Beauty in Miniature

Today, it's rainy and kind of chilly out...not a day to get out and garden. Earlier in the week, it was very warm and sunny and it got me to considering my gardening this year. The vegetable garden will probably be the first thing I work on, as it is the most important. Important in the fact it provides fresh food for us. But the flower beds are important too. For me they are a direct connection to art and beauty. you have to look closely to see it. We have some very tiny, beautiful little flowers growing in our yard. I am sure that by most they would be considered weeds, but to me they are just tiny, beautiful flowers that end up getting mowed eventually, so I enjoy them while they are around. See how pretty they are...the pictures don't do the actual colors justice, but you get the gist!

A month has flown by!

I can't believe it's been a month basically since I last blogged. I wish I could say it waas because I had been doing something fabulous, but alas, I was just living my life and not blogging :(.
The first thing was that I have been having some dental issues and I find hat it's hard to concentrate on writing when your heartbeat is in your jaw! I have a consult with an oral surgeon on Monday and will probably have the surgery on Friday of next week. As awful as it sounds, I have had oral surgery a couple of times before and after those I actually felt okay. So, I'm hoping that 3 times is a charm in this case, as I am supposed to be dog sitting next week end, on Saturday and Sunday. I'll be checking in on the dogs regardless of how I feel, but I'm hoping it will be a non-issue!
I have also been knitting up a storm...I have knitted up 4 pairs of the fingerless mittens, and I gave 2 pair away. Now, I'm trying my hand at socks....teeny little needles and skinny, skinny yarn...I am now rethinking that whole bifocals thing...maybe it's no too soon after all! I am hoping the socks will fit me, but as Stephanie Pearl -McPhee, the Yarn Harlot has said "they'll fit someone's feet, somewhere".
So, it's Saturday....I ave some cleaning to do (may put it off until tomorrow) errands to runs and litterboxes to scoop...oh, and socks to knit! Let's see what actually gets done...what do you think?! LOL!!!

Knitting has taken over!

Sorry to have been absent for a while, but I have been knitting up a storm! I just finished my fingerless mittens, and they are a success! I still have one ball of yarn, so I am going to make another pair and will probably send them to my mother...I'll have to adjust the pattern a tiny bit as her hands are much narrower than mine...I definitely have the farmer hands in the family...thanks great grandmother Murell! Well, other than knitting, life has been pretty much the same... well, except that I am now addicted to Guitar Hero! I played it for the first time at Christmas, and got booed offstage a few times...made me want to do better! It's like crack I suppose....do it once, and you want to do it again and again. One of my best friends got it, and last weekend I went over and we played for HOURS....now, when I hear songs from the playlist, I mentally go to the "green" "red" "yellow" place (the colors of the buttons you push in Easy mode). See, I really do have a problem! And the first step is admitting it - LOL!

So, whether it's knitting, Guitar Hero, or whatever floats your boat...find something you feel passionate about and do it! Even if you never did it before...try it! Fear is only to be acknowledged and then overcome...don't let it stagnate you! "soapbox is now put away".