Maui

This is a sugarcane field in the foreground and a...well coming from flat North Dakota I'd call this a mountain...
Picture taken the first day we got here.








This is the top of a mountain that we drove up today. It is 10,000 feet above sea level and was cool and windy. And we were above the clouds! We saw the crater left from the volcano. Very fun! I have a picture of the crater in the camera which I can post when we get home.

Leaving on a jet plane....

do know when I'll be back again... That is if the weather here cooperates and we don't come back to a blizzard! Haven't seen any forecasts for then so don't know what it'll be like.

I'll try to take a picture or two and post while we are gone. But if I don't I'll be sure to do a post when we get back.

Bye bye! :D

A finish and a start...on shawls

Last Sunday I finished knitting the Forest Beauty Shawl. This week I got it blocked and a few rather inadequate pictures were taken today. All the info about it here on Ravelry.




















To be honest, I got a little bored with the project and even after blocking it looks like it is going to be prone to curling on the long edge. In that way it's a disappointment. And I might not have made the best selection on yarn color...it just looks like it should be socks and not a shawl. Live and learn.










The lace is pretty though....













So now I have started another shawl. This one really is simple but I went into it knowing that so can't really complain to much about getting bored! ;) Here is the info on Ravelry. I think this is the project that will travel with me & DH to Hawaii later this week.














And I think we got an excellent time to get out of town. The predicted high for the day we leave is minus 10. o.0

Do you recall...

Ivory Soap Flakes? I always used it to wash our boys' clothes when they were infants. We've got snow that looks so much like it...with a little sparkle thrown in for fun!

Does anyone else remember Ivory Flakes? Or am I the ancient one? :)

This is am experiment....

DH and I are going on a trip later this month and I've been wondering if I could blog from my Droid phone.

It's looking good so far!! :D

The cats might not be any happier than they were when this picture was taken!!

A little knitting, a little weather and a big wish...

I'm advancing right along on the sock. I love all the stripeyness! :) Almost ready to start the toe.




















The weather is very...umm...wintery. The temperature is -6. The wind is 28 mph. And that adds up to a wind chill of -33. Brrr. And they are forecasting 2-4" of snow. So with that wind and the snow we'll have a blizzard. I sure hope no one is planning on traveling anywhere....
























I want to wish you all a very Happy New Year! The best part of having a blog is meeting new people from far and near and making wonderful friends of them. I hope the new year is a healthy and satisfying year.

"The Three Little Bears Get Ready For Christmas" Storybook

The 3 bears needed a book to tell their story so I wrote one for them...

























































































































































Each grandkid gets their own book. Each book is sewn together with their bear's yarn and there is also a picture of each grandkid on the back of the book.

I hope they enjoy the book and read it and use it but also keep it as a keepsake from Gramma & Granpa.

Please excuse the problems with tense in the book....I'm new at book publishing. ;)