Sunday AM: coffee, RCTY and 'blog-surf'

Good morning friends!!!1

Dennis

Good morning Campers!!

I'm sittin' right here in Ulricehamn with my mug of tea at 11:03 am. We are in *desperate* need of rain so if any of y'all have too much, please send the excess our way! When I take my dog, Scotty, out in the woods, the ground *crunches* - it's that dry. One careless person with a match and we are in deep trouble.

Erin

Good morning Noreen and rcty

Taking my DDs for a bike ride shortly, then home and off to get camp supplies for the oldest DD, then to check stock at the consignment store.

Bright and sunny here today, so probably laundry and finishing a pair of socks later.

Michelle

Good morning, all. I have just gotten up and have not yet gotten downstairs to make coffee or look to see if there is anything around for breakfast. I got back last night from Nana Camp. (A week in Minnesota) I am sure I need to go to the store but there is probably something edible in the pantry.

While I was gone I talked on the phone with Jan from the Minneapolis airport.

My sister saw the sleeveless top I knit and requested one just like it. I will have to fudge on that a little as I got the Plassard Coton-lin from Elann and they have sold out. I am pretty sure it was a discontinued yarn. Perhaps I will try one of there house brand cottons (Sonata) as a substitute as they seem to have a lot of colors to choose from. I think the color match was more important to her than the fiber type as she plans to wear it with some shorts that are the same as mine.

It is hot and sunny here. I need to get out and water the pots of flowers on the deck this morning. I am sure they are thirsty after being left to their own devices. (DH is in Vienna - or more precisely in Baden, Austria after a meeting in Vienna).

Good morning, all!

It is very warm, humid and sunny here today. DH has gone off in search of doughnuts this morning. Then we will hit the earliest feature of the new "Pirates" movie today and hopefully avoid any crowds. Later today I plan to work on laundry and ironing leaving enough time to get a few more stitches into my blackwork embroidery project. I am near the bottom of it so I will probably finish it this week.

I hope everyone has a wonderful day!

BonnieBlue

Good morning everyone

It's 10:30 in Toronto and spending some time crocheting this morning before it gets too humid here.

Been busy trying to gets of yarn used up so that I can go to a yarn sale in August.

Hope everyone has a good day.

Take care Darlene

Good afternoon! I was too busy to pop in before church, so I am here for a few minutes before I continue my (delayed) spring cleaning. No knitting for a few days, I fear, but we will be leaving on Saturday, so I should have lots of knitting time while traveling. It is cooler here than it was in St, John's, thank goodness! I nearly melted while I was there, and it was great to come home and be able to wear clothes again. Have a great week! Higs, Katherine

And it's still hot here...apparently up to 27 today. Send some cool Labrador air down...

Michelle

It is actually 24 here, but totally different from St. John's. I love the continental climate!

Higs, Katherine

Well there you go Katherine, you can now tells us how nice your weather is. Indeed when it get so hot you can't think anymore, a load of snow is very welcome.

Are you off to Nova Scotia. Have a safe trip and enjoy.

Els

Yes, Els, we are leaving on Saturday. Right now we are cleaning house, and getting things ready to take. Busy, busy! Sometimes I am sure that immigrants did not do as much work preparing to leave their homes forever as we do for a short vacation!

Higs, Katherine

I know what you mean, we used to go the a cottage in Muskoka, with friends when our kids were small. It is amazing how much stuff we lugged back and forth each and every week. Still once we were there, there were complains about the items that were not broght or forgotten....LOL

Takes a lot of self dicipline to travel with less......LOL I do promis myself each time a lug my suitcase around to take less next time....LOL

Els

I manage less and less each year. RIght now I figure that, as long as I have clean underwear and my meds, that's really all I need.

Higs, Katherine

I am impressed with your self dicipline.....LOL

I find I have less and less of it the older I get...LOL

Els who is blaming everything on old ages, after all you have to something with it right.....

grinning

LOL I do that, too, Els.

Higs, Katherine

GEE is it Sunday , once rockets fall i lost count ,,,, Ok we are out for now , cooked hung out one load of washing and entered the next, I think i need some coffee , now ,,, before the next falls ,,, mirjam

Thank goodness that you are safe. Long may that be. Shirley

In message , Mirjam Bruck-Cohen writes

I hope your Sunday is quiet, Mirjam. Thanks for checking in often as you know we worry.

I haven't gotten downstairs yet to make coffee. DH is gone on another trip - he was only home three days between trips last week. Things are pretty quiet around here. I have made progress on several of my WIPs - most notably the baby sweater with the lady bugs on it which now has a finished body but still lacks sleeves.

I am almost to the toe decreases on the second of DH's requested socks and hope to have that finished before he returns. I also started on the top like mine that my sister requested. I didn't find the same yarn and find the alternate yarn a little stiffer but ok. I like the Plassard Cotton-Lin a lot but think it must have been discontinued. It was very soft and feels great in the finished garment although it split quite often while I was knitting.

I need to get moving and get ready for church. They moved the time up for summer thinking they were doing us a favor. Not me, I like a slow, restful Sunday morning reading the papers and having a second cup of coffee after breakfast. Oh well, I still have almost an hour and a half to get ready and get there - it is just up the hill.

Judy

Keep the posts coming Mirjam! I hope you can have your coffee in peace.

Here in Manitoba it's VERY hot - it's at least 32°C. It was cloudy which gave us some respite, but the clouds are gone and the sun is shining full force. I think I'll be spending the afternoon inside with the air conditioner. DH & I had coffee on the porch, but I finally had to come in it was so hot.

If this keeps up I have a feeling the re-roofing job on the porch will be waiting until it cools down some.

I've been working on my Peacock Feathers Shawl again, this time with Interlacements cotton "Floss" yarn. The colours are fabulous - greens,blues & purples. This pattern will do me in one of these days. No matter how carefully I count stitches, every once in a while one will just disappear, and I have to go back to figure out what happened. Grrrrrrr. I guess it's about time for lifelines on this shawl. I didn't use any last time and ended up frogging the whole thing. Wish me luck!

Meanwhile I'm still working on the same three other projects.... sweater for Granddaughter (which I've frogged once). The yarn is gawd-awful; socks for DH - they are going just fine; a different shawl for me - which is fine too.

Good day to everyone from Friendly Manitoba!

Shelagh