As I begin uploading the photos below into Flickr the Louis Armstrong and Jimmy Durante classic, What a Wonderful World, was playing. I truly feel that I live in a wonderful world. Other people pass along those Fwd: emails that tell you about why we’re supposed to be happy and thankful for your family. They…
I hope everyone has had a safe and happy December thus far! Here on Clear Creek the week has been beautiful! Sleet followed by five-six inches of powdery snow arrived on Christmas Eve. Early in the day Chris and I busied about preparing for what often happens when storms hit our neck of the woods…
You’ve heard of comfort food right? This morning I told Chris I didn’t feel well and I needed comfort knitting. It’s that knitting that isn’t frivolous and isn’t fancy. It just makes you feel good. And usually it’s fast. I think this is part of why people knit dish clothes (although I’ve never done it…
Deadline knitting forces me to invest excessive amounts monogamous knitting time in completing a project. There are no “oooh shiney” diversions when a deadline looms. While in a previous post I wrote that I would not have Mom’s shawl finished in time for Christmas, I then set myself on a path to do just that.…
Here on the creek we like a good cryptic crossword puzzle, primarily The Nation’s puzzle. It arrives weekly and both households take pencil to paper and exorcise our brain cells to twist and turn the clues into the words that only the likes of Frank W Lewis can pull out of his hat. Mr Lewis…
Petals of Pink Champagne Pattern: Echo Flower Shawl by Jenny Johnson Johnen Yarn: Clear Creek Lavender Silk in Pink Champagne Beads: undecided as yet ::Don’t expect it by Christmas Mom:: …………………
This just in…best homemade pizza yet was consumed on Clear Creek tonight. var gaJsHost = ((“https:” == document.location.protocol) ? “https://ssl.” : “http://www.”);document.write(unescape(“%3Cscript src=’” + gaJsHost + “google-analytics.com/ga.js’ type=’text/javascript’%3E%3C/script%3E”));var pageTracker = _gat._getTracker(“UA-xxxxxx-x”);pageTracker._trackPageview(); Now…back to your regularly scheduled yarn-naming contest.Scroll please…..
Four years ago my good friend Danny taught me to knit. Or as Chris has said, that is when I learned I was a natural-born-knitter. To celebrate I’m giving away one skein of merino fingering weight yarn. I dyed it – you name it! (Naming colorways are half the fun of dyeing yarn!) Here’s how…
In 2006 Hershey bought socially responsible chocolate company Dagoba. In 2007 Clorox bought socially responsible personal hygiene company Burt’s Bees. In 2006 Colgate Palmolive bought the primarily vegan Tom’s of Maine personal health care company. Now Hershey wants to purchase British chocolate company Cadbury. DON’T DO IT CADBURY!!! On another note, Chris despises when people…
“Keep the fire going,” was Christopher’s parting advice today as left for a day in town running errands. He needn’t have told me. My day consisted of researching health insurance options online and making phone calls to health insurance brokers in search of a reasonable alternative to our current individual policies. It’s not easy. Some…