not silly stupid saturday...

but i just couldn't help myself!

and there you have it.....

“May you have the hindsight to know where you’ve been,
The foresight to know where you are going,
And the insight to know when you have gone too far."
— Irish Toast

update on entrelac hat

the Mary Scott Huff entrelac hat is almost finished!!  probably 1 more tier... maybe 2.  i love knitting this and plan on making more of them, well at least 1 more.  it will make good traveling knitting (coming up in less than a month!!)

i finally found a break between rain events and got a photo of Fred the guard rooster at his post by the garden gate.  doesn't he look fierce?  wish i could count on him to keep the deer from eating up my flowers.

                                             


                                                  sweet violets!

had lunch with my niece, Jen, yesterday... and that was by far the best part of the day.  we ate at Otto and Anita's in Multnomah Village.  my anticipation for the dill pickle soup was high!!  never would i have thought dill pickle soup could be so delicious... but it is.  it took me several visits there before i could bring myself to try it and now i wish i hadn't waited so long.  it being German cuisine, i also had one of their specials... a weinerschnitzel sandwich.  also very good.  best of all was having time with Jen and doing a catch-up on her life.

salad for dinner came from our greenhouse... arugula, spinach, lettuce and then from the garden came a few sprigs of bronze fennel which is coming up from last year's garden.


the only downside to the day was the cold drenching rain and having to slog thru it to go to costco.  ugh!  oh, but another good thing is that i bought a new camera because my old one is almost used up and old and not taking as good pictures any more.  the new one was the highest rated by consumer report in its category... a Canon Elph and costco had an excellent price, so how could i possibly resist?  i didn't.

explaining gay to children

totally a non-issue
(from MoveOn.org)

another week scoots on by

.

another week in my queendom filled up with variety and fun...

did more on the latest quilt and now i have all the blocks finished!  bravo!  and no 2 are alike, far as i can tell.  now to do sashings and borders and putting all together and quilting. i think the reason i've enjoyed this one is that each 8X8 block is its own little adventure in piecing.  and i'm totally in love with the ombre fabric that goes from deep purple to brilliant yellow.  i need more of that.

on wednesday i took my beautiful niece, Maggie, to lunch at Hands On Cafe to celebrate her month of birthday.  she decided long ago that March, her birthday month, was to be celebrated every day!  brilliant!

on thursday we had tickets to a play at Portland Center Stage... the matinee.  when we got there we found that it had been cancelled due to someone's illness.  from there we went out to Kaiser Sunnyside hospital to see Pam who had unexpectedly had surgery and is now without her rotten old gallbladder.  she's not thrilled about it at the moment.... but will be very happy in a few weeks!

somewhere in the past week we had a couple of sunny days and i got a bunch of plants and bushes pruned, admired the blooming violets, primroses and helebore and spent a few minutes up close with the moss on the pear tree.  had never taken the time to notice how soft moss is and what a lovely and delicate growing pattern it has.  try it sometime....

and Fred the giant recycled metal rooster is in his place now, guarding the gate to the garden.

moss on pear tree

silly stupid saturday

 following are grabs from facebook... proving that time spent there is not always a complete waste of time.  anything that brings a smile, a giggle, a moment of  "aha!  there's some truth there." can't be all bad!

this is often my reaction when i watch most anything coming from the tv machine these days... meaning all that expounding on things political!

although PBS is exempt from that because they have good stuff!

see above

 


and then we have some truthiness  --->>

entrelac and sweet potato

 so - how about that!?  nothing all week, then 2 in the same day.

here's the progress on the entrelac hat ... the Mary Scott Huff pattern kit from Madrona.  i'm loving knitting this!  seems a long time since i've done any entrelac.  had a bit of a struggle on the first few rounds cause there was so much going on with so few stitches, but now i'm sailing along.  and i WILL NOT start another project until this is done!! ok, i said it.....

and this is the humble beginning of a window sill sweet potato vine. (looks like the tater has a bad case of acne, but maybe it's just the beginning of more sprouts.)  the one i grew last year grew so abundantly that the vine wrapped all around the kitchen window.  i think maybe i'm just itching to get something growing.  bring on the spring, please.

current quilt project

 here's some photos of the quilt blocks.  i still have 9 more to make so it will be single bed size.  so far, every block is different and it seems my favorites are the ones with the brilliant yellow to orange ombre.
i need to see if i can find more of that fabric without going all the way back to Lk. Oswego where i originally bought it.  it's getting used up quickly.  am thinking that the sashing will be black and the first border also.  prob. about 1 1/2 inches.

have made 2 blocks that are 8" by 12" instead of 8" by 8" like the others.  will make a couple more of those...  just for variety, doncha know.  i'm loving the brightitude which is helping with my attitude!

raptor cam

Red tail hawk is fixing up the nest.  hope she doesn't get a plastic bag in there this year as she did last year. now i'll need to check it out daily.  all this nesting must mean they are about to start a family!
raptor cam