What's Off The Needles...

Here's a scarf I knitted for my granddaughter. She is a Harry Potter fan. You can make it any color you choose. It's very simple. I used a 16" circular size 8 needle. Cast on 70. Place marker and join in the round. Work in the stockinette stitch (knit all stitches) 7inches wide and 70 inches long without fringe, or as long as you want it.

 

 

I was taking it to her today, but seem to be under the weather a bit, so it will have to wait.

 

Have a great evening!



Mittens For Moon Daisy...

 

Putting the final stitches in my first pair of mittens.

Still working on my knitting skills.

Have a super week!!! 

Refrigerator Magnets...

Moon Daisy is going on a school trip to Washington, D.C.,. Her parents are making her raise half the funds, so she has been getting ready for a craft/yard sale. She has been making refrigerator magnets to sell. I decided to help her by making some of my own to add to hers. I spent most of yesterday making these little babies. It was a lot of trial and error. If you like them a tutorial will follow on another day.     

I think they may need haircuts.

Have a great weekend!!!

The Spa Treatment...

This is going to be one lazy week. I hope I don't gain 10 pounds.

I am being totally pampered and this includes back massages, someone to prepare the meals, snacks offered every few moments, a chair to prop my feet upon, a large comfy couch complete with blanket and pillow, hugs and snuggles, and sno-cones prepared especially for me.

Where am I? 

At an exclusive spa, perhaps?

In Beverly Hills, maybe? 

On a Caribbean cruise? 

No, I'm staying with the grandkids while their parents are away.

Brown Hawk gives the best massages around and he cooks! He made chicken Taquito's for lunch and a cherry sno-cone for dessert.

He says he's making chicken nuggets and pizza rolls for supper

 while Moon Daisy makes brownies.

Crazy Hair can eat more snack food than ought to be allowed by law, but always offers to share.

Yes, I can tell this is going to be one lazy week.

And I can't wait.

Hope you have a great and lazy week too!!!

Chandor Garden's...

Moon Daisy earned two flex days from school and decided she wanted to spend them with MeMaw and Paw-Paw, so Friday she hitched a ride with her Paw-Paw and showed up on my door step. She hung out with us at the house over the weekend and then Monday we drove around the area looking for unique places to take pictures. I will post a few later in the week.

Today I took her to Weatherford, Texas to meet her mom. While there we took a walking tour of Chandor Gardens. Chandor Gardens is a series of "garden rooms" featuring English and Chinese motifs. Douglas Chandor, an artist who painted portraits of President Hoover, Franklin Roosevelt and Winston Churchill, among others, created these gardens starting in 1936.

Upon Chandor's death in 1953 his wife, Ina, opened the gardens to the public until her death in 1978. The gardens were neglected for the next 16 years until 1994 when Melody and Chuck Bradford bought and restored the property. In 2002 the city of Weatherford bought the home and gardens and  once again opened them to the public.

 Moon Gate

 Tiered Copper Fountain

 Pixie Pond

 Mount Cox

 Chi-Ling Fountain

On the left is Ina's Walk which was the initial feature of the garden in 1936.

 The Trellis Pond

 Court Yard and Chandor Home

 We had a great time. The home and gardens are unique and interesting. I have only given you a small taste. I look forward to visiting again in the spring when the Wisteria petals will "drip like purple rain from everywhere" and all things beautiful will be in full-bloom. Imagine.

Have a blessed week!!! 

Happy Halloween...

 K.I.S.S. aka Moon Daisy

 Luke Skywalker aka Brown Hawk

Zombie aka Crazy Hair

Darth Vadar aka Tall Feathers

Arrrrg aka Fuzzy

and the birthday girl aka Daley

Happy Halloween!!!