Knitting and stuff

It is warm and windy today. Walked down to the lake to do a little knitting. Mr. T. is setting up one of the gazebo's down by the lake. The gazebo is nestled among the little pine trees, such a clean beautiful fragrance. We will be spending more time down there and enjoy what is left of summer. The leaves on the maple trees are turning red. I think that we will have an early winter this year. Not much else happening today.  Until next time.....

me inside of the gazebo frame

how does a tree grow in rocks?

Finishing off projects

I finished a pair of socks over the weekend. This is the first pair for fall.  The pattern is Uptown Boot Socks, they will go nicely with a pair of brown cords. My goal is to knit one pair of socks a month.

I am still working on the Malt baby blanket. The blanket is mainly stockinette stitch with a seed stitch border. I have completed 18 inches of the blanket  only 18 inches for it to be finished. I am also finishing up a Woodland Shawl that I started last September! eek! That is a long time for me to have an unfinished project. Two more pattern repeats for the shawl and the ending section.  That will be the end of my UFO'S (unfinished objects).

I am getting my hair cut on Friday afternoon. This is the length that I usually get tired of my hair. Until tomorrow.....

Uptown Boot Socks

Malt Baby Blanket

Woodland Shawl

Ruth at Farmers Market 

Hello Again

Hello again!
It has been several days since my last post. I have not been feeling well. Today however is a good day. The sun is finally shining after a couple days of rain.
On the homefront, Mr. T. cut down the broken tree this past weekend. It is huge. There will be at least two  cords of usable firewood for next winter.  I was watching the branch clearing and the cutting from the solarium, no mosquitos here. This appeared when Mr. T. sliced through the fallen trunk of the tree.  I saw the image and grabbed my camera. I went down to where Mr.T. was cutting and took pictures of the exposed trunk. The spirit of the tree is a bear. Mr. T. cut a slice and we will make a small table from it.  It should be an interesting project once the wood dries. I spoke too soon about the sun shining. Dark clouds have rolled in and it looks like more rain. The eagle comes by everyday and sits on  a tree facing the lake. I am in awe of the eagle's size. The flap of his wings can be heard before he is in sight and when he lands on a tree a loud thump can be heard. It has started to rain so I had better close the windows. Until next time.

Workshop

It has been a very slow day at the lake.  We are in the middle of a heat wave and look forward to cooler temperatures at night. We were to have thunder storms today but it seems to have bypassed our area. Minimal work was done outside today. It is just to darn hot !

 I finished a baby blanket over the weekend and started another baby blanket. I am off to my workshop now where it is much cooler. Until tomorrow, stay cool.

Sign of door of my workshop

display area at entrance

A mix of books and yarn

my coffee bar

skeins of yarn to be wound

baby blanket

A Sunday In Ste. Anne de Roquemare

Yesterday the village of Roquemaure celebrated  the feast day of Saint Anne, mother of the Virgin Mary.  Where I live, it is not uncommon to see crosses and statues to mark a crossroad either coming in or going out of a village. Most of the villages in the region have a saints name before the name of the village. For instance Roquemaure is St. Anne de Roquemaure.  The neighbouring village is St. Laurent de Gallichan. The locals use the saints name when they speak of the villages. It took awhile before I could connect the village to the saints name that came up in conversation.
I thought I would share a few of the roadside markers with you today. Enjoy, and please leave a comment so that I know I am not the only one reading these posts lol.

Crossroad of Roads  4-5 and passage  road  in  St. Anne de Roquemaure

Main street & Road # 1 in the village of Roquemaure

Road Plage Doucet & main street St. Laurent de Gallichan

ALVIN, THEODORE AND SIMON ?

The chipmunks were out playing today on a pile of branches . We have several chipmunk families that live on our land.  They must have played follow the leader for a good half hour.  Something as ordinary as discarded branches was turned into a new plaything. Meanwhile Zucca was not about to be outdone by ordinary chipmunks so he decided to create a new look for himself. A good face rub in fresh cut grass and voila a green faced Zucca. Tres cool ! And that is the start of my weekend. How is yours?

SERENDIPITY

Mr. T. brought me a gift from the hillside that goes down to the lake. It is a tiny birds nest made from dry blades of grass. I looked at the bottom of the tiny nest and noticed a few dried shell particles stuck to the nest. We have hundreds of birds that live and visit our land. We are one and a half kilometers (one mile) from the largest marsh in Abitibi, Marais Antoine.
The delicate little nest deserved a special place in our home. I placed a little egg shaped green Aventurine stone inside the nest and then placed a glass cloche over the nest to protect it. The cloche sits on a shelf in the dining room.
 I looked up the meaning of aventurine and found this; origin early 18 century: from French, from Italian aventurino, from aventura 'chance' (because of its accidental discovery). 
It is fitting that the Aventurine sits in the little nest that was accidentally discovered on the hillside by Mr. T.

The Companions

A heavy wind and rain storm blew across the lake yesterday afternoon. We lost one of our oldest trees in the storm. The tree is one of the two trees that I refer to as the companions. The wind split the tree at about forty feet, the top part fell into the limbs of the other tree. The branches of the two trees are  entwined. The companion tree appears to be supporting the other. The storm raged on and off during the night. This morning the two trees still stand together one supporting the other. Mr. T. went out this morning to clean up the damage from the storm. Several small trees and large branches were strewn about. Some of the trees were a good size and will make fire wood for next winter. The lake is running fast today and more rain is the forecast.  It is a good day for knitting in the solarium. A bientot.

Mr.T. picking up broken branches and small trees fallen  from the storm

Who Will Read My Blog ??

I started this blog with the intention of sharing my day with my family.  My daughter and grand daughter live in Alberta, that is a lot of kilometers from where I live in northwest Abitibi two thousand nine hundred and ninety kilometers (2,990.2 according to MapQuest) All visitors are welcome.

My days are filled with the usual running of a household that consists of myself, my husband Mr.T. and our two fur babies Seepa and Zucca. I also feed the birds big and small and of course I couldn't forget the chipmunks, squirrels and rabbits  who drop by each day. I will also be posting pictures of the birds the regulars and the visitors. My day wouldn't be complete without knitting, reading and caring for my plants. I have been quite busy with my knitting projects and have project bags in literally every room in the house. I have added two charity projects to my ever growing list of knitting. More about the projects and my workshop in my next post.  Until next time.

Did I mention I love trees ?

Mr. T. Seepa and Zucca