pixels 'n prose

In the sweetness of friendship let there be laughter,

and sharing of pleasures.

For in the dew of little things

the heart finds its morning and is refreshed.
~Kahlil Gibran   

yestertoday

What to do on a rainy spring day in PDX?

Go in search of comfort food...a PBJ here fit the bill!

A new sock joined us.

After dining suffiiciently we headed home...during a sunbreak

(that followed the sleet that followed the rain that followed the gray that is PDX in spring)!

We're waiting with great anticipation for the next sunbreak...and you?

What are you waiting for this weekend?!

Wishing you all a fabulous weekend! xo

He that cannot forgive others, 

breaks the bridge over which he himself must pass

if he would ever reach heaven;

for everyone has need to be forgiven.

~George Herbert   

spring

It is spring again. 

The earth is like a child 

that knows poems by heart. 

~Rainer Maria Rilke  

opposites attract

We are sun and moon, dear friend;

 

we are sea and land.

It is not our purpose to become each other;

it is to recognize each other,

to learn to see the other and honor him for what he is:

each the other's opposite and complement.

~Hermann Hesse   

opposites attract sock pattern by me

knit in Opposites Attract 'heaven and earth' from BDY

sweet times

sweet spring is your

time is my time is our

time for springtime is lovetime

and viva sweet love

~e.e. cummings  

Wishing you a sweet and lovely weekend!! xo

socks in the city

A much needed blog-terior remodel took place this weekend...

...what do you think?

Our home still has the same white walls, but the blog I revamp every few years or so...

...it was a long overdue refreshment, to be sure!

My Regan socks had their glamour shots taken while we were out and about in the big city!

I was a busy girl this past weekend, to be sure.

I hope you all had a grand weekend...

...did you remember to spring forward??

I have to admit, this fall/winter girl is looking forward to some longer days!

There's too much to do and not enough daylight to get it all done!

If one advances confidently in the direction of one's dreams,

and endeavors to live the life which one has imagined,

one will meet with a success unexpected in common hours.

~Henry David Thoreau  

Regan sock pattern by Liz Abinante in Dream in Color Smooshy with Cashmere 'violetta verde'

achievement

If we all did the things we are capable of, 

we would astound ourselves.

~Thomas A. Edison  

crocus

First a howling blizzard woke us,

Then the rain came down to soak us,

And now before the eye can focus —

Crocus. 

 ~Lilja Rogers  

revealed

The big reveal...not so big really...

I had a hankering for working up another pair of Holidazed socks.

You know me...I can't resist an easily memorizable pattern.

I haven't knit this pattern in quite awhile,

and thought it would be a nice break from the 'usual suspects' of patterns seen in these parts!

The yarn?

It's the January offering from the RSC...Portland Plaid.

On my to do list this weekend is a seminar on landscape photography, an evening with friends,

and brunch with sisters and a friend...pretty social for this homebody!

And you? Any fun plans you'd care to reveal?? 

I hope you have a great weekend!

xo

Friendship improves happiness, 

and abates misery, 

by doubling our joys, 

and dividing our grief.

~Marcus Tullius Cicero  

pixels 'n prose

We ourselves feel that what we are doing 

is just a drop in the ocean. 

But the ocean would be less

because of that missing drop.

~Mother Teresa of Calcutta   

fresh

...something is afoot at chez NK...

Fresh activity is the only means of overcoming adversity.

~Johann Wolfgang von Goethe  

January 2013 RSC in 'Portland Plaid'

pixels 'n prose

A person's maturity consists in having found again

the seriousness one had as a child, 

at play.

~Friedrich Nietzsche  

contrariwise

newnewnew...

...yarn...that is.

Becoming Art Agave yarn in 'Contrary Wise'.

And the pattern...well, you know what it is, right?

“Contrariwise,' continued Tweedledee,

'if it was so, it might be; 

and if it were so, it would be; 

but as it isn't, it ain't. 

That's logic.”

~Lewis Carroll  

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  

nightscapes

Recently, I was inspired by a fellow photog's images 

and wanted to experiment with nightscape photography, too. 

A far cry from knitterly pursuits, food, and cats...but totally fun! Totally.

Mr. NK and I drove into the city late one evening, sought out a vantage point, and clicked away.

I just wish we had some hot cocoa to sip on,

 as it was brrrrr-cold the night we were shooting!

Next time.

Long exposures allow for lots of playing with camera dials and knobs for some abstract effects.

Too much fun was had...

...Yep...the truth is out there now - I'm a cheap date!! :)

Ring the bells that still can ring

Forget your perfect offering.

There is a crack in everything,

That's how the light gets in.

~Leonard Cohen

three faces of aggie

The 'Do not disturb I have 23 hours of napping in my future' face.

"Dinner. Now."

And finally -"No. It's my bath time. Your photo needs are insignificant in comparison."

Yep. Not only can my cat roll his tongue (a clear sign of his genetic superiority), 

but he uses words like 'insignificant.'

I'm surely - not worthy.

If man could be crossed with the cat, 

it would improve man 

but deteriorate the cat.

~Mark Twain