14 years ago,  in 2010,  we rescued the best pup both Jim and I have ever had, our dear Sophie.   She was 6 months old and clung to both of us (but mostly to Jim)  at the rescue place, so we knew she was supposed to be ours. Sophie was so cute and funny and loved to be snuggled under or between things, but she hated her baths and clippings. She loved to play fetch and always brought the ball back and dropped it for more. She slept with us every night. And loved Xmas time up at the cabin snuggled on the couch next to the fireplace. She was always up for a wa ..read more

Even though I'm rarely present on my blog anymore, I've been busy cranking out knit projects that I started but never finished. I'm trying hard not to allow myself to start something new till I finish long forgotten projects which is incredibly hard for me. This shawl was started many months ago to learn some new knitting tricks. Fading contrasting colors, pointy scalloped edges,  plus more lace work then I usually do. I can't tell you how many times I messed up the pattern and had to frog back before I could move forward again. It was so good for my brain. Above is a picture of how I bl ..read more

The last pix I posted of lil E was at the end of March on Easter Sunday when he was 5 months old. Well here is our cutie patootie at 6 months. Even though his hair is getting longer in front, he is loosing small patches of it here and there. My son's hair did the same at that age only it looked much worst. Kind of resembled a sumo wrestler. Ha ha! Easton wakes up with big smiles for his parentals every morning. Below was shot right before they had to lower his mattress for the first time. You can akso see below that his tiny bald patches are filling in  as he approaches 7 months ..read more

My lovely and dear cousin Susan  wearing the shawl I gifted her on a recent visit. You can see close ups of the shawl if you scroll 2 posts down ..read more

Loved the look of these knitted up in the local knit store via a Coco Knits pattern. I knew I had some bulky Malabrigo wool yarn in my stash, so at least 3-4 years ago I started on these and wasn't enjoying the pattern. It was a bit difficult to follow,  so after being half done with the first one,  I put it away and forgot about it. This January I ran into it while looking for projects to finish up.   So I pulled it out,  spent a lot of time trying to figure out in the pattern where I was, and plowed thru. The pattern wasn't as bad as I remembered and they ..read more

My mom in 1940ish I was recently gifted the most beautiful pix of my dear mother. There was no date,  but I'm guessing she was probably in her late 20's or early 30's here.  Perhaps around the time she met my father?? Lovely. Wish I would have been able to post it closer to mother's day ..read more

Happy Mother's day to one of my favorites, my daughter-in-law's mother and my dear friend,  Mary. It's been two years now since she passed but it still seems like yesterday. Her image is still so very clear in my mind. A very beautiful woman both inside and out,  with a wonderfully fiery spirit and personality. I believe I remember that her son choose what to put on her tombstone  and it captures her so perfectly. And her daughter chose the images around the words.   Again so very perfect,  and a great tribute and send off for Mary. The flowers are from her d ..read more

Funny,  I never thought in a million years I'd be 68,  but this is what it looks like after a lot of hard work in the gym, Pilates, Intermittent Fasting and only 2 meals a day,  one of which is a big vegie/fruit salad. Seven pds. lost so far and going for at least 25 more. I feel like I'm never going to make it, and it's so hard not to give up. Plus I love food and I live to eat my ex tells me.  He on the other hands eats to live and has never has a weight problem. Ugg! Everyone tells me I hide it well, but only because of big blousy shirts. On another note, I can only rem ..read more

 ANOTHER TRIP AROUND  THE MOON or is it around the sun? No really sure  but what I do know is I just finished another baby sweater from Alexandra at Two of Wands of Season 8 Knit Stars. I love this demo pattern she shows and I had some left over yarn  from another project, so why not try it again? The only bummer I encountered  was that I ran out of yarn when knitting the first sleeve. Oops!! So I went thru my stash and found another similar yarn from Malabrigo. But it was a slightly thinner structure and a slightly different color way. Nooo! So what ..read more

EASTON'S AQUARIUM Back in November of 2023  I was visiting with my son and his wife admiring their aquariums,  especially Nicole's Freshwater one.   My son's is a Salt Water tank and too huge & difficult to manage. But I thought I might be able to try a Freshwater one on a much smaller scale. Tah Dah! So the kids set me up with a 10 gallon tank when I was visiting, putting in the dirt, rock and water. I left it with them so they could monitor the progress of it getting all settled in, and they brought it to me for my Xmas present, along with a few snails, shrimps, pla ..read more