Cultivation
Imagine a sculpture
You work on every day.
If you stop, the beauty
goes away.
.
Deng Ming~Dao
In the midst of this heat~wave, some lovely things are popping up in the garden 🙂
Celebrations
Today has been a day of celebration in our house, for various reasons. I finished planting my garden, in spite of the nasty hazy, hot and humid weather. We celebrated my middle daughter’s 20th birthday and today is the first anniversary of my blog!
In honor of this anniversary, I ordered a little something. If you click on the "celebrate" picture, you might be able to guess……..what is it?? Why, I have broken down to celebrate my "birchiness" Normally I don’t like to do what everyone else is doing, but once I caught a glimpse of birch done in this colorway on Jackie’s site…….there was no turning back.
It has been a wonderful year blogging. I have met new friends, broadened my horizons and have pushed myself to be a more consistent fiber person………..Thank~you all for being a part of my year!
Lazy Hazy Summer Nights
Summer is here with a bang. The temps have been in the 90’s for the last few days and no end is in sight.
Living in New England can be a challenge, but the best part is if you wait a few days, the weather will change. Keeps life interesting 🙂
One of the things that I love to do on hot summer evenings is to sit out in the back yard and watch the dogs romp, with a glass of wine, a book or some knitting………..and of course, part of living in New England are the PIA black flies and big fat mosquitoes…….so a bottle of botanical OFF, is always on my table.
I am working away on my smoke ring on the evenings that I get to sit out in the yard. I had hoped that I would be finished, but I still have a few more inches to go.
I really love this pattern! It is an easy pattern to memorize, which makes it fun and easy to carry along.
Isn’t the pattern pretty?
I will leave you with this picture. Tonight as we celebrated Ashley’s departure from her teen years, my grandson discovered chips. My dad, his great grandfather, plopped him up on the island between 3 different bowls of chips………you have to click on this picture to appreciate his expression.
MINE……….they’re all MINE!!! Mwaa ha ha!!
God help his mother………haha!!
Have a great Monday!! Stay cool~
The Woolen Rabbit 
What a beautiful dahlia photo!
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Happy Blogiversary Kim! Your smoke ring is looking beautiful, and the grandson picture is positively hysterical!
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Congratulations on so many wonderful things!
LOVE the birchiness being celebrated. And, love the celebrate sign.
Your grandson is precious!
And your smoke ring? Stunning!
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I have really been trying to avoid Birch as I do not have the pattern, and I have sooo many projects going. But between your post and Cassie’s finished shawl, it’s geting hard to avoid.-
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I’ll bet you will really enjoy Birch in that yummy color. And Happy Birthday to your daughter!
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Hmmm….Botanical Off, huh? The most pressing question I have is: does it work?
Happy blogiversary!
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Love the Dahlia, the smokering and your grandson. Sounds like you have it all!!!!
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Happy Birthday, Happy Blogiversary, happy garden, and happy knitting!
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That lace pattern is just beautiful! I love it!
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The smoke ring pattern is really beautiful. I don’t really want the item, but I’d love to use that stitch pattern for something else!
Your grandson looks positively rabid – what a hoot!
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Happy Blogiversary, Kim!!!!!
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Happy blogversary – love the celebrate sign – how appropriate in a garden. And the smoke ring … I AM so not looking at it. No. Not going to look. But it is enticingly beautiful.
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Congrats on the 1 year! The lace pattern is beautiful, btw. So is the grandson!
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What a great post! And you even saved the best for the last – that hyterical picture of your grandson learning the joys of junk food.
Congratulations on your blogiversary. I’ve enjoyed your blog since the first time I found it and hope you intend to keep it going for a second year.
The smoke ring is gorgeous, both the knitting and the perfect “smoke” ring color.
Does that botanical OFF work? If so, I’m off to the store because we’ve got way too many biting flies here to enjoy being outdoors and I hate smearing myself with chemicals.
Poor Sunny gets bitten on the belly. Do you think it would be OK to put on a dog?
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Happy Blogiversary! Your grandson is adorable — look at those eyes :-)!
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What a cutey! I love it when kids discover new food. They have the best expressions. I still remember my nephew and mashed potatos.
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The quote is perfect and that flower picture is amazing! I love how birch is popping up all over your garden;-) And the smoke ring is gorgeous.
Happy Bloggy day! Isn’t this Blogland of ours a special place to play? Glad to count you as friend and always enjoy your posts.
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Happy blogiversary! And I love the smoke ring – I got the pattern and plan to make one for my mom. It’s lovely.
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Happy celebrations all around! The dahlia picture is so beautiful. I love the grandson pic – he looks like he has discovered Nirvana!
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I remember those hot New England days. Hope a change comes soon! Happy to all the anniversaries and treasures!
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The smoke ring, the flower, the baby, all beautiful! Congrats on your blog-iversary! I guess I found you pretty soon after you started then!
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everything you posted pictures of is beautiful (I love the “Celebrate” sign!) but the cutie at the end takes the cake, or is it takes the chips?
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