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windy days and dreams of summer

  • Posted on January 10, 2012 at 6:15 pm

“de wind she blow lak hurricane,
Bime by she blow some more”

that’s a line my dad used to quote on windy days. i never knew where it was from but it often seemed apropos here.

today the wind did blow “lak hurricane”, whipping away the little snow that fell and leaving the world still cold and gray. but inside i was thankful to be warm and cozy, dreaming of the summer….

so once again i dip in to my stock of summer wild flowers and pretend the sun is shining.
brown eyed susan

brown eyed susan

meadow parsnip

meadow parsnip

shrubby cinquefoil

shrubby cinquefoil

sleepytime swap

  • Posted on January 8, 2012 at 2:06 pm

smidge and beezie were in a lovely pj swap with revolutionary cake. unfortunately the post office lost our first package to her, and we are still waiting to see if the makeup one arrives. having sent it off at least the girls got to see what they received. (they waited till they had posted off their second attempt before open their own gifts. admirable self restraint i thought!)
sleepy swap 1
but here they are gloating over the huge pile of packages.

sleepy swap 3
beezie was ready to dive right in, but smidge insisted on sorting first.

sleepy swap 4
“look at all the stuff we got!” beezie cooed, we need to try on the jammies right away!

sleepy swap 5
don’t they look sweet! and they can’t stop cuddling their new friends! beezie is blowing kisses to aunty jo!

sleepy swap 6
smidge said i have to show off the cute bum flap! (beezie found that hysterical) then both of them curled up under their blankies and went to sleep.

winter swap 2

  • Posted on January 6, 2012 at 2:07 am

we also received some very nice stuff in the swap. meg was the lucky recipient and here she is modelling some of the goodies
winter swap
she also got two other scarves that she shared.

winter swap

  • Posted on January 3, 2012 at 4:08 pm

my swap partner has received her “secret santa” swap now so i can post some of the stuff i sent here.

ananda was the closest in size to my partners boy, so she got to be the model this time. here she is wearing the hat and scarf while snuggling under the quilt.
trying it out

fuzzy mohair/silk elf slippers
elf slippers 2

and here’s a picture of all the goodies
all together now
including a christmas dog, tray of gingerbread cookies, santa mug, penguin book, and angry birds concentration game for whiling away the winter hours. 🙂