Yarn Along...

 With Valentine's Day less than a week away, I've been thinking

red & ♥hearts♥...

 And  tiny huggable teddies small enough to tuck into gifts...

 And then it's Easter :-)

 So the hearts were crocheted in pastels ...

Reading "Simply Imperfect" .  It happened to be displayed at the Library the other day while I was there picking up a hold.  I was drawn to the simplicity of the cover and once I opened the pages I knew it was going in my book bag!

I hadn't heard of Wabi Sabi (although we've apparently been living the Wabi Sabi lifestyle).  The Wabi Sabi view is one which celebrates nature and it's cycles ~ EMBRACES imperfection. I was not surprised to find that Thoreau (whose writings I adore & fill up a good portion of my Quote books) was considered a Wabi person ♥

Texture Tuesdays...

 

The Light of Letters

Kim Klassen Texture: Revolution

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The art of art

the glory of expression

and the sunshine of the light of letters

is simplicity

~Walt Whitman~

♥ Bundles ...

 Today was a baking day ...

 Cookies to keep

&

Cookies to give ...

Cookies are made of butter and love
~Norwegian Proverb~

 Wrapped up in Valentine ribbon ...

little bundles of love

And while I waited for the timer to go off, letting me know the next batch was ready to come out of the oven, I enjoyed a cup of tea, read, and enjoyed an Oatmeal Raisin Cookie too :-)

Oatmeal Raisin Cookies

1 cup softened butter

1 cup brown sugar

1 large free range egg

1 tsp vanilla

1 1/2 cups all purpose flour

1 tsp baking soda

1/4 tsp salt

1 1/4 cups quick cooking rolled oats

1 cup Raisins (more or less to suit your taste)

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In a large bowl, cream the butter and brown sugar.  Add egg and vanilla and beat until smooth.

Combine flour, b soda and salt and add to butter mixture.

Add rolled oats and raisins and mix well.

Using a tablespoon, drop on parchment covered cookie sheets about 2 inches apart.  Bake 350F for approx 10 minutes.  Cool on wire racks. 

Enjoy!

Sunday Serenity ...

 Not only did the Black Capped Chickadees fly to us this weekend on our walk ... they stayed on our hand while they ate :-)


At times there were two or three waiting in line ...



 They have made our walks so enjoyable ...

One touch of Nature

makes the whole world

kin

~William Shakespeare~

52 Friday...

5/52

UNDERSTAND

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Look deep into nature

and you will

understand

everything

~Albert Einstein~

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When my daughter & I were out walking a few mornings ago, we came across this gorgeous male Cardinal enjoying some seed (thought the bird house was wonderful too).

He stopped eating when I brought out the camera & struck what I thought was a lovely pose :-)

Thankful {things I love} Thursday...

 ♥ Vintage Girl at Heart ♥

~Is there anything more vintage than an apron?~

I was 11  the first time I saw my name in print.  I'd won a writing contest in our local newspaper.  Not surprisingly, it was for a story about my cat :-)

 Even though that was a long time ago ... it's still exciting to see your name beside something you have thought about and created.

 Volume 4 of Apron*ology arrived in my mailbox at the beginning of the week.  My Vintage canvas apron is there & I am honoured & so Thankful to be alongside so many talented artisans.

This apron concept was very different from my others in that I started with a canvas apron (from the Dollar store) as my blank slate. I had read on so many blogs that there was either no time to sew from scratch or people felt they were sewing challenged so never bothered .  Using a canvas like this is perfect.  Now you have all the fun of making it truly personal.  All the laces and trim used are vintage found at a garage sale a few years ago.  Hopefully I'll come across a treasure like that again as I've almost gone through  every little bit!

*A special Thankyou to all those at Apron*ology*

Yarn Along...

 

 Finished knitting  Eli the Elephant & he is all ready for gift giving February 14th.  I know my hubby will find him as cute as I do ♥  The only thing I did different to the pattern was change the tail.  Instead of knitting it, I did a simple double row SC crochet which turned into a sweet little twirl on its own .

I added a little heart shawl (for those cold Winter nights) too.

I have some teeny little gold bells that I might sew on along the edge.

 Trying to "master colour knitting" so picked up this book from the Library.

On the needles now ~ Knitting lots and lots of little Hexagons to turn into a warm wintry throw.

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Joining in with Yarn Along today.

Happy Knitting & Happy February 1st.