tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-53910483485708908832024-03-13T23:39:07.141-04:00Sand in My YarnRosehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00691293013547048119noreply@blogger.comBlogger901125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5391048348570890883.post-10630804992462293572018-08-07T16:43:00.000-04:002018-08-07T20:04:57.141-04:00August: The Longest Sunday (if you're a teacher)<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> </div>
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<div class="separator" style="clear: both;">I think I mentioned on my last post that I had started my Rhinebeck sweater, the Fern and Feather pattern. Although I've progressed further than this photo shows, it at least shows the colors I chose. I'm almost finished with the color work section, and would have been way past it had I not made multiple re-starts due to multiple errors, none of which were the pattern's fault. No matter, I'm good now, and it should be smooth sailing from here on (cue the ominous music).</div>
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<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">I went to a crab cracking party last month that a friend of mine gave, and it was so much fun; the quintessential summer party. Crabs, beer, and corn on the cob, with lots of friends sitting around outside until late at night. So much fun.</div>
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<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">The beach looks like this so many of the days I'm there, but it never gets old to me. My oldest daughter, Meredith, visited the week of July 4th, so I haven't traveled to NY this summer for the first time in many years. She and her husband are moving to a new place in their same neighborhood this week, so I'm hoping to visit over Thanksgiving to see it, especially since they will have a guest room for the first time!</div>
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<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">And here is my love, Gracie, sitting in a slice of sunshine, despite the summer heat. Take good care of yourselves, my dear ones.</div>
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My summer break is well under way and it's been a fabulous one so far. I'm spending more time outside than I have in many years, and it's wonderful. Most days I'm either working in my yard or at the beach, and as a result, I'm tanned and happy.
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I've gotten a lot more use out of my stand-up paddleboard this summer and I love it! Since I'm spending so much time working in my yard, it's looking really good, and I've also power washed the siding on my house, so that looks better as well. I'm having the roof replaced this week and I can't wait to see how much that improves the overall appearance. In other words, even though I'm considerably poorer, cash flow-wise, I'm fairly house-proud.
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I was fortunate enough to go to Richmond last week with my special-education co-teacher to attend a conference on co-teaching in an inclusion setting, and we had a great time! Kim and I taught one class together the first semester and really clicked, and so we advocated to work together the upcoming year. When one of our administrators asked the two of us in May to apply for this conference, we jumped at the chance, hoping it would show our commitment to each other; apparently it didn't hurt, because our schedule has us teaching two classes together each semester, which is amazing! We can't wait, and are already making plans. At the conference, we also realized that we share a common interest in craft breweries, so we visited one in Richmond, and hope to visit some of the many in our area throughout the year for our planning sessions. Win-win.
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<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Gracie loves napping on my knitting. My summer knitting is usually washcloths, like this one, however I did start my Rhinebeck sweater. I'm making the Fern and Feather sweater using Cascade 220 Heather in straw with blue and I think it'll be gorgeous. Pictures next time. Happy summer, lovelies.</div>
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<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">I finally closed on my house, which means the last details of the divorce are done. I consider myself a very fortunate and contented woman. I'm not sure why I've been having so much difficulty with posting here but hopefully I've figured it out. I've missed having a place to document the good things in my life, like my garden and the beach, which is where I go to gather driftwood and shells to use in my garden, much like the old woman in the story, Roxaboxen.</div>
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Thank you, friends, for your patience and friendship. Hopefully you know that you are no small part of my happy life.
Rosehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00691293013547048119noreply@blogger.com7tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5391048348570890883.post-29015722267214049742018-04-05T15:48:00.000-04:002018-04-06T10:12:05.177-04:00My House Is A Fine HouseI don't know what happened, but I spent 30 minutes writing a nice post about my house and spring break with lots of pictures and then it disappeared and now I'm out of time, so it'll have to wait.
<p style="text-align: left;">The very short version is that I'm having a great spring break and that as of today, I'm the sole owner of my house!</p>Rosehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00691293013547048119noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5391048348570890883.post-18584802779982524172018-03-11T14:12:00.000-04:002018-03-11T14:12:53.491-04:00Daylight Savings Time is Not My Favorite TimeI don't like change. I especially don't like the weekend we change over to daylight savings time, no matter how many people tell me it means we get more daylight. I am of the mindset that "cutting an hour off one end of the day and sewing it on the other end of the day" doesn't change a thing, and only serves to make many of us cranky, me among them.
<p style="text-align: left;">So, I slept late this morning, and then spent a few hours in bed reading, now I'm in my favorite coffee shop, browsing blogs, Twitter, and Instagram, and drinking coffee, before I wander over to the Slover library for more books. I've really been on a reading binge lately and while I love that I'm reading more, it means I haven't been doing much else. My house is pretty messy, my Apple Cider Donut sweater is still unfinished, although I am ready to start the sleeves, and there are numerous other projects I want to do that are still undone. Still, the cold weather is a good time for reading, so I'm going to embrace it while I can. I seem to remember lamenting the fact that I wasn't reading enough not that long ago. Apparently,questioning whether or not I'm using my time wisely is a constant comcern of mine. At least Gracie is happy when I stay home and read. She climbed right up on my lap, as usual.</p>
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I did manage to walk a bit yesterday, despite the cold and gloom. I was visiting a friend who is recovering from knee replacement surgery and we decided to drive to the beach; we went to Back Bay National Wildlife Reserve, which is not too far from his house.
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I'd really like to go there again, when Mike can walk for longer distances and I won't freeze in the damp cold. I am really ready for some spring temperatures. Peace and joy to you, from this mildly cranky blogger.
Rosehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00691293013547048119noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5391048348570890883.post-25922518279302865182018-03-08T17:52:00.000-05:002018-03-08T17:52:25.429-05:00March(ing) On<div class="separator" style="clear: both;">I cannot believe how much time goes by between posts these days. I just finished up the first term of the second semester, and everything is still going smoothly. There are only three weeks to go until spring break, and time always seems to accelerate after that. I don't plan to go out of town this year, but instead, hope to work in my yard again, just like last year. I need to power wash the house, but will only do that if it's warm enough. We had a terrific wind storm a few weekends ago, and I lost a lot of shingles off of the roof of the garage; I know I need to have it fixed, but I'm not sure how I'm going to afford it, so my plan so far has been avoidance. I have applied to teach some summer school sessions, but I won't find out if I get a position until June, and even if I do, it won't be enough money. Time to worry about that later. For now, there are flowers.</div>
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Although it has been quite awhile since my last post, all is well with me. It's just more of a challenge posting without wifi at home than I expected it to be, but there isn't really much I can do about it at the moment. I'm three weeks into the second semester and it's been great so far. My classes are small and each one has a completely different feel to it, which keeps my day very interesting. I teach English 10, Honors 10, and English 11, and while there are lots of similarities in the content, there is also a lot of room for variety, but this semester, each class has a very different and distinct personality, which I'm truly enjoying.
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Thank you for your kind wishes; my recovery has been really easy. I had some extra time due to the snow, which certainly helped, and then the fact that I haven't had to work a full week yet has also been good for my healing. Last week we had a two hour delay on Thursday and a full day on Friday, then a three day weekend. I went to work yesterday, and we are actually off today as we are expected to get about three inches of snow during the day. It seems crazy to be out for expected snow, but our area just does not have the budget for snow removal and therefore, it gets dangerous if you have kids and buses going home in the middle of snow and icy covered roads. It's a truly tough call to make, because if the storm is late coming through, everyone will say the district overreacted, but we didn't make this call a few years back and it was definitely a white knuckle situation that no one wants to repeat.
<p style="text-align: left;">I had a lovely relaxing weekend with old friends watching football this past weekend and knitting up a storm. I'm working on the Apple Cider Donut Cardigan from the Rhinebeck Sweaters book, using the Green Mountain Spinnery Weekend Wool yarn I thought I was going to use for the Mary Rebecca pattern, before I read the pattern more carefully and realized I needed DK for that one. Rookie mistake, especially since I had knit it up to the armholes already last year. The only reason I had ripped it out was that I needed to change the size. So that was kind of lucky, right? This is the pattern photo from Ravelry; my color is raspberry.</p>
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<p style="text-align: left;">I would have returned to work on Tuesday, except we were hit by the BombCyclone of snowstorms (I have no idea where that name came from) and school was out for five straight days, largely due to the extreme low temperatures that kept the streets and school parking lots covered far longer than normal. This was good news for me, as it means that instead of being charged five days of sick leave, I only used two! We go back tomorrow and will have two weeks left of this semester, before exams and beginning second semester, so it will be slightly anticlimactic, I suspect. But at least I won't have much grading waiting for me. I really got lucky.</p>
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I don't have too much time for a long post, but I wanted to catch up just a bit. Most of my photos are of Gracie keeping me company on the couch; today is the five year anniversary of her adoption from the pet rescue, and it turns out that if I sit long enough , she does like to sit on my lap after all. It only took us five years to discover this.
<p style="text-align: left;"> Hope everyone had a lovely Christmas and New Year, and hopefully I will be back in this space soon.</p>
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I have been knitting and I do have some snow pictures, but I'll show those next time. Thanks for all your good wishes!
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<p style="text-align: left;"> </p>Rosehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00691293013547048119noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5391048348570890883.post-90976954620367329552017-12-21T18:33:00.000-05:002017-12-21T18:33:15.130-05:00Christmas BreakMy Christmas break began today and I'm having my foot surgery tomorrow to correct the bunion on my left foot, which meant I had one day to do all the errands I wanted to do before being house bound for two weeks. And since I don't have wifi at my house, I won't be able to post on my blog, so I made a quick run to the coffee shop for a last minute Merry Christmas post to everyone.
<p style="text-align: left;">It was a busy couple of weeks getting ready for the break, especially when I found out my doctor wanted me to take the first week of January off; the whole point of my having it done over break was avoiding time off, but it runs out that was out of my control, as so much of life is. A lesson I have to learn over and over again.</p>
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<p style="text-align: left;">I slept in later than usual today, and then sat around reading and listening to Christmas music until the afternoon. The house smelled delicious because I decided to dry orange slices in the oven so I can use them as a garland. I did this last year, but I overcooked them, and ended up piling them in a bowl instead. They smelled great, they were just a little too brown. Gracie enjoyed our quiet time, as she always does.</p>
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<p style="text-align: left;"> I decided to go to the library, and I also stopped in at a little local craft fair. There were lots of cute things, but I'm trying not to spend much at the moment. Besides, I have so much stuff already, either bought as gifts, or supplies bought to make gifts. I saw this very cool British car in front of the bookstore when I parked my car.</p>
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<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">The young clerk who was in charge of the changing room was quite diplomatic about it being senior citizen discount day. She phrased it as, "You're not 55, are you?" Since I am, I was entitled to an additional 20% off the prices shown above. I was very pleased indeed. The pair I don't have in the picture still had on the store tag because they had never been worn; they were the highest priced pair, at $6.99, before the discount. Crazy, right? Almost all of my skirts for work have been bought there over the past eight or nine years, and quite a few coats and jackets as well. I can't remember the last time I've bought a new coat. As a matter of fact, I bought a really nice coat there a month or so ago, but as it had a suede collar, I've had it in the car ever since, intending to take it to the cleaners before wearing it. After I bought it, I had buyers remorse, mainly because I already own more coats than I really need, so I procrastinated dropping it off at the dry cleaners. On Friday, one of the teachers I work with asked me if I had a coat I could give to one of the students we both teach, and I was so happy I still had that coat in the car. This student has been homeless, on and off, and is hard working and sweet, and I knew this weekend was supposed to be cold and rainy. I was able to give that coat away immediately, almost as if I had bought it for that very reason. Funny how things work out.</div>
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I cannot believe this year is almost over. It's been a good one in many ways, even though there have been some difficult times as well. But that's pretty much the nature of life, isn't it?
