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Bougenvillia

Hello friends,

We began school again this week and Jen begins grade 12 finals next Thursday! I still can’t believe she’s matriculating this year!! Richard is off riding Berg & Bush and loving it. I’ve been busy with my Henrietta Hedgehog test knit and knitting. I also watched the most informative video regarding cancer here, today, it’s long but so important and very interesting. If you have a chance, try to watch some of it.

Our weather has been incredibly hot and dry recently, it seems to agree with this Bougainvillea though, it has never flowered like this in all the years we’ve had it!

Spinach

I’ve decided to plant quite a few veggies in the window box right outside our kitchen, whenever I plant spinach in the veggie patch at the bottom of the garden, the Hadedas’ strip it bare. Just look how well this has grown in my new veggie spot! Yay! There’s nothing like popping out the door and picking supper 🙂

Spike Miriam

This is the first completed test knit project for the new Henrietta Hedgehog pattern over on my Ravelry group. Thanks so much Miriam! Miriam named her project Spike! Love him!

Bath Mat

I’m busy knitting a cotton bath mat. I have plenty of bulky cotton and thought it would knit up into an exceptionally soft mat.

Joining the Yarn Along today.

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Knitting the Color Affection Shawl…

I have been wanting to knit something special ever since I finished my Circumnavigate Cowl and when I saw my friend Rene’s Color Affection Shawl on her Facebook page, I knew this was the project I had been waiting for. I love this shawl because it is a larger than other shawls, an item you can wrap right around yourself and keep warm while going for late afternoon walks (something my mom and I have started doing).

I wanted it to be a luxurious shawl so I scratched through my hand spun stash until I found what I was looking for, an alpaca and merino single spun skein, I bought the roving from here. It is a little bright, but I really think it will knit up into a lovely item. I am alternating the alpaca merino yarn with a solid but slightly variegated kid mohair green (softness….). I love this green, it reminds me of algae, a real pond green, is juxtaposes beautifully next to the purples and teals of the hand spun…

I am busy with my second section of colour repeats and I literally can’t put it down!

Our Wisteria is in full bloom down the one side of our home where our bedrooms are. The scent is absolutely wonderful and the business of the bees and bumble bees is lovely to watch as they continually visit each flower…

Wishing you all a lovely week…

PS Thank you so much for all your birthday wishes last Friday, I had the best birthday weekend ever! (I definitely do believe that 40th birthdays should last the entire weekend, don’t you?)  I received amazing gifts, spent time with family and friends and went to dinner with old friends on Saturday night, it was just superb!

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