Whatta Saturday!

It was one of those days where a bunch of things line up and tell you...sit down, hug a baby and just let happen what is supposed to happen. I did just that.Schnicklefritz and his parents arrived yesterday morning to help The Husband with brush clearing from the embarrassing lower part of the property. It has become so noisy with the roar of SUV's on the 24 that my joy of taking care of the back half of the land has fallen to nothing. Imagine how Mother nature filled in the gaps with small trees and blackberries and climbing roses! Gulp. The Husband is building a Serious Fence to keep Bambi and Dambi and their cousins out of the yard (they have been just stepping High for a few years) but to put in these posts, one needs to clear away a lot of...wait for it, you Python People...SHRUBBERY.  So, amazingly, The Daughter got TBD (The Baby Daddy) to soil his attorney hands and help Big Daddy with this job. While the work began I realized that it was time to go get my mother, who has seen SF only once before (she is a big hermit). She was able to come over for only an hour, with just enough time to wipe her out physically and then take her home. See? Go with the flow. It was a lovely day.

Schnicklefritz and I hung out in the front garden listening to hummingbirds when the mailman drove up. Hmmm, sez I...let's go see what he left us in the big black mailbox. We shuffled down there to find some cool stuff in side. There was a small box from Lisa Keating from Idaho Falls. Hmmm, wassat? I know that she just sent some yarn to Tom, so what's this? SF and I sat and got the box open and while he drooled and banged around with the bag, I pulled out THIS!

She made this beautiful version of Evelyn Clark's Swallowtail (IK Fall '06) with Sock! in Denim. You could have knocked me over with a feather...beads on the pointy bits and everything...for ME for no good reason other than, well, because Lisa Keating is awesome! Thank you out loud, Lisa. I mean it! (You may all pet it at Stitches East)

So I have to preface this next thing. Tink is always bringing stuff to me, info, cards, podcasts, you name it. One thing that intrigued me was the card for Sol Mate socks. No, they are not sock kits, they are ready made socks for people like me...sock freaks from the days that the dinosaurs walked, but NOT sock knitters. (I need more car trips to have time for this, people...quit yelling.) I have a collection of wild socks and when I saw these things, I just flipped. So I went toMarianne's site and fell out. The resulting purchase yielded these treasures. These are cotton, nylon & Lycra and other than my treasured hand knitted socks, these are my new favorites. I think that I am going to have to go back there and order a whole bunch more...I feel giddy just thinking about it. :o)

Now then. I leave you with a picture of my biggest treasure. Shnickle J Fritz and his daddy. He was giving The Husband "The Eye". 8 months of cuteness. Seeing him helps me cope with the deterioration of our mothers...life certainly DOES go on. The proof is right here.

Comments

[AlisonH]

LisaK, you are my kind of woman! That's beautiful! And oh LisaS, that Schnicklefritz is so beyond adorable. Made my heart happy just to see that smile of his pop up on my screen, and his daddy's too. (He's got that "guess what I'm going to get into, Grandma" twinkle.) I so need a grandchild, but I'm quite enjoying borrowing yours from afar in the meantime.

[Denise]

Okay, Lisa, for your next post will you be telling us about how Mr. Souza cuts down the mightiest tree in the yard with....a HERRING?
;->
ps - that's one cute kiddo you've got there!

[elizabeth]

He could just melt your heart:-) Lisa K's shawl is awesome:-)( I mean your new shawl;-)

[CarolineF]

Lisa, Mr Shnickle has exactly the same shape face as you! It's just so obvious in that photo! He's such a cutie.
Enjoy the shawl and think that Sam and I are wearing the same thing (more or less, given handknitting...). Great job Lisa!

[Kerry]

Lisa, how much Sock! did it take? Were you able to make it with one skein? It just so happens... It's beautiful in that blue!

And little SF, what a doll!