Monday Optimism The snow will not last forever The second lace scarf is over halfway done and will certainly (barring disasters) be complete by the end of the week, if not the end of the month as had been planned Scarf 1 will be blocked tomorrow, while Mr L has his weekly phone conference and …
Monthly archives: November 2010
Not about Ken Dodd
To me this world is a wonderful place And I’m the luckiest human in the whole human race I’ve got no silver and I’ve got no gold But I’ve got happiness in my soul Happiness to me is an ocean tide Or a sunset fading on a mountain side A big old heaven full of …
Further Thrills
Clearly a good (and thrilling) Thursday today. I just spent a few wonderful and magical minutes in the garden. I took Nell out for her post-play wee. It was dark, so I took the big torch out with me. The night is frosty and slightly misty and, rare for us, completely still and silent. While …
Thrilled Skinny
I do not expect today’s thrill to set the world on fire — you will just have to take it from me when I say just how delighted I am that the second commissioned lace scarf is just flying along, when compared to the first. The first one took over four weeks to do. The …
Wednesday WIPs
It’s Wednesday. There are WIPs. It remains dull, both figuratively and realistically. No photos. Due only in part to the dullness of the weather – mostly due to the fact that my work table has been seconded to Railway Layout duty. Spinning was here today. My back did not go twang this week, thank goodness. …
FOs deferred
No FO posts today, I’m afraid. The back is too sore to be able to block my knitting and take pretty photographs. Knitting is on hold too, until I can get more comfortable. I move (slowly) from bed to desk and back again… and fume inwardly because I feel too fogged by the painkillers to …