Poor old fella. Doesn't he look sad?
This is what he looked like when I went to pick him up from the hospital last week after a double hernia operation. He was weak and weary. He needed liquid percocet because he couldn't swallow the horse pills he needed to take for pain relief. We drove around the dark streets of Philly in search of his medicine and found it a little before 10pm. It made him sick. He needed nausea medicine. I went looking for it. That made him sick too. The poor little invalid has had to suffer through the past week with over-the-counter pain killers. He's been a real trooper, which is a relief as I'm not the world's most patient, (haha - pun unintended!), nurse - not now when work is super-crazy-busy!
Anyway, thanks luv. Thanks for being a real trooper and I'm happy to see you looking almost back to full health :o)
We've had quite a bit of rain lately. I don't mind the rain so much. I am afterall, from England, where the skies are grey and there's drizzle in the air for most of the year. I like the climate better here though, especially when the sky is like this, with plenty of blue to make a whole fleet of sailors enough pairs of trousers to see them through their service days.
I love how these yellow leaves look against the blue sky on a crisp autumnal day.
We went to Rhinebeck!!!!! I wasn't sure if I would be able to make it this year because of how ridiculously busy I am/have been. I talked the fella into taking us, (we sneaked Lucky in and she hid in the car, which is forbidden - please don't tell!).
I love how these yellow leaves look against the blue sky on a crisp autumnal day.
We went to Rhinebeck!!!!! I wasn't sure if I would be able to make it this year because of how ridiculously busy I am/have been. I talked the fella into taking us, (we sneaked Lucky in and she hid in the car, which is forbidden - please don't tell!).
I bought yarn!!!!!!
This isn't the how the colour looks in real life - it's much greener - more spanish-olive than mint-chocolate.
It's a lovely soft Alpaca that I will knit myself a cozy, sloppy, cardi with.
Still on the theme of green.. I bought some soap with a felted cover.
I can't remember the flavour but it smells wonderful!
I bought socks!
Me old mate Tina, turned me on to these beauties, (the double layer ones with the alpaca fairisle), about 4 years ago and I LOVE them! It was high time for a new pair for me and a pair for the fella for doing the driving. I also bought a pair of "I dare you to get cold socks", which will no doubt get lots of wear during the frosty months ahead.
One of the highlights of the trip:
This isn't the how the colour looks in real life - it's much greener - more spanish-olive than mint-chocolate.
It's a lovely soft Alpaca that I will knit myself a cozy, sloppy, cardi with.
Still on the theme of green.. I bought some soap with a felted cover.
I can't remember the flavour but it smells wonderful!
I bought socks!
Me old mate Tina, turned me on to these beauties, (the double layer ones with the alpaca fairisle), about 4 years ago and I LOVE them! It was high time for a new pair for me and a pair for the fella for doing the driving. I also bought a pair of "I dare you to get cold socks", which will no doubt get lots of wear during the frosty months ahead.
I bought more yarn!
Loved the colour combo and it feels nice. A scarf to be, maybe?
One of the highlights of the trip:
I got to meet up with some of me old mates from NY SnB! I miss youse guise!!
Here's Ravi, Ruth, Me and Johanna. You can't tell that we're knitters at all! (Thanks Johanna for the photos - for some reason they look blurry on here?)
Was lovely to catch up, if only for a short time, (we had to rush off after only a couple of hours as Lucky was freezing her poor, little, short-haired body in the car park!)
Here's Ravi enjoying the Lamb. Nobody seems to find it weird that all this Lamb is being consumed with the live bleeting of the animals in the barn just a few feet away! I'm just their for their fleeces - Ooh, and the apple crisp - that stuff is deeeeeeelicious!
It was a short but very sweet visit.
Not sure when I'll be knitting for myself anytime soon - it's all work,work, work at the mo. But I have to be thankful that I have paid work in these times of high unemployment. Just need to not go crazy with it though, I have to think about my health and happiness too.
