Wednesday, November 5, 2008

abundance

here is what abundance looks like to my cats. both noche and luna love this feeling. "mmmm, mmm, there is nothing like it. we have lots and lots of the goods!... ahhhh. it is great when the food dishes are full, but the feeling of actually tapping into the mother lode is amazing...."

the curious thing is that even though they have two food dishes, exactly alike, the one on the left is the preferred bowl. it always is emptied first, and sometimes all that is needed is to switch the positions of the dishes, or pour from the one on the right to the emptied left-side bowl to make them comfortable with the food situation again. nutty! my guess is that we are as nutty as they are, and it is just easier to see it as it relates to somebody else. mmmhmmmm.



just by taking the opportunity to make mickey mouse ears and face on a pancake i somehow tap in to that feeling (abundance, not nuttiness necessarily)...there really is time to make this life fun!




my postings have been non-existent. nil. i'll offer no excuses.
however, i do have a few completed knitting projects to share:


clothing for a formerly bare bear,



the gelato bag is slightly smaller than needed for everyday use, but i like it....


three baby hats finally made their way to the babies i knitted them for...

this was for aurelia,
carter was the blueberry boy and little ruby was miss strawberry




which then inspired a strawberry hat for amira, as she insists that on november 26 she is having her strawberry birthday. let's cross our fingers and hope it fits...it's a surprise.




a toy carrot rattle (crochet, i formerly didn't know i could actually read a pattern...thankfully there is online help these days for those of us just learning.....)
i intend to try felting this, and see if it is possible without modifying the pattern first...


a cotton/linen hot pad...crocheted.




and then there are some projects currently in process:

one sock completed, ready to start sock #2, first pair on two circular needles.




one sock uncompleted, sleeping and waiting for me to be ready to attempt it again...note the weird band, it actually includes my first cables, imperfect but an attempt nonetheless!


another squashy bag, ready to felt, and a smaller one in process for amira.




another hot pad, i love this great easy pattern (thanks aunt lauree for showing me!)

and the checkerboard scarf i'm knitting from woolydaisy's gorgeous handdyed/handspun tropical fizz merino.



mmmm, mmmm, so nice to work on.

abundance, in things i want to knit, complete, begin, learn, write....that i've got! abundance of desire may be just as yummy as abundance of cat food is to the kitties. they may disagree, but i can see the value of having a long list of things i want to do in this life.

1 comment:

woolydaisy said...

wow! you have been very busy. beautiful stuff! i love seeing how the tropical fizz knits up! thanks for sharing.