your daily fibre

What is it about the week after a holiday Monday?  It seems to go on forever.  I really needed some fibre therapy tonight.  Thank goodness for Thursday night knitting at Yarns on York.  I knit. Henry charms the girls. Everybody's happy!

Henry cozies up on the sofa.

 Admiring Julie's gorgeous new sock yarn.

 This yarn literally has my name all over it.  *Love*

Henry gets playful with Julie. 

And, yes, she knit that little shawlette - cute, right?

warm hands

I've been knitting like mad lately but since most of the items are for Christmas gifts and since most of the recipients read this blog (I hope!), I haven't been able to share any pics.   But yesterday I dropped off and early birthday present to my friend Joan.  This mug cozy is so cute.  Very easy to knit up for a quick little gift for a coffee or tea lover. And it's a great use of your stash yarns.  I like the way the rough grey worsted in this one mixes with the shimmery ladder yarn.   Looking at it I just want to curl up with a mug and have a long chat.   Which is what Joan and I did yesterday. You can find the pattern at Homespun Living.

Happy 39th Anniversary to my Mom & Dad!

What greater thing is there for two human souls than to feel that they are joined for life - to strengthen each other in all labor, to rest on each other in all sorrow, to minister to each other in all pain, to be one with each other in silent, unspeakable memories.

George Eliot

dear diaries

I love, love, love when someone shares a pretty new find they know I'll love too.  My friend Jillanna tipped me off about these sweet mini-diaries over at the mini mart .  As much as I aspire to do better, I'm terrible at keeping detailed journals but the prompts in these diaries help you capture the little sensory details I like to remember about a day.  Plus they're really, really cute!

Photo: the mini mart

There are also cozy postcard sets.  Let's see... mason jar, apple and apron?  These are a few of my favourite things!  (bonus points for including the pencil! )

 Photo: the mini mart

Not only are they pretty, they're part of a really cool project. According to the write-up: "The Penpal Project is a new creative collaboration featuring photos from two friends living 1000 miles apart, who share an interest in baking, simple living & photography."

Sweet!

delicious autumn

Delicious autumn!

My very soul is wedded to it, and if I were a bird I would fly about the earth seeking the successive autumns.

--George Eliot

 

a is for apple

My long two-pointed ladder's sticking through a tree

Toward heaven still,
And there's a barrel that I didn't fill

Beside it, and there may be two or three

Apples I didn't pick upon some bough.

But I am done with apple-picking now.

After Apple-Picking

Robert Frost

Paws for Hope

Today Henry and I took part in the first Paws for Hope in Fredericton in support of the Canadian Cancer Society.  It was a beautiful fall morning to get out and play and raise money for a great cause.

when you're this adorable you make friends easily

my lovely pal Julie couldn't make it but her husband Keith gamely brought Charlie in his pink shirt.  Henry and Charlie became fast friends.

'zausted Henry after a good morning outing