Going for a ride

this past Saturday found Honey and I with some time to do something out of the ordinary...we had planned on doing yard work, but it was to cold and looked like it might rain.
So we did the only logical thing....


When for a ride.



We went West to a little town that neither of us had visited before-we are planning to go back because it had some very interesting things to see...



Then we went North and found this...a stones throw off the highway.

I have become a collector of "things"...I decorate in what I call "Scanda-who-vian Eclectic". That boils down to the fact that I'm of Scandinavian decent and most of the people in the town where I was born and raised-and now have moved back to-are also of Scandinavian decent...so when some Scandinavian is getting rid of something I think is of worth I go "clect-it"...

I know you are wondering where this is leading...

It's leading to this...

I thought this was an interesting collection and display idea...No I'm not planning to start clecting tractors, but I thought it made a nice memory.

After our little jaunt to the North we came home and got ready to head South to see some of our Grand Children who were "in town" for the week end...And were treated to see this big full rainbow on the way...

Some times the day you have planned gets scrapped in favor of unplanned things and I'm so glad Honey and I took our day to explore local places that we had never been to before or hadn't been to in a long time...

Some times we just need to get in the car and go for a ride...

Remember;
We're fools whether we dance or not, so we might as well dance.

Encourage each other!!!

Knitting Lessons...

Early Saturday morning out on the porch swing.
Can you think of a better place to learn to knit?
Aunt B (not to be confused with Aunt Bea from Mayberry) has been teaching people all different kinds of handwork for a pretty long time now-I know, because she taught me to knit about 1976 or 1977...but that's another story...
This last Saturday found her teaching my daughter how to knit which was a good thing. You see although my daughter loves me very much and I love my daughter very much, we have found that car rides together and me teaching her things or trying to get her to pose for pictures? Yeah-not bloody likely.

Aunt B on the other hand is someone she will listen to more easily...and so the lesson begins...

Now just a dad-gum minute!!!

What happened to the big sister that taught me to knit?! The one who would slap my hand when I kept goofing up the same thing?

mumble, mumble,...grumble, grump...

the lesson continued...

The shear concentration involved was hysterical!!

I was there to take a picture or two and to work on some things I'm starting now for Christmas...but I did have to point out that Aunt B has defiantly mellowed over the years since she taught me-why she hadn't even bopped my daughters head once this whole lesson!!!

Hold your horses! Is that my daughter doing the *under glasses look*?!

Look out- this is where it started getting serious-ok it never really got serious, but this is when measures were taken to improve the learning environment-glasses off-hair pinned up & back to work...

Ok as serious as it was before ...

You could see right when every thing Aunt B was telling her clicked.

One of Aunt B's favorite things to do is undo your stuff to show you how to fix a mistake--ahem I remember mine coming undone lots of times...

By the by, this is not what happened here-no-I believe it was the length of the tail lesson and how to tell how much to leave for casting on for new projects- ! inch for each stitch casting on-5 stitches= 5 inches. 90 stitches=90 inches etc..

Just for me Aunt B lifted the hair so I felt better about her not being taught like I was :D

It didn't even break her concentration... she was deemed her best student so far.

So you can bet when my daughter comes to me and asks if I know how to tat, make bobbin lace, or do netting and other "lost arts" I will be pointing her right back to the porch at Aunt B's house-Because she knows how to do all that and more-and is willing to teach anyone who wants to learn...

And for the record, while Aunt B teaches my daughter, I'm teaching my daughter's daughter important things as well-

Last Monday she helped me make 2 batches of Strawberry freezer jam for Gramp (and her)

It doesn't look like much, but it made 12 1/2 cups of jam and one very tired mixer helper...

Remember;

We're fools whether we dance or not, so we might as well dance.
Encourage each other!!!