new journeys

Happy New Year!!

I hope you all had a fantastic holiday!

I was a busy girl...

...I opened an Etsy shop. 

It is stocked with the two desktop calendars you see here.

the whimsical pixel

I'm not sure where this little adventure will take me.

I do know that failure is assured if I don't even try.

And that's what I've been up to.

I have thought about a few goals for the coming year.

Getting my blogging in order is one of them.

Hopefully you will see me again before next month.

xo

Success is not a place at which one arrives,

but rather the spirit with which one 

undertakes and continues the journey.

~ Alex Noble 

hearts

We cannot tell the precise moment when friendship is formed. 

As in filling a vessel drop by drop, there is at last a drop which makes it run over; 

so in a series of kindnesses

there is at last one which makes the heart run over.

~ Ray Bradbury

Wishing you a weekend overflowing with

the love of family and friends!

xoxo

happy halloween

As spirits roam the neighborhoods at night, 

Let loose upon the Earth till it be light.

~Nicholas Gordon

another year young

May you grow up to be righteous, 

may you grow up to be true.

May you always know the truth and see the lights surrounding you.

May you always be courageous, stand upright and be strong.

May you stay forever young.  

~ Bob Dylan  

freedom

For to be free is not merely to cast off one's chains,

but to live in a way that respects and enhances the freedom of others.

~Nelson Mandela  

you are my sunshine

Happy Birthday Mr. NK!!

I hope this year brings you

unexpected adventures

sweetness and joy

lots of fun

and a googol of xo!!

hearts

The best and most beautiful things in this world

cannot be seen or even heard,

but must be felt with the heart.

~Helen Keller  

giving thanks

Happy Thanksgiving!

We are so grateful for so very much this year.
The good health of our family and friends is number one, two and three on the list to be sure!

Thank you, dear reader, for taking your time throughout the year
to stop by our humble corner of the virtual world
to share in our lives (knitterly and otherwise) and celebrations.

Mr. NK and I hope your holiday is blessed with an abundance of love and joy,

infinite time to spend with your family and friends,

and all things yummy!

xo

refusing to grow old

Yep...it's that time of year, when I skip down memory lane...

my birthday.

I think these pictures say it all...

I've been very, very blessed to be

 

so well loved.

Then...and now.

What more could a girl want?

I takes a long time to grow old.

~Pablo Picasso  

A big thank you to my sister Jill (the sister on the right side in the "blue dress" photo) 

for scanning all these photos...next year you'll see the rest of them!! 

labor day

father's day

Do you see me in the twinkle of his eyes?

For sure here!!!

He definitely had his hands full...

Hah! At times it took both of them to wrangle me!

Among many other things, including algebra and the chemistry of DNA, we learned photography from my dad (that's my sister Laurie).

uh-oh...quite a crew to keep in check...and he never stopped smiling!

Happy Father's Day!! xoxoxo

He didn't tell me how to live; he lived, and let me watch him do it.

~Clarence Budington Kelland 

mother's day

Happy Mother's Day,

to all the moms of two-legged kids, or the four-legged variety!

My sisters, Mr. NK, and I are celebrating with my mom and dad today.

My sister Jill (the twin on the right) scanned these great shots of my mom and sent them to me. Isn't she just lovely?! I still remember that yellow dress.

Sorry for the late post, I get my timing from my dad (!!!), but I get my knitting, fondness for baking and eyelashes from my mom! :)

Speaking of which, I'm bringing chocolate cake with cinnamon buttercream frosting to the party...I better get going, or I'll  be late for a very important date!!

Mother is the name for God in the lips and hearts of little children.

~William Makepeace Thackeray

love's offering

Love is the only gold.

~Alfred, Lord Tennyson 

Happy Valentine's Day!! xo

new beginnings

Thank you so much for visiting us here at We Heart Yarn! We had so much fun making some new friends and hanging out with old ones!! We so appreciate the time you take to visit and are looking forward to more fun in the coming year.

We hope that all your wishes and dreams for 2011 come to pass and your year be blessed with good health, the love and laughter of family and friends, more smiles than tears, and an abundance of yarny goodness!!

Happy New Year!! xoxo

memory lane

Today's my birthday...and at the last minute I thought it would be fun to scan some old pictures and post them.

My sister did all the scanning...thanks, Jilly!! She did an awesome job. You might be able to see some more of them here.

I've had an awesome day today!! So many wonderful birthday greetings from friends and family started off my day!! I'm so blessed!!

Mr. NK and I went on a little road trip to Astoria for lunch, leaf peeping and some good old fashioned fun!

It was a gorgeous fall day and my heart is full...a girl couldn't've asked for more!!

I hope you all have a fabulous and treat filled weekend!! xo

Youth has no age.
~Pablo Picasso

welcome autumn

Hello! Happy Autumn!!

Wordless Wednesday has been pre-empted by the autumn equinox! I'm sure you'll understand that I, of all people, couldn't let the first day of fall arrive 'wordless'!

I even posted in the first minute of the day!

Best wishes to all of you for a happy and bountiful autumn!! xo

Delicious autumn!
My very soul is wedded to it,
and if I were a bird I would fly about the earth
seeking the successive autumns.
~George Eliot