"When the chimes end, pick up your needles. Go ahead and out knit me Colonel. Just try." ~ Movie quote from For A Few Skeins More. Thursday, I was galloping solo as I rounded up a few more skeins. I managed to make it to three more shops. The trail led me to All Wound Up, Mad…Read more For A Few Skeins More
Cats
Route 66
To get through the hardest journey we need take only one step at a time, but we must keep on stepping. ~ Chinese Proverb Earlier this week, I had my 66th follower sign up for my blog. In many ways, we're on this journey together. Naturally, this lead me to think of some of the…Read more Route 66
Return to Snuggles
"What greater gift than the love of a cat?” Charles Dickens in Great Expectations It's May 17. That marks exactly two weeks since we've brought Ernie home from his radioactive getaway. Which means we're done with our radioactive homework! Ernie can now be picked up. And carried. And snuggled. And generally loved until his hearts content. That's one…Read more Return to Snuggles
Pulled Pork: The Second Attempt
It’s not the barbecues in my life that count, it’s the life in my barbecues. – Mae West The British Hubby is still recovering from his cold so we decided to have a low key Saturday which included our second attempt smoking a pork shoulder to create pulled pork. Pulled pork is my favorite bbq…Read more Pulled Pork: The Second Attempt
The Predator
"I ain't got time to bleed..." Predator I understand from the British Hubby, who knows of such things, a new teaser trailer for The Predators 2018 was released this week. No doubt we will watch this when it comes out. Maybe in this movie the Predators will wear hand knitted items? I wonder if it'll…Read more The Predator
Books and Mitten Update
Home isn't where you're from, it's where you find light when all grows dark. ~ Pierce Brown, Golden Son This past weekend, the British Hubby and I originally planned to have a picnic and a Ulysses adventure, but the British Hubby came down with a nasty cold. I found myself with some extra time with…Read more Books and Mitten Update
Tea for Two
Tea is drunk to forget the din of the world. -T'ien Yiheng This morning, I spent a few hours at my day job getting ready for the work week. It's amazing how much I can accomplish when I'm the sole employee in the building. Normally, Sunday mornings the British Hubby and I have a leisurely…Read more Tea for Two
The First Friday of May
Make a Friday a day to celebrate work well done that you can be proud of knowing that you just didn't put in time to the next pay check. ~ Byron Pulsifer This has been a long emotional week. The Spring is traditionally a very busy time at my day job (I'm going to be putting…Read more The First Friday of May
May Day and Day 1 Sans Ernie
“A man is not idle because he is absorbed in thought. There is visible labor and there is an invisible labor.” — Victor Hugo Happy May Day! May 1 has many traditions. For some it's the return of Spring and a renewed gift of life. This can be celebrated by leaving baskets of flowers on their…Read more May Day and Day 1 Sans Ernie
Radioactive Ernie
There are two means of refuge from the miseries of life: music and cats. ~ Albert Schweitzer This afternoon we dropped Ernie of at the Feline Hyperthyroid Center. It's a cat only facility. I like dogs and cats equally, but it does make a difference for kitties to attend feline only treatment centers. They aren't like…Read more Radioactive Ernie
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