Yet the balll of Yarn keeps on going

This is a newborn eyelet sweater. I was hoping that it would be the end of the ball of yarn, not so. As a result there will be just one more sweater to come. Not now I need to cut out some fabric for an impending quilt.


Need to focus on other things ........the cold spell has broken, time to get serious. Doing what? I don't know!

Sweater

I made this little sweater today, I was playing around with the flash. The Flash popped the sweater design of the leaves. It is a pale yellow, hard to see at night without the natural daylight. Oh well what will tomorrow bring

BRRRRRRRR IT'S COLD OUT THERE BABY!!

I was housebound for a few hours this weekend, but I had a ball of cotton and knitting needles

The yarn that wouldn't

Stop giving

I have a little yarn left so made a kiddies hat and then there was still some year so I made a pompom. Guess what a few strands of yarn left. Hmm but sure I have enough to make anything with so I might just put it aside. Then again I will have leftover yarn from another project. Vicious circle

Get those shades out!!

The yarn actually doesn't look this wild in person- maybe I need glasses! I have made a nice little sweater coat and then had oodles of yarn, so then I made this little poncho - baby sixed.. Of course every kiddie needs a pompom to whip back and forth for amusement................. I can see this is going to go on forever, now I need a shirt and pants to go with the poncho... It will never stop there will always be one missing piece!!

And here is why we are broke or...........

Congratulations to our daughter!

Xmas show

My friend Nancy scooped me up and took me to a Large Evangelistic church called the Grave Tabernacle, in Wildwood, fl. The church was a spectacular site, set back from the road on at least 35 acres of land. The stadium size church was filled with wall to wall people thousands upon count. The show last 2 hours, a spectacle as you can see from the clip I included. At the end of the production the local minister stood up, gave a very short speech, prayer and asked for those to come forward that felt they had just found God. It was fine, Nancy had already found her savior many years ago. Me on the other hand...........................................

What does Jane do on a quiet time out?

http://www.youtube.com/user/janeelow911

I just knew that I would be asked.............." How do you make a video for you tube?". How hard can it be I asked myself?? I managed to quickly hashed some things together. Unfortunately the photo's are not A1 but the sequence, texting are all easily done. I did add music but got a note about copyrighted music- oops! I slashed the music rather than add it .. I was so sure I was not breaking the rules. Oh well. So here we go music less but brighter for the experience. One day I may even have better content to post. Actually I do but wanted to do a quick and dirty job so I knew that it could be accomplished easily......

Payment by design!

 

My friend Russ has a favorite jackets whose zipper was zipped one last time.

His wife Rosemary brought it to me with ripper, thread and zipper. I ripped and stripped the old, inserted the new... so that Russ can wear his jacket done up for many moons to come.

As payment I received a lovely loaf of english muffin- bread. Yumm Yumm with butter and jam it was a delight enjoyed by the Low's. Now to calorie count and wear off the oh so delectible treat

Remember this?

 

We bought these orchids last years, nutured them and babied them. When it was time for us to leave we managed to stick them under our orange tree and it worked.The three survived and full of buds, The purple one has another few blossoms to open and I think next week the white one will follow suit

Guess who came to breakfast

 

I spy with my little eye! I was looking out the window when what did I see... Four long legged tourists looking for some morsels.

This crane was given it's name as it is largely found in the Nebraska Sandhills region. Flying south for the winter the Sandhill is a contender for another type of "Crane" called the Big Blue Heron- who is not a crane at all but largely categorized as such because of it's similar appearance.

The Sandhill Crane has a red forehead, white cheeks and a long dark pointed bill. Its long dark legs trail behind in flight, and the long neck is kept straight in flight. Immature birds have reddish brown upperparts and gray underparts.This crane frequently gives a loud trumpeting call that suggests a French-style "r" rolled in the throat, and they can be heard from a long distance.

There I was so innocent

I was sewing away in the Marina activity building when this puddy cat circled the building and then skipped along the water to the brush area. The cat was slim, speckled and pointy ears, no tail to speak of. It was the first time I had seen a lynx up close,and no I did not try to pet her. I was not sure how tame she would be nor how hungry she was...................