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Rosehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00691293013547048119noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5391048348570890883.post-54228043929367940082017-11-18T09:45:00.000-05:002017-11-18T09:45:50.306-05:00Saturday MorningAlthough not having wifi at home is inconvenient at times, it has really helped me in terms of reducing the amount of time I used to waste on my iPad, especially the hours spent playing solitaire and clicking down rabbit hole links, although the links weren't always a waste of time. Solitaire was always a waste of time. I'm not sure I can quantify what I've done with the saved time but that doesn't really matter, does it? I know Gracie enjoys having me pay more attention to her.
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I found the mitts I was looking for last month; when I realized I hadn't found my woven scarf, I looked in my yarn room and found a smaller bin of hand knits, and there they were. Unfortunately, I had used so much cedar, that everything needs aired out a bit before I can wear any of it without smelling like an old lady, but at least it deterred the moths!
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<p style="text-align: left;">I have almost finished the cowl I started last week, but put it aside for a minute, for some reason. ADD kicked in, I guess.</p>
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Thank you for your kind comments about my blue mood. As I suspected, it passed quickly, and my week was a good one. I had a doctor appointment yesterday to discuss migraine medication and I'm hoping that will help. I don't think I suffer from them as badly as some women do, but I do have certain triggers and/or cycles when they seem to happen more frequently, and fall is one of those times. Even though I love the cold weather, it makes my neck and shoulders tighten up, and going from outdoors to overheated indoors can cause problems too. Wow, that sounds pretty negative, but it isn't meant to be.
<p style="text-align: left;">Only taught two days this past week, which is a great work-life balance. I have a full work week coming up, then it's Thanksgiving already. Hoping to get some serious knitting time this weekend, since I did some cleaning Thursday night. The extra day really helps. Why can't every weekend be three days long?? Hope you all have a lovely, peaceful week. Virginia did well in the gubernatorial election this time, in my opinion. Love trumps hate.</p>
<p style="text-align: left;"> </p>Rosehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00691293013547048119noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5391048348570890883.post-40945930352401974542017-11-06T17:16:00.000-05:002017-11-06T17:16:28.675-05:00Self Care Sunday (on Monday)I've loved the Mason-Dixon knitting blog for years, but since they revamped it a year or so ago, it's become so much more than a knitting blog. The addition of Max Daniels's articles has really resonated with me, and this <a title="max Daniels " href="https://www.masondixonknitting.com/self-care-100-low-no-cost-ways-take-care/?mc_cid=81ad1b47c6&mc_eid=843937f7e5">post</a> from last week is one I want to print and put on my refrigerator. Do read it if you haven't already seen it.
<p style="text-align: left;">I also read A Cup of Jo, which seems surprisingly relevant to me. She's a blogger in her thirties, who writes about life in NYC as a mom of two young boys, but again, it's so much more. Friends who know me would be shocked to hear that I actually enjoy many of her style and fashion tips, as I have never been into any of that. But, life is all about change, isn't it, and there's nothing wrong with mixing it up now and then. The short sleeve turtle neck I wore in my last post's selfie is a direct result of reading something on her blog, and it contributed to me feeling really good about myself Friday. This <a title="art" href="https://cupofjo.com/2017/11/mari-andrew-self-care/">illustration</a> by Mari Andrew is another reason you should check her blog out.</p>
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<p style="text-align: left;">To give my eyes a rest, I cast on for a cowl using aran weight Jill Draper Middlefield yarn I bought at last year's open studio sale, and some Weekend Wool from Green Mountain Spinnery, purchase date unknown. I'm using a Bristol Ivy pattern, the Underscore Cowl, that is in the latest <em>Making</em> issue, and I love it. </p>
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<p style="text-align: left;">Speaking of self care, Saturday was my mammogram party day, words rarely heard in the same sentence. My friend, Lori, included me a few years ago in one of her friend's group yearly events. This friend coordinates the appointments for the group's yearly mammogram, but she turns it into a party, complete with doughnuts and lunch out afterwards. She buys enough doughnuts to give to everyone we come in contact with: the technician and receptionist, as well as every other woman in the waiting room waiting for her exam. It's a great way to hold everyone accountable (no more putting it off for a month or six), and to have fun while doing it. I highly recommend you give it a try.</p>
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And oddly enough, despite my fabulous Friday, and the good things I did over the weekend with friends, I find myself feeling very blue today. It was a teacher workday, yet I felt so aimless and restless that nothing was accomplished. I have the beginnings of another cold/allergy thing, I made some poor food choices over the past few days, I'm worried about money, and I haven't gotten to bed early enough for about a week, so that is part of the explanation. But I know that another part is the fact that tomorrow is the anniversary date of my second marriage, which I'm sure has contributed to my sadness. Isn't it weird that you can know you're in a much better place and yet still be weighted down by sadness? Anyway, I wanted to include this last paragraph in the interest of keeping it as real as I can. I know I'll be fine soon enough. Take care, friends.
Rosehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00691293013547048119noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5391048348570890883.post-55904867862758524092017-11-04T18:05:00.000-04:002017-11-05T10:44:02.103-05:00Friday FeaturesFriday had a festive feeling about it, probably because I will only have students two days next week. Monday is a teacher workday, also known as "the day teachers get to go out to lunch like regular working people do" day. Tuesday is an in-service day, which has the possibility of knitting time, although sometimes we have to do cooperative groups/bonding activities, which severely limits the amount of time I can knit. And Friday is Veterans Day. Throw in the Thanksgiving holiday, and November isn't such a bad month.
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Rosehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00691293013547048119noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5391048348570890883.post-57244645302361921692017-10-29T12:28:00.000-04:002017-10-29T12:28:15.755-04:00Rhinebeck Reflections<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">It's taken me awhile to post this, since I cancelled internet at my house, and my iPad has to be connected to work. I am at my favorite coffee shop, on this rainy Sunday morning, where I came to grade papers, drink delicious coffee, and use their wifi.</div>
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<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">This allowed us to arrive in Saugerties for a late lunch at Rock da Casbah, before checking into our AirBnB. We went to the Needles Up event, and the Knitting Garage, before driving over to Kingston for Indie Untangled, and wrapped up the day with dinner at the Olympic Diner.</div>
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<div class="separator" style="clear: both;">We lucked out with yet another beautiful AirBnB; this year's house is right on a creek, and has two decks. The weather, while too warm for my taste, is beautiful.</div>
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<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">I found a surprising amount of sea glass on my walk too. One of these days I'm going to use the glass for something, but until then, I'll just enjoy having little bowls of it here and there around the house.</div>
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As always, I wish you peace and joy.
Rosehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00691293013547048119noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5391048348570890883.post-43410654765093604832017-09-29T22:26:00.000-04:002017-09-30T08:16:30.357-04:00TGIF, or The Honeymoon is OverWell. This was the longest week. I can't fully express how happy I am that it is officially the weekend. I had a tough day with two of my three classes, for various reasons, although it really is right on schedule. The newness of a new school year has worn off for the kids, and if I'm honest, I'm sure it's the same for me. The phrase, pearls before swine, kept running through my head, as I feel like I try so hard to make my lessons engaging and relevant, and my kids just want to do the easiest thing they can get away with. And in speaking with a few other teachers today after school, it's not only me and my kids who are feeling this way. We all need the space of the weekend to regroup. And we will, just like every other year over the past twenty-one years I've been doing this tiring, magical, exhausting and exhilarating thing we call teaching.
