Still Behind....

But, I'm going to try to catch up!  Honest!

Here is a better picture of the blanket for Aunt Jeannie's soon-to-arrive grand-daughter.

You can see the little roses better and then you can see why I chose to put knitted roses on the corners of the blanket.  The little roses came from Aunt Peggy.  She had them at her house and asked me one day if I would have any use for them.  I thought they finished off this outfit just perfectly and thought of her very fondly while I sewed them on.  I hope Lauren and her parents like them too!

This is the hat of the next outfit I made for the hospital.  I just liked it and thought you might like to see it up close!

And, here is the rest of the outfit.  Any of you who have known me for a long time will know that I have been knitting this popcorn set from an old pattern book that I have had since Mommy was just a little girl!  I've gotten more proficient at it over the years and pretty yarn like this makes it even better!

Here is Taffy showing off her relaxed, but chic, outfit for a cooler day this spring - just before we got our heat wave!

And.... this is the blanket I was working on in May - I have sent another one since then - and I will show you the picture of this one all finished when I get to that folder in my pictures (that means sometime "soon").  It is almost done in this picture, I just added a border and sent if off to the hospital with Auntie Cecile.

Poppa and Squeegie were taking a break - doing some jigsaw puzzles on the computer - Poppa loves doing that (and of course Squeegie helps him immensely!).

But - it didn't take too long before Poppa was outside working again - seeping up the sand that washed down from the road during a big rainfall .

Vacation ....

At the end of June - just before school was done - Mommy and Daddy took the little boys for a vacation (while Daddy could get some time off!)....

...... with Grandma they rented a cottage in Muskoka - this is the view from the cottage!  Wow!  Nice picture Mommy!

They had lots of fun in and around the water and...

...of course they helped with the chores!  They are doing the dishes - no dishwasher there I guess!  I am told they had a great time and it was a relaxing break from the routine of working and going to school!  While they were there....

.... I knitted this little outfit for Lauren - that is to be the name of Aunt Jeannie's first grandchild (provided the ultra-sound didn't lie and the baby is a girl!).  Auntie Pauline had a big shower for Travis and Nicole, as well as Baby Lauren, in the clubhouse at the golf course (where Poppa golfs!).  It was really good - there were a lot of us as well as Nicole's family.  Now we are just awaiting news from the city to advise us of the arrival near the beginning of August!

Golf Anyone?

Last year Poppa went golfing for the first time about the middle of April.  This year - finally - on May 10th.........

... he headed into the garage to clean his clubs up in preparation for this year.

He checked his golf bag out carefully to see how it fared during the cold weather...

..... then when satisfied that all was well, he loaded them into the car....

......... ready to head to the golf course.  Finally, I get some peace and quiet to get something done ( and more time for knitting!).  As you can tell by the long pants and light jacket that he is wearing - it was still rather chilly then, in fact....

.... it was still chilly enough for Taffy to be wearing her sweater and bunny slippers while she chatted on the phone!

But, it was mild enough that Poppa had started working on his front flower display!  Hurray!

More Knitting

The weather has been so chilly.....

.... that in the middle of March, Taffy was still wearing her winter clothes!  And since it wasn't nice enough to do too much...

... I just kept on knitting!  Blankets use up lots of yarn and I'm still trying to use up some of my stash (so I can get more new yarn!)...

... and this blanket turned out quite nicely - all made from stash yarn - except for the white.  I liked it, so when I got it finished....

.... I took it to the hospital and Auntie Cecile sent me this photo of it on display in the tuck shop.  On the right side of the photo you can see a couple of lovely crocheted blankets made by another volunteer - so pretty! She also sent this picture.....

... where you can see some of my other projects also hanging, along with some items made by other folks.  Last time I was in they were all gone except for a couple of items.  Soon....

.... I found myself sewing a lace border on another blanket (can you tell I enjoy knitting that heart pattern on baby blankets?😊) ... I liked this one even more.....

... and once again I didn't buy any yarn - and my stash was getting smaller - so I ordered some more!

While I waited for it to arrive, I decided it was time for a change of pace.  With the stash and springtime in my mind, I created this little sweater and hat.  Then,

... still with those things in mind I made another little sweater.  When I look at this one I picture a little person in the garden with a packet of seeds in one pocket and a little spade in their hand.

Kevin popped in for a visit one day - he brought Teddy with him - Teddy loves Poppa so they had a snuggle.  I think Kevin really came to show me this picture...

....... to prove to me that he actually got a wild turkey when he was hunting!  I'm still waiting for a drumstick!

What is Poppa doing???

Oh... I mentioned to him one day, that my Dyson stick wasn't working properly - he took it all apart and cleaned all the pieces - it is working just fine now!

Here is another picture....

.. taken on May 28th - as you can see, the bears are still wearing warm clothing - still not very springlike weather - but at least the snow has gone.

I guess the most important thing that happened since I last posted....

....... you can see in this and the following picture.  This one was taken sometime prior to the end of March.....

... and this one was taken April 2nd.  Can you spot the difference???

Oh yes..........

... I finished one more blanket.  This one has fuzzy yarn in the borders and each white zig-zag - but you can't really tell in this picture.  You can tell I was using up smaller bits of yarn from the stash - as each stripe is a different size!  What fun!

A Couple of Things I Missed!

After Munchie had been home for a few days.....

.... and he was back to school, his assignment in art class was to draw a picture of what he did during March break...here it is!  The top row is Munchie, myself and Poppa.  The bottom row is Munchie and Mommy when they went to the mall while Curtie was here. If you click on the picture it will enlarge so you can see it better.  He looks happy to be with Nanna and Poppa!

One of our neighbours asked for a very small favour which we were happy to do.  A couple of days later........

........ these beautiful spring tulips were delivered to our front door by her daughter.  Taffy admired them for a much longer time than I had anticipated they would last.  Such a pretty colour and it was still cold out so they brightened our days!

In fact, it was chilly enough that the bears still had their warm jammies on.  Taffy almost fell - but Charlee caught her just in time!

More Projects

I have finished a couple of more projects...

.... one of which required another long length of lace border to be attached....

.... but Taffy gave me a hand with the sewing and the end result was quite nice.  That picture doesn't really show the colors too well though - too bright!

And - this one is too dark - but those are the best pictures I could get that day - the lighting just wasn't favorable!  Anyway - as you can see, this blanket was quite girlie... so ...

...... I took a break from my knitting needles while Curtis came for a couple of days during the school March break.  He was only here for a couple of days because.....

............ Munchie had to have a turn too.  He was happy to see Squeegie, but bored with my household chores, so he was actually watching TV while Poppa was having a coffee with Uncle David.  He was only here for a short time too, and then....

... I got my knitting needles back out again and made a girlie outfit to send to the hospital with the blanket.

Catch Up

Here I am - trying to get caught up again.  It should get easier - since the golf season has started and Poppa is busy doing that, which gives me more time to work on the blog!

So....

........ after spending about 3/4 of an hour stitching on the lace border for this blanket......

... here is the finished product.  It is amazing how different it looks taken in natural light as opposed to the energy-saving light emitted by our light fixtures!  Anyway - it has since gone to the hospital tuck shop and disappeared rather quickly!  That is good!

Of course, I am so far behind in my posts that it was still chilly then and you can see the bears are wearing their warm fleece pyjamas!  And....

......... they had to put their winter coats on to go out for breakfast on Saturday mornings!

In the meantime.....

......... Poppa took some leisure time and did jigsaw puzzles on his computer.... nice to see him relaxing for a change!