Friday, September 13, 2013

{this moment}

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{this moment}

A Friday ritual. A single photo - no words - capturing a moment from the week. A simple, special, extraordinary moment. A moment I want to pause, savor and remember.

If you're inspired to do the same, leave a link to your 'moment' in the comments for all to find and see.

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- Participating with Soule Mama at: http://www.soulemama.com/soulemama/2013/09/this-moment-1.html#sthash.ObMGAlM7.dpuf

Friday, August 16, 2013

{this moment}



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{this moment}

A Friday ritual. A single photo – no words – capturing a moment from the week. A simple, special, extraordinary moment. A moment I want to pause, savor and remember.

If you’re inspired to do the same, leave a link to your ‘moment’ in the comments for all to find and see.

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Inspired by SouleMama:
http://www.soulemama.com/soulemama/2013/08/this-moment-1.html


Thursday, August 15, 2013

Out the Front Door

Snapshots of the beautiful, crazy world right out our front door.
If you’d like to share some of your own photos, please leave a link in the comments!


The merging of seasons - late summer lillies opening in the mist of cool early autumn mornings.

{Out the Front Door with Homestead Honey - http://homesteadhoney.wordpress.com/2013/08/14/out-the-front-door-3/}

Saturday, August 10, 2013

The End Has Come

My summer has ended. The weather is hotter than ever, but classes have resumed and I find myself doing calculus on Saturday afternoon instead of spinning, or knitting, or going to the beach.

While I'm not a huge fan of summer (this "hotter than ever" is only 85 degrees, but I'm dying), I will miss the free time summer brings for a teacher. And it further saddens me as I realize that school starting so early gives a false illusion that fall is near. In southern California it will still be hot through September, and most likely through October as well. Looking on the bright side, I suppose that gives me time for another summer shawl or pair of socks before I start craving warm, cozy sweaters on the needles... the crisp mornings have already gotten me antsy to cast on my little man's new Malabrigo sweater. Admittedly, it doesn't take much to make one want to make anything out of Malabrigo, and those crisp mornings are over by 9 am.

Rather than continue lamenting the slow change from hot to cold here where the sun is king, I am going to leave this post with a few picture of summer fun. I hope this finds you enjoying the warm days.









Saturday, August 3, 2013

Absence and the heart

Well, in my world summer has come to an end. It was a very quick and eventful summer, but I have rushed back to school and been thrown back into work in full force.

This year we started school with a conference. I spent 4 days and 3 nights away from my babies. Going there I thought "Finally I will get to sleep! I won't have anyone crawling on me or kicking me!"

Despite my comfy bed in the ultra-plush hotel they had us in, I hardly slept a wink. I couldn't wait to get home and be surrounded by my babies! When we finally made it home, I forced them all to sleep in my bed - they didn't have a choice. And I had the best night's sleep I've had in a long time ... I sure missed these guys.



Saturday, July 6, 2013

{This moment} (a day late)

A Friday ritual. A single photo - no words - capturing a moment from the week. A simple, special, extraordinary moment. A moment I want to pause, savor and remember.

{joy of seeing dad after a 3 week journey of 5,627 miles}

Friday, June 21, 2013

{This moment}

{this moment} - A Friday ritual. A single photo - no words - capturing a moment from the week. A simple, special, extraordinary moment. A moment I want to pause, savor and remember.

Sunday, June 16, 2013

Knitters in the making

It's been a whirlwind of a spring around here. Lots of camping, a fiber festival, not to mention testing at school and finishing up the school year. I can't believe summer is upon us already - although I'm very grateful for the break from school. I'll be spending lots of time with family this summer, and will post pics of our long road trip along the way

Today though I wanted to be sure to share some pictures of my knitters in the making. My 5 year old FINALLY decided she wants to learn how to knit. I bought her Annie and the Swiss Cheese scarf (which is a fabulous book and you should all buy it right now!) along with some pink yarn and beautiful needles for her birthday on January first. It took her a few months, but now she loves "to yarn". She especially likes to work a row of her knitting when I read to her before bed and to bring her knitting with her in the car. Although, she says she doesn't work on it while the car is moving because it's too dangerous.

