Stone Cabin Digital Picture

This is one of the pictures that I took of the Stone Cabin. Wow, somebody sure went to a lot of hard work to build this cabin. It's really quite large even though you can't get a real good sense of the dimensions from the picture.

Stone Cabin Watercolor

This is my rendition of how the Stone Cabin looks when done in watercolor. Have you ever heard of "artistic license"? Ok, ok, I know I need more practice. Sure am having a GREAT time while I am learning to watercolor.

Look and see if you can find my signature.

Things That Are On My Mind

I have been doing some web surfing.....looking for ideas to make my blog better. What I have found is that there sure are a lot of talented people in this world.



I found web sites of men that crochet, one guy designed an afghan he called the "Monet". Fashioned after the impressionistic painter of the same name. Very unique and beautiful.



I found pages that were rather plain and pages that were very dressy. I found sites that were strictly for profit and I found pages that were just for fun. I found pages that were designed to assist those in need. Pages of patterns for outfits for preemie babies, and pages for afghans for the homeless.



There are pages of crochet and knitting patterns for every conceivable "widget" (widget- generalized name for something you have forgotten the name of. Similar to a thingamagig or a hoozywhatchit or a whatchamacallit....aka gadget or gizmo) or need you can think of from Afghans to seat belt covers.



Currently, the computer industry refers to widgets as "a widget (or control) is an interface element that a computer user interacts with, such as a window or a text box"



Meanwhile, did I tell you I have a big pot of Vegetable Soup on the stove? It's touted as being "Miracle Diet Soup", a concoction of many fresh veggies like baby spinach and zuchinni, carrots and onions....well you get the idea. All good for you low calorie oxidant rich veggie soup, only 45 calories per mug. Nice hot soup for a cold dreary and windy day.



I have been thinking about putting some of the pictures I have taken with my trusty digital camera of landscapes on my web page. Most of the pictures I take of the countryside is with the idea of eventually doing them in Watercolor paints. That is another one of the hobbies I have taken up lately. Problem is, I am so new to all of this web page editing stuff I haven't figured out how to post them. Now if my college age tax right off were here and not away at school studying to be an engineer, my problems would be over. Facepage taught the young folks how to HTML the easy way. Alas, I must venture forth on my own and try to figure it out. I am sure I could contact my friend Walt and ask him for assistance, however, I don't want him to know how far advanced his computer skills are to mine. I will figure it out on my own......someday......soon I hope.



Once I have accomplished the part about adding other elements to my page, I want to post a real easy pattern for knitted slippers a wonderful person named TC gave me years ago. Nice easy beginners pattern. Last time I made the pattern up it was for my second born child, who only got to wear the cute little slippers once and that was after I physically stuffed baby's foot into them just to say that they were worn once. They now hang from the rearview mirror of Daddy's old blue pickup. I always get a warm fuzzy when I look at those slippers.....sure wished I had made them just a smidge larger.



Guess I better sign off here.......am forcing myself to try and learn how to add new elements. Hmmmm, maybe I will just take a wee little nap and think on it for awhile. Right after I finish my Red Rasberry tea. Gee, I need to add a few more rows to that sweater I want to have done before next year.

Did I ever tell you it once took me almost twenty years to finish a Ripple Afghan for my second born? My excuse was I didn't buy enough yarn to begin with and could never find the same dye lot. Then life kinda got in the way, you know, things like work and raising kids and going back to school. What started out as a crib sized afghan ended up being almost seven foot long. I had some help.......taught the youngun to crochet. Great job too. You have to admit I have perserverance. Seems to me that I started that afghan the same time I knitted those cute little slippers.



Hope everyone has a great week.


Tah
RRR

my first knitted sock

This is the first sock I knitted. Notice I didn't say "pair"? I haven't done the mate to it yet, the

yarn kept splitting and I got frustrated.

However, it is on my todo list ;)

A Plethora of Personalities

Hi everyone,

I have spend a lot of time thinking about what I want this site to contain.

I have never been able to decide what I want to be when I grow up as there are just toooo many choices. What I have come to realize is that I am a person with varied interests and all the parts make up the whole.

I just recently took up knitting; again. I have made 2 1/2 pairs of socks (the very first pair the yarn was NOT sock knitting yarn and split real bad) and am currently working on making a sweater. All because of a couple of paperback novels written by Debbie Macomber about her yarn shop. There are even patterns for socks made on double point needles and circular needles in her books. There also some very cool characters in her books. I enjoyed her writings.

I have also taken up Watercolor painting. I used to think watercolors were wimpy but that is not the case any longer. I have done about 8 pictures and have most of them displayed in my laundry room. I have moved beyond hanging my work on the fridge. :)

It will be fun to talk with others that share some of my interests.

Take care all and see you soon.

RRR

What will this blog become?

I am just getting this blog started and needed to post a little something. I am not sure exactly where this will take me but I have grabbed the proverbial "bull by the horns" and headed off on my journey.

"Let the games begin"
R