Alcott's home...yup.  Totally neat.  Standing there taking a photo of her house knowing that she was standing there way back when looking at her house too.  I felt a kinship of sorts.  I wonder who will be taking photos of my house 100-200 years from now.  History was my LEAST favorite subject in school, how could that be?  I love it now.

This week has found me in a lull of sorts.  It's a very good lull since I love the mundane and boring days the best.  I've been taking care of a mysterious eye infection (what door knob did I touch that had bacteria??) and also a sinus infection which very well maybe related to the eyes.  Anyways, I'm on lots of medicine and I'm feeling much better, phew. I am ignoring the warm up that occurred yesterday and the day before.  Some may say that the weather was glorious, I say "enough".  I'm yearning to layer clothes and see my puffs of breath outside.  My trees are at peak color right this very moment.  I rejoice each time I walk by a window and look outside, so beautiful. I remember when the kids were little and I was busy being busy.  My in laws came to visit us and my mother in law remarked over and over how beautiful the trees and landscape were in October, their favorite month to visit.  I was not struck by the beauty.  I was too busy being c

I'm nearly finished with reading Gone Girl,  overall a entertaining read but like I said last week, I'm not a fan of the shock and awe writing techniques.  I think I might be a prude... Anyways, I've been reading Taproot during lunch - a wee bit each day to make the magazine last until the next issue. My knitting has focused on my sweater  this week and I have reached the short row shaping of the bottom.  All that is left are two sleeves and the neckline.  Pretty exciting!!  I finished my socks  a few days ago but now the weather is warmer so wearing them will have to wait. What are you knitting and reading this week? Joining Ginny and Frontier Dreams

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. This weekend was picture perfect.  The weather was COLD, you know the kind of cold where you are cold down to your bones.  Funny, it was in the high forties low fifties but it feel so so cold.  I loved it, I'm weird like that. Friday night we met dear friends of ours for a dinner out in a neighboring town.  Lots of talking and laughing (and eating...).  We walked after dinner around the town, I took some photos of a public park, roses not knowing how cold it was going to be! Saturday was more outside living, walking around, being cold and loving every single blessed moment.  Frodo loves this kind of weather as well.  This week and over the weekend, we've been watching PBS on the XBOX app.  My husband figures these things out for me.  However, we've watched - Indian Su