Saturday in January

I have read your blogs this morning, and I realize how ill equipped I would be in the cold. My heart goes out to you all that are in the deep freeze today. I wish I could send you some of the "warm" from here. I drew
out a couple of rugs yesterday. I now have four that I need to hook for this coming year. I am working on the snowman rug and my next project will be  Mrs. Rabbit.by Sharon Smith.

Ron bought it for me for Christmas so that will be the next big project I do, I will have to die wools for it and that will be so much fun. Here is a picture of Mrs. Rabbit I took when I went to as my kids called it, "The Wool Con."

 

For some reason, I always think of Peter Rabbit's Mom out to sell flowers and to gather rabbit tobacco for
Flopsy, Mopsy, and Cottontail and Peter. Who will have Camomile tea and blackberries for supper. I have loved this pattern so much since the first time I saw it.

 

I have spent the afternoons sitting and having coffee and looking at seed catalogs. I have no idea why I torture myself with them. I know it is still even to cold to start seeds indoors. It always gives me a terrible case of spring fever.

Emilie is going to be matron of honor at a wedding in March. She called the other day to ask if she could have the bridal shower here. I of course said yes, but then she didn't have a date. Yesterday,
my son came down to tell me that he had been asked to make invitations for the shower. I asked, "So did she give you a date by any chance, for this shower?" He said, " Yes, February 8th."  Which was three weeks earlier than she had given me. It is good though, now I have motivation to get this house clean and all of the throwing away and to get this house purged. It really needs it.

 

So now I have that on my horizon. It is nice thought to look forward to a girl party. I love girl parties and I think it will be a high tea which makes it even more fun. The girls in the bridal party will do it all and I love watching all of the girls do things like this. The Bride's Mom is one of my closest friends, and I imagine we will sneak off and go watch chickens.  We can spend hours talking of nothing but chicks and chickens. It is always nice to have a friend like that.

I love this part of the new year, a blank book filled with blank pages. Just waiting for new adventures, new rugs to hook, new plans to be made and lots of life to be lived. All of it filled with goodness. With just a few threads of black to make life's design come in clearer and more distinct.

Downton Abbey will be on in the U.S. and Canada this week, so how great is that?

Have a wonderful weekend,
~Kim~