Today, first it's a kitty blog:  To confuse matters, the cat's name is Monkey. There's yarn in there so that counts as knitting content. He's not ours, my yarn was at his house for a visit. And a foodie and friends blog: That's Blogless Marsha, more knitting content. It's not pictured, but she's working on…

On the topic of creativity I'm finding the secret for satisfaction is a dedicated area. Now I 've taken over two rooms, one for knitting supplies and one for painting. God help me when we have to downsize. Right now everything is organized and handy, no digging in closets or buried containers. Pure luxury. Scheduled…

Back in the knitting saddle, the finger healed to a point where you can hardly see where eight stitches lived. The tip is numb to the touch, but it works for knitting. At long last I've started Taize, a project of Angie's that I've admired for years, putting my second Pashmina purchase to good use.…

The frustration being the inability to post from my IPad. Hey Apple, what's up with that? On to the festivities. We celebrated Ms. M's Master's in Medical Physics: Had Father's Day brunch at Calgary's Danish Canadian Club: Packed in lots of family time with the favourite grandchild. I do believe there's special privilege in being…

Life seems to wierdify weekly. Quite the year we've had. Despite the loss of Gracee  I'm still taking my daily walk to the local dog park to watch the dear tail wagging beasts and their owners. As if by magic one Friday, a Scottie appeared, something I had never seen in all the years I've walked…

The Gates was an impressive art installation, comprised of 7503 "gates" over 23 miles of Central Park, by artists "Christo and Jean Claude." What I found amazing was the effort for a 15 day exhibit. During that time it snowed, adding dramatic contrast to the orange flags. Not sure if this was taken before or…

Thanks to all  for your supportive comments. Gracee lived as long as as our first Scottie, almost to the day and really, it was on borrowed time. She was supposed to be put down at six months, but we took her in with serious health issues. We were told she would live until age 7…

I am sad to report that Gracee Mae passed away Tuesday, at age 11 1/2, from bone cancer that had obliterated her hip bone before showing any symptoms. What a shock. We took her into the vet on Sunday as she was in pain and had a slight limp.The vet thought it was backstrain and…

Someone in my life, with whom I am very close, has a fear of birds stemming from an English childhood pigeon incident. You know who you are 😉 and it's best that you leave. I miss the birds of my east coast childhood. The red cardinals and the jays lighter in colour than our deep…

Two in short succession. The first one was so quick and satisfying, thought I'd throw in the always fascinating self striping factor. Pattern: Summer Flies by Donna Griffin, with variations explained below, different from my first Summer Flies with Variations. Yarn: Drops Delight, 2 skeins, colour 05. Goes well with the blog theme colours, doesn't it? About…