Updatery

I have come to the conclusion that blogging and graduate school do not mix... This should be evident by my lack of posts over the last few months. Well, now it's winter break so here's
some updates...


I am about three weeks away from due date of baby #2... Feeling fat and sassy.

Some knitting has been accomplished:

For the new baby.... Munchkin Hat on ravelry


And matching for big sis...





A little sweater for a dear friend's boy - Joelle Hoverson's Child's Placket-Neck Pullover also on ravelry...


And, a delightful knit... the Baby Sophisticate pattern, also from ravelry









So many more things to do before our new addition gets here. Now that finals are over I feel I can officially "nest" and settle in for a while. Oh, if that weren't for the massive piles of laundry that have been growing steadily during finals, the mending... I guess that's all part of the nesting though.

If you'll excuse me, I hear the vacuum calling my name.

Room to Grow II

Here's the big girl helping to clean up her new room:


Tree details:


The view above the bed:




Birds, birds, birds.










Finishing touches:

Room to Grow

Here's the project of the last few weeks, with my dear husband working at all hours to get it finished...

First, the room before - just some paint samples on the walls:



Here's the dutch door that leads into my office with blackboard paint for doodles:




And here I am proudly displaying part of the reason we need that "room to grow":


The preliminary tree sketch:








Pictures of the finished project forthcoming...

Finished knits

The birthday sweater:

Knitted squid pair - the second is for the new baby.


Asymmetrical cardigan courtesy of a free Ravelrey pattern. Buttons were a going-out-of-business special.

A shrug for Dear Daughter on those brisk fall days that don't quite call for a full sweater.

More to come... and hopefully some actual stories and updates as well.

Growing

A beautiful day for a walk into the garden:




Feeling a bit like Mr. McGregor:






Still getting pattypans (or scallop squash if you prefer):



Beets, beets:






"Volunteer" tomatoes under the rotating compost bin:




A beautiful heirloom pumpkin... but tiny.




Mystery squash:





A volunteer butternut that took up housekeeping on the side of the big compost bin:



And what I've been working on: