Happy Halloween:0

Halloween Eve

Hurricane Sandy brought us lots of strong wind & even a dusting of snow! Can't remember having snow in October before.

Monday Music

One Moment

OTN

AwareKnits by Vickie Howell & Adrienne Armstrong is a book full of beautiful knits. Wrist Factor & Solar Sweetie are two of my favorites that I have made. I always find myself coming back to page 18 every year! These will be for me:)

Monday Music

Dare you not to dance")

Weekend

Soccer, Soccer & More Soccer..Plus Farm Fun trip.. kind of sums up the weekend:0

Dirt

I took these over the weekend at a local farm that we picked pumpkins at. For those of you who are wondering why I am snapping pictures of dirt, oddly enough this reminds me of being a kid, not the pumpkin picking..I never remember doing that as a child, but I do remember spending alot of time outside. I saw these big tractor treads & crumbling earth patches & it reminded me of the times I would find the "just right" cracked & dried mud puddle just right for jumping on & cracking open. It felt really good. I remembered my walks on the dirt paths behind my house. I even had them numbered 1st, 2nd & 3rd paths. They were the paths the tractors came down to farm tobacco. Funny how a little patch of dirt can remind you of a long ago home.

OTN & off..

Thank you Amanda Soule over at www.soulemama for sharing a link to this quick, fun knit. It's just in time for the colder morning walks. http://spiderwomanknits.typepad.com/swk/2012/09/free-pattern-the-vermonter.html I'm calling mine "The Ohioer" Getting my knit on:)

Monday Music

How I still love " The Cars!"

Weekend Walk

Book or two

Maddie introduced all of us to this cute "golden-haired" hamster named Humphrey. If you havent heard of him, check out this series by Betty Birney. It's a perfect read aloud & the characters are ones you'll remember from elementary school. http://www.bettybirney.com/ I always end up reading too many books at once, but this one hits home. "the element" by Ken Robinson. Here he is talking at TED talk.

Embrodiery - Kid Crafts

Growing up I never learned many crafts, except one....cross-stitching. My mom & my sister both made these great cross-stitched projects. I have a few hanging in our house. It was the only craft I ever felt confident at. I remember in Art Appreciation Class, our end of the semester project, we were asked to create a "hand-made" item relative to our art history curriculum. I had no idea what I would come up with..I remember thumbing through the thick pages of our text book & admiring all the talented people before my time. I ended up, yes..cross-stitching a "native american art piece." I still have it! Framed & proudly diplayed on our basement bookshelf! I never knew I had any talents until I pulled them out of thin air. I guess that's why I remind my kids all the time how talented they are. We all are! It's in there..just keep looking. Kid Craft Project thanks to a visit to "sew to speak" with Maddie & Yaya. Luckily the pattern was iron-on transferable & I was able to make two for both Jack & Maddie. Not quite cross-stitching, but reminisicent.

On & Off the Needles (OTN is BACK!)

I mailed by first knitted gift of the season to a new baby & big sister today. It felt good! Here's the pattern for the hat found over at ravelry.com http://www.ravelry.com/patterns/library/baby-hat-with-jacket-in-bamboozle & the bow..it's easy peasey..knit 10 stitches garter on size 5 needles & then bind off, make another for the middle with 4 stitches on size 5 needles. sew into a look & slide over to make a cute little bow. or you could just wrap yarn aroundthe middle to create a bow. You can alter this to all sizes of course. I just attached it by tying it to a headband :0 .

Monday Music

Posting this morning reminds me that our blog resembles a video blog at the moment. Monday Monday Monday music...repeat! Sorry, blogging/typing has been pushed to the back burner..just haven't felt the urge to sit still & type lately. BUT with Fall here & the temps getting cooler, I have pulled out the needles..knitting my first hat & headband/bow for a new baby in the family. Hopefully this will movitate me back into posting on a regular basis. Remember my OTNs..I've missed that. I also want to take a picture walk this week & capture some of these beautiful fall colors that are popping up everywhere. Sea Wolf playing on Pandora so Happy Monday Music to you.

Monday Music

Favorite song on their new album:) I honestly only like about half of the songs on the new disc & love maybe two:) Maddie seems to be an instant fan & likes Track 1 - Erase Me. Something about that one, I'm not really loving. I occasionally hear Jack sing a lyric or two...I think making fun of me singing:) Still glad to see these three magic men making music again. I'll always be a fan.