Her knitting is beautiful for a beginner. Nice and even. It has inspired her older sister (10) to pick up her needles again and start knitting, trying especially hard to keep it as beautiful and even as her little sister's knitting.

I love my girls. (for the record, I love the boy too.)





Saturday, April 13, 2013

Enjoying the spring time

Wow. I really thought I'd blog more now that I do it from my phone, and it's been a month and a half. Sheesh.

We have been busy getting outside and enjoying the spring time. I have been baking some yummy bread and muffins, hopefully a recipe will come your way soon but I still want to perfect it. I've also been knitting a bit, of course, but I'm planning to submit my latest project to be a published pattern, so no pics of that either.

I did finally finish the lace weight sweater for my big one. She loves it! The yarn is Madtosh lace, in Cousteau which is the most beautiful color. I want a sweater for myself out of that color! I haven't made the little chains to cinch up the sleeves, but she wears it all the time already.

I'm keeping this short and sweet and leaving you with my fav pics of spring so far. Hope you have some nice weather and beautiful flowers coming your way soon!






















Thursday, March 7, 2013

Stitches!

Finally, two weeks later, I get a chance to sit down and write about Stitches West. I have quite a few pictures to share, but they don't come close to the fun of being there in the marketplace. Everywhere you look there are creative people donning their finest knitwear - shawls and sweaters in all directions!

My first stop was to see Alana Dakos (http://nevernotknitting.blogspot.com/?m=1) and have her sign my daughters' copy of Annie and the Swiss Cheese Scarf. This book is wonderful!! My daughters both love it and have been so inspired by the story, the beautiful artwork and the goodies that come with the deluxe pack. Alana and I chatted and shared pictures of our girls. If you're a knitter with a young one in your life - or maybe a child who once was young and learned to knit, but is now not so young - you need to buy them this book. And maybe one for yourself. It is a beautiful, touching story with excellent artwork. https://anniecanknit.com/

While walking around I ran into Jasmin and Gigi of the Knitmore Girls podcast and had the great fortune to meet little Danger Mouse and tickle her toes. Unfortunately I did not get a picture of these lovely ladies and their beautiful hair, but we did get to discuss the methods behind Jasmin's gorgeous pink locks.

Wandering around the market of course led to some yarn acquisitions... I brought home a few beautiful skeins of yarn, including some mini skeins from Oink Pigments (http://www.oinkpigments.com/p/online-store.html?m=0), a beautiful rusty cashmere-merino-nylon blend from Western Sky Knits which had some of the most wonderful yarn (http://www.westernskyknits.com/), a d if course two skeins of Blue Moon Fiber Arts BFL Sport - enough for a sweater. (http://www.bluemoonfiberarts.com/newmoon/). Also, I couldn't help but bring home a few skeins if Malabrigo (http://www.malabrigoyarn.com/) of which one skein I wound up and cast on some fingerless gloves immediately. The rest will be a sweater for my little man. My yarn purchases are now being lovingly displayed in my hutch, calling to me every time I walk by. However, I resist the urge to cast on anything new until I finish the sweater for my big one.

Now, on with the pictures!

















































Monday, February 25, 2013

California Countryside

This weekend I had the great fortune if joining a couple of friends at Stitches West (a knitting convention). This event will get its own blog post next; first I must share some images from my trip up.

To get to stitches, I took the train from Oceanside up the coast to LA, stopped a but at Union Station, then headed up through Santa Barbara and San Luis Obispo to San Jose. It was a beautiful, comfortable 13 hour trip. I fully enjoyed quiet time to myself, got to work on some new socks for my husband, and almost finished listening to The Night Circus by Erin Morgenstern.

The trip was very pleasant, but mostly uneventful. When I left LA we had assigned seating, and I was not on the coastal side, so I don't have many coastal pics to share (really just one, of some early morning surfers at San Onofre), but I have many countryside pictures to share with you. I hope those of you still in the throngs of winter find these pictures bring you some hope of sunny warm days to come.