Heaven on Earth

Sometimes it just feels like we're in heaven here on Earth. I spent the morning sitting outside in a shady corner by the pool drinking coffee, chatting with my daughter and knitting. It was glorious! What a lovely way to pass a couple of hours in the middle of the day. For a while there, it felt a little like a Sunday where the day spread out before me with little to do.


Well, that isn't true, of course. It's Wednesday and I've got a business to tend to and a deadline to do so. Oh well, it was a nice feeling while it lasted.

I found out over the July 4 holiday that my niece is going to have a baby -- in a month! ARGH! Gotta knit up something quickly. Out comes the trusty old baby blanket pattern that I've used twice before: Lullaby by Rachel J. Terrill. It was published in one of the Leisure Arts booklets. It's really a sweet blanket, with a fairly simple lace pattern. I'm not the best at memorizing patterns, so I do have to look at the beginning of each lace row, but it's simple enough that I can mindlessly knit the row once I know what I'm suppose to be doing.



I'm about 1/4 through the project. I expect to finish over the weekend. Then ship it up to Bangor, ME. Meanwhile I'm also looking around for a nice baby sweater to knit for the winter. That'll be fun to work on, as it's been 24 years since I knit a kid's sweater.

Well, time to water the plants. I'll post pictures of some of the gardens next time.