Year End Fiber Bookends

2022 started off with weaving cotton bath towels for Ed and I.

The year closed with knitting Blunk the Hat

The unique construction was engaging and fun. I’m planning to stash dive tomorrow afternoon for more handspun yarn to make one for Ed.

This hat used 70 grams out of 100 grams handspun skein.

One fiber goal for 2023 is to do better with recording my projects herein the blog.

I’m extremely thankful that the December 23rd ice storm wasn’t anywhere as bad as the epic icestorm of February 12, 2021! All the roads in this area were skating rinks; many vehicles ended up in ditches. A video was posted to Youtube of an adult ice skating down the middle of 3rd St in Silverton (seven miles from here) pulling a young child in a sled. What fun!

Our road.

This view is just 3 blocks from our road, our road is towards the far bend in the road.

By eleven Christmas Eve morning the temperature had gone from 20F to 35F so we loaded baked ham, a pecan pie and rolls made the day before, into the car and drove to have an early Christmas dinner with daughter and family.

I’m praying
– the war in Ukraine will cease
– that people everyone will become less self-absorbed
instead learn to listen and to care.

I pray that God’s love and peace will be felt.
His will be done.

Granddaughter made these delicious cookies.

May 2023 be an all around good year full of contentment and finding happiness in the ordinary. 

Gratitude Month

November, the month of intentionally practicing gratitude. With so much division, strife, confusion happening these days, it is good to be intentionally grateful.

Today I am very grateful for the time we had with our son and grandchildren last week. Most of all I’m grateful for answered prayers!

I was not feeling well; the long drive was exhausting on top of already being at the edge of another autonomic dysfunction which started manifesting two days before we left.
The drive was one of the easiest we’ve done during the nine years they’ve lived there. The weather was pleasant, the traffic manageable. First answer to prayers.

Past visits have been filled with lots of activities, this time we all seemed to be content and happy with simply hanging out together. Second answer to prayers.

Son, JJ, mentioned driving into the mountains to take us hiking on Saturday. Knowing my frame of mind wasn’t in the place that driving back-roads in steep mountain terrain I started praying for grace to handle whatever Saturday would bring. JJ decided to work on his truck Friday, a decision that had his truck out of commission until mid-day Saturday. So, instead of driving into the mountains we loaded everyone in our car and went to the Farmers’ Market. Third major answer to prayers.

So, I begin this month with grateful to the Creator who created us with the ability to communicate with Him and the fact that He listens. He does not always answer us the way we ask; for our scope is limited, His understanding and knowledge is not.