daily yarns 'n more

found in the woods

While out in the woods with the goats I finally snapped some shots that I just never seemed to stop long enough to take.  It's like stopping to smell the roses, I just don't seem to do it often enough.

Hope y'all have a wonderful day today.

colour

Isn't autumn/fall just beautiful?

 

i love this view

The colors are going fast now with the leaves dropping everyday.  I took a different route home from town the other day, I was hoping that the view would not disappoint me, and it didn't.

loving this time of year

An Instagram shot with my phone of The Pioneer Woman's Buttered Rosemary Rolls.  I didn't put on the sea salt or as much butter on top, but they tasted just as wonderful!

I just absolutely love this time of year.  Don't you?

 

it's in bloom...

I am so happy, my forsythia bush is starting to really bloom now.  I had two bushes in my Illinois yard and two of my daughters got me this bush for mothers day last year and I just LOVE it...Thanks girls!

Yesterday was the first day of spring and the weather was spot on for it too.  I still can't believe the temps we've been having for the month of March, I'm sure it's nice in other areas of the country as well :) 

My flower beds are all cleaned out, Jim's been working getting the garden ready.  We planted a few things that are okay to plant now and I can't wait to see everything growing.

Our companion goes with us every where, just content to be nearby.

We are starting to green up, not only in the trees but on the ground.  It doesn't look like it in these photos, I took these about 5 days ago, except the top photo which I took yesterday.

I hope you all have a wonderful day today.

everything is starting to bud

My sister is visiting for the weekend and I'm off to enjoy her company and our beautiful weather.

You all have a wonderful weekend.

trying to beat the snow

I had errands to do in town and on my way back I stopped to take this shot.  The roads were starting to get bad on my way back home so I didn't get out of the car like I would have liked to.  I worried about getting back up on the ridge and some hills can get pretty slick.

I was happy that I finished the hat I was working on, just in time for our snowfall.

Home safe and sound, watching the snow fall, my bread machine rolls rising by the wood stove.  Since Jim has cut sugar out of his diet, I've been substituting honey when sugar is called for in recipes and of course whole wheat flour.  Speaking of honey, here's a link to some pretty interesting facts about honey and cinnamon.

I hope you all have a wonderful weekend.

they fit like a glove

I am so glad I didn't try and surprise Mr with these.  Seeing that he wanted to wear them when he was working they had to be just so, not too long that they were in the way, and not too short that his fingers froze.  I found the pattern here where the link came from Ravelry.  This is the true color of the mitts.

We had a wonderful weekend, we got out of the house and took a drive to the nearest town.  Not our town but in the opposite direction, we actually shop in this town quite frequently.  They were giving horse and sleigh/wagon rides at the fair grounds.

On our way back home we stopped off at the stream where Jim sometimes fly fishes, just to check to see if there were any trout still in the stream, and there were, he spied one.

What snow we had is mostly gone now, the sun yesterday was pretty warm and it melted, at least up on the ridge here it's almost all gone.

How was your weekend?  Hope you all have a wonderful day.

snowed in

That's how I spent my day....no internet...no satellite...I did sew and I watched the snow fall.  I could use my cell phone and was able to get the internet that way...but...it's not the easiest to see anything. 

This was the view from my back deck, the visibility was pretty much nil.

So...I made a bean soup on the wood stove, while the lights flickered off and on now and again.

and, a pumpkin pie sounded good after supper so I made that as well.

There's something about snow storms that make me want to bake.

over the weekend

We were busy as bees.  Autumn has fully settled in here.  A walk around the yard proved that over the weekend.  Tho I spied a few bits of color still hanging on.  My favorite flowers have dried up and you can see them here.

I'm going on my very first quilt retreat in just over a week and I'm sooooo excited.  I've been getting some things ready and doing some sewing.  In preparation in going and what to bring I made a caddy pad to carry my iron in.  Not sure if I need to bring my iron, but I just figure if I bring my iron in this cute caddy pad, then I'll have my iron and a place to iron...Just In Case.

We also did a little bit of construction over the weekend.

You'll have to wait to see just what Sadie Girl was watching.