Good Morning!

Enjoy the Little Things

Mina in her favorite toy, enjoying the sun.

 

“Enjoy the little things, for one day you may look back and realize they were the big things.” ~Robert Brault

This And That

It's been a wonderful week.

Cool mornings -- finally!

Hot afternoons, but very little humidity -- Yay! 

Good walking weather.

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My follow-up visit with the eye surgeon went well.

Getting used to the new lens.

My sight changes a little daily as the lens settles in.

Life is so much brighter -- literally!

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Mail Call brought this lovely postcard from China.

I have a dear friend there on a Fulbright doing research to complete her

PhD in Art History.

This is Peking University where she is taking some classes.

It used to be part of the Emperor's Summer Palace.

Woot!

School in a palace!

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How about a little needle and hook news?!!

This is a close-up of a shawl I completed for a friend.

 This is a free Red Heart Pattern called Romancing The Shawl. I did not use the yarn that was suggested. Instead, I used Red Heart Boutique Changes in the Granite color (6 yarns in one) and still achieved the wonderful texture. It was an easy pattern to follow and I may have to knit one for myself!

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Finally finished two squares in the crochet Halloween afghan.

Except, I decided the afghan would be too large for me!

So, I decided to make four lapghans.

I've completed two Jack-O-Lantern squares and started another black cat.

I was happily putting rows together when I realized I had put them together 

basakwards (as my Granny would say).

Well.

What to do?

I have plenty of black yarn, but not a lot of the grey.

Taking it apart is next to impossible. I'm afraid I'm a really good put them togetherer (!!!),

but would really make a mess taking it apart!

I decided to put things away.

Let my new eye rest.

Start again another day!

The Halloween Afghan was designed by Martha Brooks Stein and the pattern has

a copyright date of 2008 by DRG.

Thank you to Beth for Postcard Friendship Friday and Liv Lane for the Little Bliss List.

Wishing YOU well and much joy!

Good Morning!

Fall Is Coming!

It is time for Vee's Notecard Party.

Fall is almost here.

Every year I walk around the neighborhood and take photos of the fall decorations.

I couldn't pick just four, so here are my favorite fall photos from years past.

"Delicious autumn!  My very soul is wedded to it, and if I were a bird I would fly about the earth
seeking the successive autumns."
-   George Eliot

"I cannot endure to waste anything as precious as autumn sunshine by staying in the house. 
So I spend almost all the daylight hours in the open air.
-  Nathaniel Hawthorne

"No Spring nor Summer Beauty hath such grace
As I have seen in one Autumnal face."
-   John Donne

"Come said the wind to 

the leaves one day,  Come o're the meadows 

and we will play.  Put on your dresses 

scarlet and gold,  For summer is gone 

and the days grow cold." -  A Children's Song of the 1880's

"I love fall! Fall is exciting.
It's apples and cider.
It's an airborne spider.
It's pumpkins in bins.
It's burrs on dog's chins.
It's wind blowing leaves.
It's chilly red knees.
It's nuts on the ground.
It's a crisp dry sound.
It's green leaves turning
And the smell of them burning.
It's clouds in the sky.
It's fall. That's why...
I love fall."-   Author Unknown

Wishing you well and much joy.