Anna's sweater

Anna's sweater
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See? Told you I was knitting...however as I was about to put the cutest little buttons on Anna's sweater, I realized that two of my buttonholes had misbehaved. This means I get to rip out the buttonhole stuff...and to do this, I have to rip out the collar as well, since it's sort of attached to the buttonhole thingie, then I'll rip out the other side where the buttons would go and re-knit a bit. Soon as I decide which of two nifty yarns to use for trimming up the wee jacket.

I blame all this on Agatha Raisin! I would have noticed something was not quite right, but I was reading and knitting...(and giggling at silly puppies.)

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More window view..
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Yep, probably appears obsessive puppyposting to normal people, but I'm so amused by small things. They seem to be in a full-belly coma, resting up for their next onslaught at the dinner bowl or stirring themselves to tease Ms. Dumpling the hen that visits them often.
(Of course I'm knitting! Why do you ask...?)

I'm experimenting with Wordpress again, since Blogger went to the new stuff. (http://psalm.wordpress.com/)
Still not 100% sure about moving, it's not easy leaving behind my little daily bits I've accumulated. If anyone has any views on the blogger vs. wordpress, I'd love hearing from you.

Breakfast Ready?

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Even Allen is finding the pups hard to resist! (I have my eye on a couple, and might keep one...but which one??) Peeker, Booboo, Freckles, Tannie, Cotton, Fiddle, (Fiddle was so named after he managed to get on top of a chicken coop where he yodeled gleefully at the others, but "Fiddler" didn't exactly fit him) Spinner and the irrepressable "Gnash" Rambler.

And not one of the little darlings has made a poo on my back deck! I knew they were brilliant little creatures :D

Meantime...still knitting along on that family blanket, altho there seems less time for me to knit lately...

See them grow!

The accidental puppies are getting quite tubby! The mom is a stray that was dumped on the road (or ran away from home) a couple years ago, and of course she immediately located our house, possibly homing in on the scent of fresh biscuits. (She loves biscuits and buttermilk) Unfortunately she has been treated so badly in life that she's afraid of coming near a human, therefore I haven't found a way to catch her and have her spayed. She's fat and seems happy with her present lot in life, but we're thinking up ways to catch her and make her life a tad better. She's sweet-tempered and a pretty little thing. I dont mind her retiring here in comfort for the rest of her life, but finding homes for the cuties is challenging. (Ohhhh, they are ADORABLE! And so is the Mom!)
We live in a very rural area, so imbeciles often dump the tragic results of their heartlessness on the roads. Little do they realize that God notices these things.

My "cozies" are here! I love the calmer part of winter, when holidays have settled down and so can we! Wrapping up in a warm woolie shawl with tea and a cozy to read is one of the lovely things of life! I finished the one Aunt Dimity book and have become a complete fan. It's a simple story with just a touch of magic and lots of love...about hope and growing. I have to go feed the puppies and then...I can curl up with the indomitable Agatha Raisin too. Now there's a real character, with all the flaws and doubts of any of us, but...she's real and she's making her way thru life in the village.
As I finish them, I pass them to Amanda to read, then we get to send them on to Theresa! I think our Theresa will like them!

And yes..I do knit while I read and between reads...Amanda and I have begun a blanket that will be a family thing, with each ...well. When done, I'll surprise us, if I talk about it before I finish it...why, it might fly right out of my head and not be finished!

I have neglected the blog terribly over the holidays! I haven't even had time to knit until yesterday, but I made up for it with a spree that got a little baby cardigan made and two books finished. Then I ordered more books! Of course I had to order enough to get the free shipping, so quite a bit of the Agatha Raisin series and a couple Aunt Dimity's are on the way, lol. Nothing quite like having a light cozy to read while immersed in comfy, fluffy knitting!

I will catch up on blogging tho, and fling pictures around gleefully...tomorrow! Meantime, I am absorbing colorful goings-on and various other rather gothic and labrynthine (how is that spelled..!) quirks of small-town southern life.

My resolutions for this year? Hmm...one is to knit more for charity, even a little bit can help. Another is to just listen more. Hard for me to get a word in edgewise around here, but instead of fussing about that, I think I'll hush and listen. If everyone else is talking, it's a safe bet they ain't listening, and someone surely should... Something every person needs is just to be HEARD and SEEN.

Another is to take a nice long, contemplative walk with myself at least 3 times a week. I figure my soul needs the excercise as much as I do.

And I think that's enough resolutions for the year. The rest will take care of itself.