stoopidme

Having a rethink on the old blog.  With no time to knit or sew, I have no craft posts - which was the reason for the blog in the first place - and I’m not sure I’m comfortable posting personal stuff.  The resulting rare posts and drafts have been so dull that even I don’t wanna read them.

Despite the lack of blog-worthy material, real life has been more life-worthy than ever!  My supersweet little girl is laughing now - and I’m going photo-crazy with her.  The paper journal/scrapbooking has been making a minor comeback - I’d kind of missed cutting and sticking - and the satisfaction of setting things out or scribbling down things without worrying about what people might think, or whether I wanted to put certain photos out on tinterweb.  While this has been a personal electronic scrapbook for me to record time in so many ways, it is after all still public and that comes with its own benefits, problems and pressures (even when they are ones I create for myself).

I am discovering more and more inspiring blogs all the time, and they make me reflect on what I’m doing here in blogland (and in my “spare” time - I think I remember what that is!), but real life is so full of challenges right now and I don’t want to record the negative, and am too busy enjoying the positive to actually think to try and capture it or represent it.  I guess what I’m trying to say is that this used to feel easy and now it feels like trying and so I need to take a blog break while I figure some stuff out.

To add to the pile of things I hope to get round to making, (if I remember how to work the sewing machine!) I got some goodness this morning to make my nephews some jimjams.  Lovely soft flannel

(Henna, I was thinking gingham for T and dots for L - whaddya think?)

The sun shining on the Red Riding Hood tulips made them look totally unreal.  Not sure whether these or the Calgary are my favourite - but I’m certainly enjoying my tulips this spring.  Mind you so is the rabbit.  We’ve lost 3 tulips and I think all the crocuses to the rabbit - but a small price to pay for having a rabbit visit the garden!

Time seems to be passing so fast, I’m trying to hold on to each moment and at the same time looking forward so much to the future.  I started looking back at last year to see what was going on - and that set me off looking even further back, at April.

2005.

A break in Berlin with a friend.  The last time I had pink hair.  Seeing the sights, shopping, drinking in bars, accidental gigs…

2006

Recovering from an operation I had in March.  A trip to the lakes I think (or was this May?)

2007

My grandparents’ diamond wedding celebration and finding our house (and garden!)

2008

The Big Knitting Workshop, and a cold snap

2009.

An Easter break with the family.  Watching our little girl growing each day, and finding myself discussing nappies with my big sis.

2010

???

Slight fogginess at too-early-o’clock

The blossom is out further south.  That means I don’t have long to wait for the blossoms at home…