Happy Feast Day!

"For she is more beautiful than the sun, and above all the order of the stars:

being compared with the light, she is found before it."

~Wisdom 7:29

Wind and Rain

There is a cold wind blowing today, along with spatterings of rain. I think a pot of homemade chicken noodle soup is just the thing, don't you? ;)

Result of an Experiment....

Lovely Labor Day....

We had a bit of a cold snap come through last night. After the 90+ degree weather we've been having lately, it feels so wonderful. We sat out around a campfire last night, and this morning when we woke up it was downright chilly (around the mid-50's)! I made waffles with homemade blueberry sauce (which I livened up with a bit of Benedictine Liqueur,.....mmmmm!) and fried eggs. Weather like this makes me want to bake pumpkin pies....and homemade bread.....and cinnamon rolls. It makes me want to stir up a big pot of chili, drink apple cider, dance through a pile of dry leaves, sit in my chair and knit and knit and knit........or curl up with the kids on the couch with piles of warm fuzzy blankets and good books. ~Oh yes, and how could I forget? ~lots of hot tea!

My Knight smiled at me with tolerant affection when I was rattling all this off to him at breakfast....... ~Such a patient man! ;)

Hope you all have a wonderful labor day!

Running Water!

We now have a functional shower/tub in our downstairs bathroom!!!! I was there when they tried it out for the first time this afternoon. So exciting!!!

 My Knight is so proud of his and my father's plumbing job, and I must say that I am very proud of them as well.

Knitting Again

My Knight in S.A.'s Grandmother kindly copied out the instructions for a new kind of knitted dish cloth when we were out visiting. It kept my fingers busy for the majority of the long car trip home. I am currently working to complete my third cloth ~fitting in a row here and there between laundry and housework. But  this third one is a bit of an experiment...... (You know me.....always experimenting;) I am trying a knit-purl configuration instead of just straight knit. So far, I really like it!

For anyone who may be interested, here are the original instructions:

Cast on four stitches-
Row 1 - knit
Row 2 - knit 2, Y.O., knit to end

Repeat  Row 2 until there are 48 or 52 stitches.

Decrease rows next.
Knit 1, Knit 2 together, Y.O., Knit 2  together, Knit to end.
Continue until just four stitches remain, and cast off.


*The recommended needle size is a US#10, paired with 100% cotton 4 ply yarn.

Home From the West

It was wonderful. And it went by like a flash. ~I think Miss Posy's favorite part was getting to ride one of  her grandparents' horses;)

We got in late last night, and today I am sorting through suitcases, and washing giant loads of laundry. I hope to have some semblance of order by the time my Knight in Shining Armor gets home......