--I'm participating in Slow Stitch Sunday, please come join us.
Jeweled Lines is growing, but it seems to be at a slow point right now for me. It's 43 ish inches. I'm a bit over half way through the largest turquoise section and next up will be a small gray strip followed by the amethyst. I've not been knitting quite as much as I've begun working hard at finding lost classmates.
My high school class reunion for 50 years (egads how did I get that old) is next year. I'm the person that finds people and maintains the database. It's a job. With those who've passed on (surprising how many), those that have moved, women who divorced and therefore have a different name etc. Anyway, because of that, I've been on the computer more and therefore knitting less.
This is a most unusual view from our windows this am. Seriously you can see we do not live in the country or a wooded area. We are in a very developed, long standing neighborhood. These two Deer (one has a reasonable size rack, and the other has one starting), spend a good amount of time cruising around in our yard, (non fenced), then hopped the fence behind us where the blue house is, then came back and jumped the chain length fence to our neighbor to the right of us. In front of blue house is a major road...one of the most major in our community that connects 2 neighborhoods and 2 freeways. They need to get across that road to get to safety. About 1/4 of a mile on the other side of said road and to the right is a golf course......perhaps that's where they came from? Down the busy road or any of our roads on this side takes them to the river in about a mile.......but then have to cross a 4 lane extremely highway to get to the river.
Last week I shared a cross stitch I made years ago (scroll back to previous post), so today I thought I'd share one of the quilts I made a good number of years ago. I do do other stitching besides knitting and crocheting.......just not as much. I have some lovely blog ladies visiting who do really intricate cross stitch and or make very involved quilts...with real quilting patterns. I'm a dabbler. But, this quilt was fun as it's made from flannel nightgowns. In my younger years we had a group of friends who skiied every year and we woman would have "team" nightgowns for lounging around at the end of the day. Nothing warmer or more comfy than a flannel nightgown after skiing in the cold all day. So, this quilt was made for a very good friend from those nightgowns with cross stitched squares that have memories from our various trips. I had planned to make one for the other lady in the group and myself........somehow, that never happened.
Tomorrow this lady celebrates 46 years of marriage to this guy. (so young back in the day)
Pictures fade over time, and maybe we do too, lol. My mother made my Wedding Dress, it's dotted swiss, and hubby wore a suit he'd just gotten back from the cleaners. We got married outside in The Park of Roses. We'll celebrate tonight by having a nice meal here at the house of steak, potatoes, and wine after cocktail hour with our favorite Martini's and Shrimp Cocktail.
Jeweled Lines continues to grown. It's over the half way point now and measures about 34 inches. I'm about half way through the dark green and next will be fun bright turquoise section. Had an oophs and had to unknit about 13 rows, as I ran out of the dark green.That was a smaller skein than expected. It's a skein I've had for eons, so no way was I going to be able to match it 100%. Found something as close as possible at the store and since it's not right next to the other green section...it will get the job done.
**This is week 2 for me participating in Slow Sunday Stitching. Had hope to find some pictures of some of my cross stitch projects (beyond the one in the last post), but haven't had time to look through old photo albums for pictures to share with some of you ladies who do cross stitch. I do have a few quilt photo's I know I can share as time goes on.
A few days ago this was a scene on my virtual walk through Seattle on Walking4Fun. I loved it and thought it worth share. Some public art is just fun. This 17 foot Popsicle has been there since 2011, designed by Catherine Mayer. I think walking or riding past this would simply make you smile.
So, the headway with the foot and walking has come to a bit of a halt. Was doing fine, in fact think PT was about to release me, when I started with some new pain. Cuboid Bone is the problem according to my therapist. Quite sore, swollen and a bit bruised, making walking difficult again. I can and do walk, but not a good gate like I was. She's hoping the manual manipulation to put it back where it belongs will do the trick. She says sometimes The Cuboid Bone Falls down......No dancing tonight for me as hubby and I celebrate our 46th.