<p style="text-align: left;">I am looking forward to my girls' getaway to Rhinebeck, which is only three weeks away. We had a planning meeting of sorts on Thursday night, to map out our itinerary. We're going to leave after work on Thursday this year, and drive for about four hours before stopping overnight, so we can get to to the Rhinebeck area earlier. There are a number of events we want to attend on Friday afternoon and evening, so we need to arrive earlier than we have in the past. We may be overly ambitious, but we're going to see how much we can fit in. I can't wait!!</p>
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My hat is slow going, despite the easy pattern, due to the limited knitting time I have. I'm hoping to finish it this weekend. Of course, I also hope to do some caulking, painting, and a few other maintenance chores, so we'll see how it plays out.
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<p style="text-align: left;"> </p>Rosehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00691293013547048119noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5391048348570890883.post-46136588087863549272017-09-25T21:18:00.000-04:002017-09-25T21:18:03.365-04:00New York Botanical Garden Unlike my desire to visit The Cloisters, I had never had an urge to visit the NYBG. Until I saw that a huge Dale Chihuly exhibit was there, that is. I love his work and knew I couldn't pass up this opportunity, so off I went, on a gorgeous and mild Wednesday. It was a 90 minute trip from where my daughter lives in Brooklyn, but it was well worth it. It turns out that it would have been worth the trip even without the Chihuly works, but with them? Simply amazing.
<p style="text-align: left;">I'm not commenting on these, but know that these are not all of the photos I took, nor are they all of the pieces in the show. I also left out the beautiful landscapes and gardens, unless the glass was part of the scene. I'm so glad I made the trip to see it all, and I was incredibly lucky to have such marvelous weather! I hope you enjoy them. </p>
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<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">I made it past the halfway point on my Stratcona scarf, in Quince & Co.'s Sparrow, when I messed up the pattern, and I haven't picked it back up since. </div>
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<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Instead, I made a log cabin dishcloth; I finished it, but haven't photographed it yet. Fun and mindless beach knitting.</div>
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<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">And here is my Bousta Beanie; I don't exactly love my color choices, but I'm okay with them. As long as I finish before Rhinebeck. I ordered the yarn from Tolt. They were terrific last year when I bought the yarn for my Stopover, and they didn't disappoint this time either.</div>
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<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Finally, pictures of Gracie in her happy place: sleeping on my bed. I just love the way her paws are folded here.</div>
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<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Take care of yourselves; it's the surest way to peace and joy. Indeed, it's probably the only way.</div>Rosehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00691293013547048119noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5391048348570890883.post-55986425496069796092017-09-19T00:00:00.000-04:002017-09-19T00:00:20.809-04:00My "New" YearEven though I promised my next post would be all about the New York Botanic Garden, I wanted to do a quick "new" year post first. One of the things I adore about teaching is the number of times I get to start with a clean slate. Now that I teach high school, I have two fresh starts per year, which is so liberating. All of this is to say that my latest new year has been going smoothly. We've already held our open house, and while I haven't totally found my rhythm with each class yet, I'm almost there.
<p style="text-align: left;">And just as I suspected, now that I'm back to work, I've decided to try and take care of lots of other things around my house as well. I've been painting a few windows and trim, trying to repair a leaky awning on my front porch, prepping the front porch railing so I can paint it, and of course, continuing to maintain my yard. Best of all, I finally fixed this weird hole inside the yarn room closet that's been driving me crazy. It's an access to the bathroom water pipes, and when we had a plumbing problem a few years ago, the plumber did a crap job replacing the access panel. As in, there was a big gap that allowed air from the crawl space inside the closet. I could always smell the damp, under-the-house-dirt smell when I was in there, even though I tried to seal it off. I finally bought a wood panel and a roll of moisture barrier stuff yesterday, and closed it off. I'm sure there's a more conventional way of closing it off than the way I did it, but I don't care. My way worked, and it doesn't look half bad.</p>
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I have been knitting a little, and I'm getting excited for my annual trip to Rhinebeck! Last year, my friends and I all knit the Baable hat, from the 2015 Shetland Wool Week; this year, we're doing the Bousta Beanie, which is the 2017 pattern.
<p style="text-align: left;">No pictures this time, as it's late, but there will be more than enough to see in my next post. Until then, peace and joy.</p>Rosehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00691293013547048119noreply@blogger.com4