It's A Hat!

Well, almost a hat...

Slouchy hat, my design, in the works.

This month has been devoted to

knitting and crocheting

hats and beanies.

Mostly relearning how to knit and crochet.

The last time I did any needle work

was in the 80's.

So, my skills are rusty

and I'm having to decipher

all the 

abbreviations.

The really good patterns 

have a page devoted to translations. 

I need to look up things like 

psso and then look up

how to do it.

So,

basically since I dislike directions 

I just started knitting.

Much easier on my nerves.

So, much more relaxing.

The best thing for me about 

knitting and crocheting 

is 

if things go wrong

all I have to do is 

unravel the yarn,

wind it up and start again!

Life should be so forgiving.

Snow Fall 2015

First snow of this year.

And so far the only snow here.

Not much.

Didn't stick for long.

greenhouse, woodshed, car, deck

The rain that came along with the snow

wasn't much either.

As a storm it was better than nothing

and much appreciated 

but

I do long for lots of rain

and inches

if not feet of snow.

California is running dry.

Wonder if El Nino will really deliver

on the iffy promise

of a wet winter

and a snowpack?

I've been around here since the 40's

and always remember

California

alternating between too much rain and floods 

and cries of reservoirs going dry

and crops in need of water. 

Seems to me that swings between

drought and an excess of water 

are pretty much the norm for California.

I do enjoy the in-beteen times.

Unpacking Memories

Unpacking Christmas decorations

for me

is like unpacking memories of

Christmases past.

Memories are not always easy to deal with

but I have found that 

my memories are good ones

since I use my mental delete key 

and erase the

unpleasant ones.

And have kept only the 

happy decorations.

That might be considered cowardly

but 

it works for me.

Happy Day After Thanksgiving

This afternoon was spent partially

packing away

Thanksgiving decorations

and unpacking and  putting up decorations for

Christmas.

The Fall flag was one of the first things

to change places with the more 

current theme.   

When this photo is enlarged,

it becomes evident

that there is blue sky and light

above us and that here

under the trees we dwell in shadow.

Oak tree shade.

A few pines.

Fewer madrone.

Nice and cool in the Summer.

Really cold now.

I'm going to give blogging

another go...

and post at least one photo everyday.

There may not be many words

or any words

to accompany the photo

but at least there will be a photo.

And maybe with the pressure off 

of producing text

I will come up with lots of words?

Maybe?