What does Jane do when it is cold??

 

a) Head home or b) look for entertainment

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I brought home 4 lawn chairs from the recycle area and we re-webbed them. They are fresh for another 20 years. I like the old collapsible lawn chairs because of their rounded tubling they will not poke through the rv rug. Another's trash is Jane's find!!

I now have 4 extra chairs that will outlive the pricey ones and if one of my friends sit on the chair and it brakes I will not cry, I just hope that they have insurance on their patutty. I dragged pushed and pulled our old lawn chairs that had a retractable foot rest. They had seen happier days but they were bulky to store. Hope someone takes them, they are fine. BUT were they heavy I put them on top of my fancy laundry cart and dragged them to the recycle center. A few folks wondering what Jane was up to. "Special delivery", I yelled out.

After a little research I found..............

I wonder which orange tree that Ben and I have been munching on

It appears that Hamlin and Valencia were the oranges of choice for the leesburg area until the great freeze in 1990. When a new " sweet orange" called Ambersweet that was frost resistant was introduced and gov't subsidized for the orange growers. The orange growers were not impressed or able to loose their crops for the change over. Those that lost their orchards were in a position to replant their crops with the new introduction . However at this time land was valuable and an opportunity for orange growers who suffered the greatest loss to sell up to developers.

I suspect that "our " tree is a Hamlin

Oh brother!!

I was making myself comfy on the futon when I found.......... one spot that was awfully comfy and sagging.. BUT it should not be as our futon is only a few years old!! However some one's hubby has been doing a lot of snoozing on that futon... We flipped and snipped the underlining on the futon and found the errant spring that was sprung. A clip that had un-clipped- now the FUTON SURGEON- Mr.Ben is hard a work, crimping the hardware to bite once again into the wooden frame. We will see how it works out.. I am not sure I can exchange his new tv for the futon............I wonder if it is safe to go back to the RV to see how Mr. Ben is doing!

Back to work I go..........

All in a days work....

We visited our friends in Recreation Plantation RV resort they had a park wide sale and Ben used his $10 allowance wisely. We bought a small table top grill, electric fan ( for cooling) coffee maker , electronic mosquito zapper - to scare the mosquitoes away from Ben. During our shopping spree at the RV park we met two fellows who had a very attractive lot, I wish I had taken my camera. They had a class A with a carport. Not an ordinary carport one that was elevated far above the RV, with two sections, giving it an L shape rather than the usual bowling alley. Drapes hung from the 15" high ceiling to mask the evening sun, made of outdoor fabric that is made of a teflon fabric. The hues of brown and green stripes were very attractive. Under the carport was not a floor of cement but a cobble stone . Flower beds adorned the patio area , with raised beds of roses and pink tones of flowering bushes.When I talked to the owners they told me that they were getting rid of their class A and bringing in a park model it will be gorgeous I am sure given the work already put into the lot, It was a glorious site

After our walkathon and high expenditures and bags of loot we returned to our friends who had finished their sales pitch and made our way to a local restaurant for sustenance. We talked and laughed and caught up with all our friendly gossip as it has been a year since we saw them. We waived our good buys and headed home, We had one stop to make! Walmart--------------- our favorite store. I managed to purchase some tomato cages to put over our ever so delicate flowers that will get a cool zip tonight. Soon I will head out to adorn the plants with sheets and towels to keep the little plants warm. We will see how frost free the plants are this year!

In just a few days!!!!!!!!!!

I was born slightly after 3 am on Dec. 5, 1955. In a few days I will be 55- I guess my lucky number must be 5. Better run out and get some lottery tickets and play my luck 5 combination!!!!!!!!!!

Our home away from home

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What next??

 

A man and his tv............
How will I ever tear him away from his 37" screen let alone his other favorite electronic gizzmos
He will now be glued at home for ever!
We are not going to leave this state side but will take it home with us........... Sure beets the new foot I purchased for my sewing machine!