WE SPEAK YARN!

We've been making hats-Mom needed a refresher course to make them on her own.  

I've been making my usual dishcloths and was able to share several pairs with my Mom, sister and two nieces!

We are also making all of the parts for this lovely to hand out to the newest baby due any time!

 

PLAYING AROUND

We are working on this Dotz project.  It's fun to work together on it!

At my sister's house, next door, we had a wonderful grilled dinner and enjoyed watching the my niece and her children in the pool!

This was my perch for a while as they swam!

The way back up the hill to my parents' home.  The shadow of the 80' pine makes an interesting pattern on the ground!  

My parents are on the right, working their way up the hill!

 

A DAY OF REST

The irises are everywhere!  So beautiful!

The rocks I brought home from Lake Ontario; 

 mostly granite with jasper, quartz and basalt.

Being silly because we can be together!

Another pair of mitts just fell off the needles!

OSWEGO, NY

We drove 30 minutes north of my parents' home to Scriba, NY; 

and where my grandparents are born. This is my Dad's Mom.

And his Dad.

My Mom's parents.

And this is my parents' headstone that Dad tends each year--how many can say they have tended 

and planted flowers at their OWN gravestone!?!

It is tradition to go to Rudy's Fish Fry on the Lake (Ontaria) 

after the visit to the cemetery.  Me and my little Sis!

Sister, Dad, cousin, me, Mom, cousin.

(I grew up with these 4 brothers -1 left before pic time

 and the other couldn't make it)

He was waiting for us to drop a bit of our fish or fries!

The Lake was very calm but no smoke coming across from Canadian wildfires like we say during last year's visit.

This was the coolest driftwood stump! 

 It looked like a cat's paw!!!!

I couldn't resist a pose!

(and yes, I gathered a few rocks to bring home!)

 

SUNSHINE AND OUTDOORS!

Dad's flowers---Azalea

Quince

Quince bush.

Dogwood in the back and Hydrangea in the front.

Mom and I are working on this puzzle-

It doesn't fit on the table!  

Then we took a walk next door

 to my sister's to see her major project!

I wandered around to look at her pretty plants! 

 We call this hen and chicks.

Her Azalea.

And then the cement truck came!  

The work began to pour the pool patio!

I enjoy seeing the dandelions--

--in all of its stages;  we don't have them in our yard back home!

When we went back down after dinner, 

we could savor the finished work with her!  Beautiful!

Today, we are heading to Lake Ontario!

 

JUST CHILLING

 This is the view that I see first thing in the morning from my bedroom window!  It's a crab apple tree!  

And I am enjoying smelling the blooms from the many lilac trees in my parents' yard!

Today's social schedule is made from two doctor's appointments but we are together and that makes it pleasurable!

FLIGHT DAY

I am glad to say that my flights went well with no delays or disruptions!  I could almost like to fly again!

It was cloudy when I left Florida and it was cloudy all the way to NY!  I did enjoy a good bit of knitting!

I made one pair and started another of the 'biker's mitts' with an odd skein of Felici yarn.  

Today will be a ton of show 'n tell and stories and laughter with my parents and my sister and her family who live next door.

 

UP, UP AND AWAY!

The new warp is threaded and the beginning of the towel has begun!  The first light color is going to be the hem area.  The next few inches are the first stripe, next is a grey stripe and then the aqua again until I reach the other end! 

 This pattern is called a broken 2/2 t will with 8/4 cotton. 

The Buddha plant is blooming!

So is the dwarf canna lily from my daughter for Mother's Day many years ago and it has bloomed every year since!

The plumeria is growing its flower!  I hope I don't miss seeing this...

or the tiger Lily because I am on my way to Syracuse, NewYork, to see my parents!  Bill is staying home to keep the home fire burning and take care of the cats!  I don't adore travel but that's the only way to get to see my northern family!

  I'll let you know how it goes tomorrow!

 

A PLAN B BOWL!

So the beautiful knobs and knots on the tree were 'freed' from the bowl when I began hollowing out the center.  I was so disheartened.  It took me a few days to get back to the project.

The bowl is pretty on its own

 even if my original goal was a bit skewed.

I love the grain and the smoothness of the wood. 

 I was able to keep the bark on the top rim,

 (called live edge) and the oval of the bowl is unusual.

The new bowl now holds my green rocks 

which go with my new woven table runner. 

 Sometimes you just have to get used to a new idea 

for it to be appreciated!  

The bowl is 12" long and 7" wide, oak.

SOCKS ON SUNDAY

 

Shorty socks sure go fast!  I thought I was going to save this for my travel sock when I head north to visit my parents but instead I found myself flying through the whole sock and then some!

 (these are for you, Mom!)

It's a good thing I have some more yarn

 to take on the flight next week! lol

Happy Mother's Day!!!! 

WORKING A BIT

A new warp is happening!  I am using some leftovers from the previous cottons with the addition of grey in 8/4 cotton.

I could only fit half on the winding board at a time.

But I made sure I made sure to label each half

 so I would know which goes where on the loom! 

Soon I would be eating green beans 

and summer squash from the veg beds!

We will be trimming some Swiss chard for dinner today!