blocking day

Never regret a day in your life: 

good days give happiness, bad days give experience, 

worst days give lessons, 

and best days give memories.

~ Autor Desconhecido  

And we're blocking...

I knit the pattern per usual except for the heel.

I replaced it with a linen stitch heel 

like the one found here.

gotta run now...I want to make today a memory day!

I hope you do, too!

Toasty Twist in STR 'metaphysical angst'

anticipation

The idea of waiting for something makes it more exciting.

~ Andy Warhol

I'm a little behind in my picture taking...I'm glad I had this image biding its time

for a rainy day (literally and figuratively!).

So...what are you anticipating for the upcoming weekend?

Me? 

A break from the rain (mixed feelings on that), brunch with family and friends, starting a new knitting project (probably a sock...but we'll see...don't get too excited about a non-sock project...this sock knitting thing has been going on for a very long time despite my best efforts to divert myself!!), lunch with a friend here, and maybe a day trip to the coast.

Let us know what you're thinking about doing over the weekend
so we can join you in anticipating all the fun you'll have!

Happy Friday-eve!

xo

Toasty Twist in STR 'metaphysical angst'

Off the fence in STR 'hope springs eternal'

and

Intrepid Traveler in STR 'ginger plum-licious'

today

I spent some time walking around the waterfront last Friday afternoon.

I hit a coffee spot and then walked the esplanade around the river.

I was refreshed and ready for the long weekend!

I love the water...I think I must've been a fish in another life.

Look what greeted me Friday morning!

The first crocus of the year!

I look forward to the first crocus Every. Single. Year.

It's always a miracle to witness the presence of such a complex blossom 

after observing nothing in its place the day before!

Check out the new comment section! I upgraded to a third party format. 

I think it will be more fun for everyone to comment and reply to each other as they desire...

...and it will certainly be more fun for me to be able to reply to comments from people I don't have email addresses for!

Soooo....who's going to be the first one to post a comment?!

The race is on!

Today is a new day. 

Even if you were wrong yesterday, 

you can get it right today.

~ Dwight Howard 

Regan sock pattern by Liz Abinante in BDY opposites attract 'catherine'

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

courage

You have to accept whatever comes 
and the only important thing 

is that you meet it with courage 

and with the best that you have to give.

~ Eleanor Roosevelt

Intrepid Traveler in STR 'ginger plum-licious'

invincible

We were hit by a big...huge...snow storm this past weekend.

I occupied myself with knitting, photography, more knitting, organizing my inks (ROYGBIV and neutrals) and walking in the snow - followed by thawing out fingers (and toes) to resume knitting.

I'm pretty sure I'm the only person who takes walks in the snow with knitting in one hand 

and camera in the other so I can photograph socks in the wild!! 

It's how I roll!!

There may also have been a little bit of binge watching of Justified...

...and a little surfing around facebook and youtube.

Just a wee bit.

I hope you all had a great weekend! xo

In the midst of winter,

I found there was, within me, 

an invincible summer.

~ Albert Camus

I Live You by Kevin Ciardo

Toasty Twist in STR 'metaphysical angst'

pixels 'n prose

Every day is a journey, and the journey itself is home.

~ Matsuo Bashō

future

As for the future, your task is not to foresee it, but to enable it.

~ Antoine de Saint-Exupery

Enabling the future.

More later.

:)

Regan sock pattern by Liz Abinante in BDY opposites attract 'catherine'

aspirations

Do not lose hold of your dreams or aspirations. 

For if you do, you may still exist but you have ceased to live.

~ Henry David Thoreau  

What the well-heeled knitter is working on:

Toasty Twist in STR 'metaphysical angst'

Off the fence in STR 'hope springs eternal'

and

Intrepid Traveler in STR 'ginger plum-licious'

Happy Friday-eve!

What are your aspirations for the weekend?

Knitting, photography, and a super bowl gathering with the family are on my list!

Whatever you are planning, I hope it's grand! xoxo

doors

When one door of happiness closes, another opens, 

but often we look so long at the closed door 

that we do not see the one that has been opened for us.

~ Helen Keller 

Intrepid Traveler sock pattern by me in STR 'ginger plum-licious'

being

We are so obsessed with doing that we have no time and no imagination left for being. 

As a result, men are valued not for what they are 

but for what they do or what they have - for their usefulness.

~ Thomas Merton  

The weekend is rapidly approaching...who are you going to be?

xo

off the fence socks by my in STR 'hope springs eternal'

doing

Life's most persistent and urgent question is, 'What are you doing for others?' 

~ Martin Luther King, Jr.  

Toasty twist. In STR 'metaphysical angst'

comfort

New yarn

plus

picot cuff

equals

wooly comfort.

I think macarons were invented by a dyer...don't you?

Happy Friday-eve! 

The most wasted of all days is one without laughter.

~ E. E. Cummings

Intrepid Traveler sock pattern by me in STR 'ginger plum-licious'

no fear

Our doubts are traitors, 

and make us lose the good we oft might win, 

by fearing to attempt.

~ William Shakespeare  

If only I could finish knitting a pair of socks as fast as I can a 12oz, non-fat, extra hot, latte!

Just sayin'! :)

off the fence socks by me in STR 'hope springs eternal'

choice

When given the choice between being

right or being kind, choose kind. 

~ R.J. Palacio

The beginning of this sock needs no introduction...

...you can identify it from 40 yards on a galloping horse, right?

Toasty twist. In STR 'metaphysical angst'.

refreshment

Where there's tea there's hope. 

~Arthur Wing Pinero

Every now and again one has to refresh one's own self.

What one does - is - well - up to that one.

Me...I like to explore cafes with knitting, pens, or other items in hand and take photos.

I find this thoroughly entertaining and I can completely lose track of all time and all problems,

and by the time I pack up and leave, I feel refreshed.

What do you do to feel refreshed?

off the fence socks by me in STR 'hope springs eternal'

returning

Fairy tales are more than true: 

not because they tell us that dragons exist, 

but because they tell us that dragons can be beaten.

~ Neil Gaiman

2014. It just couldn't arrive quickly enough for me.

It's here. So far so good.

And the first post of 2014 is of knitting.

So far so good!

Beautyberry socks in STR 'plum crazy'

of strength and determination

Permanence, perseverance and persistence

in spite of all obstacles, discouragement, and impossibilities: 

It is this, that in all things distinguishes the strong soul from the weak. 

~ Thomas Carlyle  

heart lights

Beauty is not in the face; beauty is a light in the heart.

~ Khalil Gibran   

belief

I spent the afternoon in a park yesterday.

Everyone needs to take some time 

to take in the crisp autumn air...

...to explore a little...

...and to sit a little...

...quietly.

Believe you can and you're halfway there. 

~Theodore Roosevelt  

Pointless Counts socks modified from Sparrow Dance by Anne Hanson in STR mill end