JUST CHIT CHAT

Did anyone else's blog have a few hundred hits over the last couple days or was it because of my "Nose Job" headline?  I know in the past there were many of us who had an enormous amount of visits so wonder if this is another freak outbreak of something similar.

Also, have you ever eaten an Asian pear?  I hadn't until recently when someone gave me 10 huge pears.  I'd never seen pears this big and was told when they turn yellow they are ready to eat and are sweet.  I've never seen Asian pears sold at my local grocery stores.  Later that day I washed one and sliced a piece off.  It was sweet but crunchy, which surprised me.  So Googled Asian pears to learn they are crunchy like an apple, you can read about them HERE.   

Above picture is only 4 of the dozen I was given.  Since then I've had chunks of sweet pears in my green salads, made a pear crisp and still have a few pears left and in the fridge.

The last couple days I've been in a turtleneck and sweats.  Look at the temperatures for the next few days.  Guess I'd better make tracks and accomplish what I can in the yard before the real cold weather comes in.

I've pulled a few more loops on Magdalena's Double Horses and will give you an update soon.  Not sure when that will be as I've yard work tomorrow and have been informed there will be a rug pattern order coming my way soon.

Happy hooking.

Saundra

NOSE JOB

Bet the title got your attention, didn't it, lol.  The nose job wasn't for me, it was for a rug pattern I drew my boy Ben in and hooked several years ago named Golden in the Garden.  You can see the original pattern HERE.

The rug has been hanging in my bedroom since it was completed and every time I looked at it knew the snout was too long- he looked more like a Doberman than a Rottweiler.  

This is the before.

Below is how he looks now.

Perhaps I removed too much of the nose because now the body looks too long, legs too short but was drawing in Ben over top of a dog already drawn.  If you want to see the original Golden and missed the link above, you can get there by clicking HERE.

And here is a photo of my boy from which I drew over the Golden.  Loved that boy.  Cannot believe I adopted him November 2011 and didn't have him nearly long enough.

Worked outside for a couple hours today picking up limbs and bits the tree men neglected to gather up, smoothed out tire impressions made in the yard and I'm sure I'll sleep well tonight.

Saundra

TEMPTATION

I have more wool than I can use up in my lifetime and in every color combination possible.  Why then, when getting The Wool Studio samples am I tempted to buy one or two yards of the wool I see?  Hey, I quit smoking cold turkey, no patches, no hypnotization ~ just quit.  But wool? 

BTW, the colors of wool you see on The Wool Studio web site are way different than the samples in a flyer.  For those of you who don't get the wool samples here is a photo below.  I particularly like Sky Bridge which is the 3rd one down in the middle sheet.  But looks so very different on the web site which is not nearly as interesting as the sample.

And just for comparison, here is a screen shot of one page on the web site which includes Sky Bridge.  I also liked Salt and Pepper but figured a good overdye of some wool already in my stash could sorta resemble that.

In other news, I'm having some tree work done and thankfully that gawd awful gum tree out front will be gone after today.  Plus other work which amounts to the cost of 71 yards of wool, 😬.  Wish I could afford to have all the gum trees removed but this one is more troublesome since it is in the very front of my house.

Here is a before photo of the gum tree but you can't see all those gum balls which are the main pain.  The guys are working in the back and side yard on other trees right now.

Here  is the after.

A humongous dead oak was removed and it was huge.  The after stump is hard to see even with the red outline.  I've still another huge oak tree closer to the house and hope it lives.  Although it was a falling branch which bent the leaf filter system just after the new roof was put on.  You'll love it in the woods they said....

A dermatologist appointment tomorrow and dread the hour drive there.  Wish there was one in my town.  But maybe I'll stop and pick up a couple things I need; but I always think that but will probably be anxious to get back home instead.  There's no place like home.

Saundra

Magdalena's Double Horses Update

Actually, guess that should be 'Magdalena's one of two horses update'.  Sure appears to show my leisurely hooking of this design as not much has been accomplished since the first post on 9/20.  Think a lot of time is taken up looking thru the wool baggies ~ gotta use those strips up or they will multiply.

I'm surrounded by numerous bags of woolie worms and rather than put what I don't choose at that moment back in their respective bags, I place them on the sofa arm, end table and another table.  

Why?  Figure they will be close at hand and make it easier to locate?  And when the rug is completely hooked all those strips will need to find their way back to the proper color baggie.

Today was a nice warm day and even reached the high 80's.  BUT, tomorrow temperatures will only be in the low 60's once again, with rain in the forecast.  Plans are to make soup tomorrow so I can enjoy it a couple days then freeze some for future use.

Happy Hooking everyone.

Saundra

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