Eye Candy Friday 5.11.07

Jessie found that she likes asparagus. In this picture she is laying down and licking the stumps where I cut some stalks. The bed is messy with old stalks laying around. I was late mulching the bed. I'll have to weed soon.

Jessie has been trained to lay down by following a treat past her nose down to the floor. Until last week this was the only way to get her to lay down. Just last weekend, my daughter taught Jessie to lay down by just pointing to the floor. She used an asparagus as a treat.

Eye Candy Friday 5.4.07

We have daffodils! I love these spring flowers mostly because they keep coming back year after year. I love gardening but the Spring always seems so busy. Last weekend I weeded and mulched our strawberries. I tend to keep the perennial beds for later in the year.




I have been working on my Mermaid socks from the book the
Cool Socks Warm Feet book. I needed a simple project that I can knit without thinking too hard. My Shadow Knit vest requires too much consentration that I can’t listen to people talking, knit and count easily. The basic socks knit pattern is K2, O, K2tog, K2. The O and K2tog (yarn over and knit 2 together) make the socks have a sharp right slant ridge. The self striping yarn looks interesting with the knit pattern. Because of the slanted ridges the striped look broken up into slanted squares. I like it.



I was knitting this sock during our
NVK Guild’s May meeting. (See picture.) At the end of the meeting four different people came up and wanted to know about the pattern. It does intrigue you. It’s pattern is deceptively simple. I think from afar it looks like it is a knitted basket weave.

Eye Candy Friday 3.16.07

Our backyard bird feeder in snow. We are in the middle of another snow storm. We've had the wierdest winter. It was warm through December. NewEngland got their first snowfall after Christmas. So now it is snowing still into Spring.








I thought I should check in with some knitting news. See Below to see how far I have gotten on the lunch bag. I'm a little more than half way.

Eye Candy Friday 3.9.07

A "Sheeply" Delicious Cake!
My daughter and I made this chocolate cake. She couldn't wait for the cake to cool and stole a piece before it was ready for frosting. Because of it's misshape and that the frosting became lumpy we turned it into a sheep shape. "Ace of Cakes" Beware!

Eye Candy Friday 3.2.07

As much as I like snow its getting a little old. We are experiencing another ice storm today.


This is a shot that my daughter took. Creative, huh!

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My daughter and I went for a walk this morning with our dog. It was a fluffy, sticky snow that fell during the night. This is the kind of snow that is fun to go and play in. My daughter is planning to go out and play with the neighbors just as I'm writing this.

Here is a shot of Jessie from this morning searching for something in the snow.

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In the middle of winter it's nice to see some spring flowers. These are from two years ago this February. We were visiting family in Israel and got a chance to see the almond trees in bloom.

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This is a shot of parrots taken a year ago in the Jerusalem Zoo. It is nice to have a warm and bright photo to share during the winter chill.

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New England is finally getting some Winter weather. This is the result of the Martin Luther Day ice storm.