She has no grand kids at the moment,none in the future, but she got a pattern from my friend Helen who took pity on Mary who was going crazy making socks or mitts.
I, on the other hand got sick of sewing messes and cut up an old sheet, about one inch wide, and decided to crochet a basket.
Um, the man of this house thinks I should go back to the sewing thing as he saw me attacking the
crochet hook with such a vengeance that he noted that he thought crocheting was like knitting, you know a kinder gentler craft. It was tough, but I made it in an afternoon.
I may make more...
This was a house we passed on our trip through Maine. The gardens were filled with inpatients and even though the weather had been very dry, these flowers were spectacular as we passed the house resplendent with a beautiful veranda dripping with hanging baskets of beautiful flowers.
Finally, what with the water being so low every where this year, we visited what had been my great grandfathers farm. There used to be a cabin on this little lake, but that had been torn down since our last visit to the land. But we spent an hour wandering through the property looking for signs of the past. Sad for us so I don't think we will ever visit the place again.
We have had rain. Much needed rain, but not enough to actually lower the fire warnings around the area. A glorious day once more on our little piece of paradise, but the days are winding down. It is now dark by 8:30, very dark indeed.
3 comments :
the land of your g-grandpa's farm looks so pretty - yes I know sometimes sad to visit - you remember how it was with the cabin and now no longer there.
Pretty flowers, our burn ban has been lifted thank goodness that was a long 5 months.
Karen
The weather around the world has gone mad. We finally have some sunshine and the start of Autumn is beautiful, the Indian Summer that we hoped would arrive is doing us proud. I hope it lasts for a while yet. It has been such a gloomy and wet summer. The wettest for 100 years here. I agree with the need to try something new now and again. Sounds like you could get rid of some angst with that crochet hook.
Your family farm was in a pretty spot! That's a cute little basket, even if it was hard work all the way. Love the hats too. I'm glad you had rain, we are hoping for some here too - but the forecast says we have to wait several more weeks.
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