Winter Desktops

Happy New Year!

Hope we get more rain and a snow pack.

This year I tried out these photos as desktops.

I like this one the best so far.

This is the one I'm using now.

I used this one to celebrate when it rained.

This one is just for fun on a cold clear day.
Very cold.

Still Snow, Still Decorations

Surprised to see the snow still around this morning.

And the Christmas decorations still need to be put away.

But I think I will leave them up for the rest of December.

Morgan got me up early this morning.

So, she got her breakfast early.

I'm going to have to watch the clock more closely.

The alarm for her breakfast

was going off

when I brought her in from her walk

after she ate.

Morgan is getting sneaky.

Or, just hungry?

Sun And Little Snow

So I took a photo of the old oak tree.

I love the old tree.

Finally, after the snow and rain

most of the leaves are out of the trees

so my plan must be

to start raking them up as soon as the snow has melted.

That is the plan.

I think I should make sure I carry it out

before my eye treatments.

But it is cold

and I may wait until next month.

I guess I will just wait and see what happens.

?

The myrtle doesn't seem to mind the snow.

Amazing stuff.

It made it through the year without being watered.

I was sure it would dry up in the drought.

It must have very busy roots.

Yay! It Snowed Again!

And I slept in.

Everybody slept in.

Even Morgan.

The chickens got a treat today.
Half of the big butternut squash got left overnight in the oven.
So, it was decided that the chickens
deserved the squash.

The chickens didn't eat the last piece of butternut squash.
It wasn't cooked.
I was thinking it was too hard
for them to peck apart.
Maybe?
They are the last two chickens we have
and very old ladies.
I think they will enjoy the baked squash.
Hope so.

Christmas Tracks

Yesterday when Kristine returned from Christmas festivities

she noticed some unusual

tracks in the snow on the front  deck.

There is only one type of critter around these parts

that leaves those kind of tracks,

can leap over the deck railing,

and whose cousins hang around with Santa.

First time I have ever know them to venture on the deck.

Christmas surprise!

Merry Christmas Snowy Morning!

When I got up to feed Morgan this morning

there was still snow outside.

Not a lot of snow and it is icy crunchy snow to boot.

Crunch

Crunch

Crunch

But it is snowy!

And that is really neat!

Have a lovely, wonderful Christmas!

White Christmas

Well, pretty close...

the snow might last in shady places 

until tomorrow.

But it is raining and hailing.

It was wonderful to wake up to snow!

Merry Christmas!

Winter Scarf And Hat

The scarf is almost finished.

Still have to work in the loose yarn ends.

Finished knitting on the scarf today. 

Just in time for some snow tomorrow?

Maybe?

Merry Christmas!

More Christmas Tree

Photo this morning of the tree.

Still looks pretty dark up there.

Today it rained.

I knitted the day away.

Our good neighbor gave us a Christmas basket

full of homemade goodies. 

I would have taken a photo

but I was too busy eating and tasting

all the wonderful things she made.

Amazing how the busiest people

find time to make and do so much for others.

Lofty Christmas Tree

Kristine put the Christmas tree together 

up in the loft today.

Pretty neat!

Especially, since from the kitchen

you can see at least two trees reflected in the windows. 

This photo looks very dark when this size.

Click on it and the trees show up much better.

Quilts I Have Made

My first quilt was for Holly's wedding.

(she wanted beige)

(machine)

My second quilt was made by hand for Dolores.

(My machine broke)

My third quilt was made for Jean.

(machine)

I bought a pattern for the first quilt,
but I made up the second two quilts myself.

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Latest Quilts in the works...

Finished quilt (July 2011) hand pieced and quilted.
Self backed binding.

Now I'm working on finishing this top
and putting together
some Japanese fabric themed quilts.

Quilts need to be finished for Kristine,

then one for Kathleen and the kids.

And my sister,

and her kids,

and...

April 2013

Broken Dishes 

click on links to see more photos of the quilt.

Broken Dishes Finished

Making of Broken Dishes Quilt - HST

There are more quilts to add 

and I will do that

when I have finished them.

Yay!!! It's Been Raining!

California is getting wet.

It is supposed to rain all week

Wow! The deck is even wet.
Almost all the way up to the house.

And there is the new screen door on the slider.
Ok, I know it is hard to see.
The screen door is all rolled up.
It pulls out sideways.
Pretty neat!

It has been a rainy sleepy day.

I took a nap.

It turned out to be for the afternoon.

Who knew?

It turned out ok.

Tom is getting hamburgers for dinner!

I'm going to go knit on my scarf...

60's Beanie

Well, Kristine says it looks so 60's!

What I really like about this hat

is that by folding the edge inside

the hat becomes much warner

in windy weather

and keeps my ears nice and warm.

Probably having the light purple show up 

in the dark purple isn't the way 

an experienced knitter would have done things.

But I like the effect.

And I had fun learning how to make the

knitted i-cord top loop.

Well, back to knitting on my Dr. Who

type scarf.

I think I have become addicted to knitting!

10 Minute Scarf

Yep!

It takes me 10 minutes

or more

to get across one row.

I'm a beginning slow knitter.

This is a knit one stitch and

then perl the next stitch

all across every row.

Which means switching the yarn from

in front of the needle to the back

or from the back to the front

each stitch.

So, I'm slow.

But I really like the feel of this stitch.

And I'm enjoying listening to audiobooks

while knitting.

This is binge knitting.