Eyes Up Again Tonight!

Have you ever heard the wolf cry to the blue corn moon? 🎶🎵 Me neither, and living in suburban, northeast Ohio, I doubt I ever will...at least, I don't think I'll hear it from my own back yard.

I also doubted that I would ever see a total eclipse of the sun or the northern lights from my own back yard, but 2024 has been full of wonder! We did get to experience a total eclipse from my daughter's back yard (in a neighboring town) last month...

...and last night, I saw the northern lights from my own deck!

Of course, that photo is not super spectacular...but a friend clued me in to make sure my night settings were enabled when I took photos, and I got these more-spectacular shots!

I think my son and daughter-in-law and their girls had a better look (fewer lights, more wide-open where they live in Kansas), but even they needed to enhance with those night settings.

Still, it is pretty cool that so many in my "neighborhood" had such a good viewing, considering that this is NOT Alaska or Canada and other points north! I'm not sure if the solar flares will interfere with communications (as some in the news industry have claimed they might), but they sure put on a spectacular show! (And they may do the same again tonight, so check it out!)

In other news, I'm still knitting! Sparkly socks finished mean new socks started...

...and I've finished that second cowl I was working up as a test knit! 

Bonus! It's two, two, two cowls in one, because it's double knit...because that's who I am. 

It's even been gifted, which frees me up to knit socks, clean closets and make more frog clothes...because what frog doesn't need new clothes? I know you stopped by to check on my frog-clothing progress...

Finally, tomorrow is Mother's Day, and I'd like to wish all of the ladies I know a good one. The women who raised us, taught us, encouraged us and loved us well deserve honor tomorrow (and every day), because we wouldn't be who we are without their influence. So hug a mom, if you can find one, and try to make it a good day. 

Oh, and Knit in Good Health! 

Cowl #1, not on the intended recipient,
but still super cute!

Round, Round Getaround! 🎵🎶

Not really even my era of music, except that my parents always listened to the "oldies" station on the radio while I was growing up! Now my era of music is on that same station...but I digress...this is about how Pretty "gets around!"

A couple weeks ago, I blogged that I was headed on a ROAD TRIP!, and I am soon headed on another. This time, it's a getaway from the office to do some planning trip, and I'm a little sad that Mr Pretty will not be tagging along. This is my first of three planned trips without him this year, but I will be with good friends. We will be doing some exploring, and I am excited to go. 🤗

Plus, there will be knitting time! Since I have a couple of projects on the needles, including purple socks to wear to an upcoming Donny Osmond concert!!!

With a combined 10 hours of car-knitting along the way, these should be finished before I get home! Other projects coming with me include some double knitting (a test knit for a farm-themed cowl) 

and, depending on how much time I actually end up with, perhaps another fun pair of socks. I have some self-striping, sock yarn and a polka-dot pattern all lined up for this trip! I thought about bringing the current frog-project, but there are just too many loose ends that one must pack for a tiny-toy-knit! 

Yes, he's cute. He is also a model for future-frog-togs for the blog-frogs of my September 2023 post, Frog Lips. But he, and any other frogs that fall off my needles before I leave, will be staying home with Mr Pretty. I doubt they will pay each other any mind. Lol... 😜

I'm looking forward to this tiny respite from the everyday. April has been a busy month already, and although I have enjoyed the birthday parties,

Middle kid, Pappy, Uncle and Birthday Boy!

All the boys like the Brown Bear Buddies!

He can climb Pop Pop!

This kid can [almost] flyyyyy!

time with littles and bigger grandkids, 

Snuggles with cousins...

Hide and Seek ⬆️
Mario ⬇️

I am quite looking forward to a bit of quiet time away also. Maybe I can even talk my crew into finding a yarn store along the way. (FYI, this is unlikely, which is totally ok. I have no shortage of yarn in my life...or in my house...and at least two yarn adventures planned for this summer!)

So, I suppose that's what's going on with me. How about you? Are you getting around at all? Any plans for the upcoming summer (or winter, depending on your hemisphere)? Wherever you go, whatever you do, don't forget your knitting!

Thanks for stopping by, and Knit in Good Health!

Gnomes, decked out for Spring!

Not Quite Speechless Saturday

Nothing super clever to say today, but lots going on! Cupcake baking...

Remembering last weekend's road trip to see my granddaughter in Annie Jr:

And another granddaughter on the soccer field:

Walks around their neighborhood, and to the playground:

Knitting...

Sewing (because those toys need a place to live)...

More knitting (colors don't have enough contrast for fair-aisle, but I still like it!)...

And even more knitting!

It's been a fun-and-busy week, and there's more to come! Those cupcakes mean it's a birthday weekend,  after all!

How has your week been? I hope good, or at least not bad...in any case, thanks for stopping by today, and I hope you find something here to smile about!

Knit in Good Health! 

Daydream Believer

I can knit for miles and miles! At least that's what it feels like while I am knitting my Destination Ohio Cowl! As I knit each color, I think of the place that it represents, and I wonder at the fun it might be to wear the cowl to each of them and snap a photo! I don't think that will realistically happen, but a knitter can still dream...

Luscious pile of cowl on my desk...

So far, I've knit about 34 inches of the tube, and the finished cowl will be around 40 inches long when it is finished, and I cannot wait for it to be finished. I mean, I can wait. It was 93 degrees yesterday, and there is more of that forecast for today, so I can totally wait to wear the thing...but I want it to be finished so that I can take it on a walk into nature, and photograph it among the trees and streams and flowers and butterflies! Because, of course, all my photos are perfect like that...NOT! Well, a knitter can still dream...

The shot was set up perfect, then
he walked right into it...lol!

My favorite of the 8 Ohio-inspired colors is Roller Coast, and I am toying with asking Jeanne (of Destination Yarn) to dye me up a sweater's worth! With bright-sky-blues and bits of deep-lake-blue, accompanied by pops of red, green and yellow steel coaster tracks, this colorway is inspired by my favorite amusement park, Cedar Point, a destination in Ohio, for sure! The color captures the spirit of the park, and its many rides, so well that it makes me think of playing hooky from work this coming week. Hmmm, a knitter can still dream...

Honestly could not love these colors more!

Yes, today is a good day to dream, and I plan to enjoy every moment of it! I hope that your dreams are good, and that at least one or two of them come true!

Thanks for stopping by, and Knit in Good Health!

The Italian Yarn

"The Italian cousins, they get me," I wrote when I received these goodies in the mail in November 2014, and they do!

I had made some hats for Halloween that year, themed for a certain Disney movie, and shipped to Italia. One for each cousin, and one for the dog (as you do)...

...and they thanked me with Italian yarn and pottery. They get me, they totally get me! I have had the multi-colored yarn pretty prominently displayed for some time, and I finally decided to grab it this past weekend, along with a pair of 8mm needles, and this is how it turned out:

So warm, and very soft! It's an acrylic/wool blend, so I worried that it might be a bit itchy, 

but it is not itchy at all...and it is so very, very cozy! I've been wearing it to work all week, and my neck has never been warmer!

So glad that I finally got to this yarn, and even though it is nearly Spring, I do live in northeast Ohio, so I am sure to get more use from this cowl before it really heats up around here. Thank you again, cousins!

Have you knit anything quick and cozy this year?

Thanks for stopping by, and Knit in Good Health!