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Monthly Archives: November 2012
Great Grey Day!
On Sunday we went for a small walk – ie, with-in the city, at Louden Park, not too far away! It still took the same amount of time to walk, but the walk is tamer than some of the other locations … Continue reading
Posted in blogging, knitting, Life, Painting with dyes, Photography
Tagged beauty, birds, grey heron, grey morning, Heron, Morning, nature, scenery
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Painting the Princess!
Sunday morning after our walk – I painted the Princess! Last night I put it back together! This weekend Tamera and I will take some more pictures! Such is the life of a princess! The princess is a very large … Continue reading
Posted in Design - Execution, knitting, Painting with dyes, Photography
Tagged arts, Cables, Finished Projects, knitting, painitng, swatch
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Streams of Light
Sunlight was pouring through the trees at Colliery Dam Park this morning. The ground was steaming and the light and steam coalesced to create streamers of reflected light! It was a brilliant morning, so bright, I should have put the polarizing … Continue reading
Posted in blogging, Design - Inspiration, knitting, pattern, Photography
Tagged beauty, light, Morning, nature, planning, scenery
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Photo Fun!
Sunday afternoon we went on a photo shoot! Right back to Piper’s Lagoon. The we – Tamera, Fiona and Myself – I had a few items finished and wanted some good photographs for patterns and the etc’s of life. We … Continue reading
Posted in Design - Execution, pattern, Photography
Tagged beauty, Finished Projects, lace shawl, nature, purple, scenery, shetland lace, style
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Wild Waters
We walked at Piper’s Lagoon this morning. The wind was blowing; the rain was falling; the bay was wild and the lagoon was calm. It was wonderful! The sun is breaking through the clouds now, but I hope that you … Continue reading
Posted in Photography
Tagged beauty, Morning, nature, outdoors, piper's lagoon, Sophie, walk on the wild side, waves, wild
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Cold……
There is often a certain kind of presence that comes with a “cold” day. A grey, relentless mantle of mist and low hanging clouds. Cold has it’s own kind of beauty, sharp and clean, crisp to the nose and damp to the skin. … Continue reading
Westwood Ho!
Yesterday we walked all the way around Westwood Lake. We hadn’t intended on it, it was snowing, sleeting, raining and blowing; but it was a great walk, and it just sort of happened! We had started out with the intention … Continue reading
Posted in Design - Execution, pattern, play
Tagged beauty, Morning, planning, scenery, westwood lake, Yesterday morning
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Crunchy Leaves All Around – Fall is Fabulous!
It is official – I am only 7 at heart! Yesterday morning we walked around Louden Park and then in the afternoon we walked down at Departure Bay Beach at the bottom of the hill. The pathways in both locations were covered … Continue reading
Posted in Design - Creation, knitting, Photography, technique
Tagged Entrelac, entrelace, favorite, Friends, Morning, Projects, Yesterday morning
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Beautiful Morning
When I woke up this morning and looked up at the sky it was dark, dark blue; there were stars twinkling and enough ambient light that I could see the white clouds scattered here and there as I looked up. … Continue reading
Posted in Design - Creation, Design - Execution, knitting
Tagged Cables, favorite, Morning, patterns, scarf, vogue knitting
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Sunday Afternoon Knitting – Again!
What a gorgeous Sunday. The fog is heavy and the leaves are falling and we are warm and cozy inside after our walk through Bowen Park. I have a pot of stew on the stove, burbling away for supper tonight … Continue reading
Posted in Design - Creation, knitting, pattern, Photography, play
Tagged cooking, favorite, Inspiration, Lace knitting, Lace Painting, nature, patterns, Projects, scarf, style
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