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Listening to Brenda Lee’s Christmas Album takes me back to my chilly childhood living in Washington state.
“Little girls and Little boys
dream of worlds
full of toys
This time of the year
When Christmas is near”
A week before Christmas my parents would disappear to go shopping. Just for the day. Leaving me and my brother to stay home and clean. With the warning that Santa was watching.
The two of us would raid their record collection and play all their Christmas albums.
I remember trying to skip songs. A tricky thing to do with a record but I was a determined little girl. I also had a penchant for playing with the needle. All of which would drive my brother crazy.
But that would be our day. Listening to music. Daydreaming about presents.
The moment our car pulled into the driveway we would scramble to stop the music and tidy the living room. I say we but actually my brother did all the cleaning. I just hid in the bathroom.
He was my big brother that’s how that worked. It’s not Christmas unless there is some guilt.
Life in Arizona can be a little warm. On occasion the summers enjoy the beauty of a monsoon or two. But if you suffer the heat, enjoy a dry uneventful summer maybe just maybe when winter comes you may wake up to some clouds and possibly rain.
It was a good morning. Be sure to enjoy the little things in life.
I hate to admit it but the Christmas Holiday can be tiresome to me because the repetition of traditional songs becomes laughable. I don’t need to hear forty versions of the same pop song from the 50s.
So I opened my heart up to this Sufjan Stevens song. The lyrics are such a relief.
Sister Winter
“Oh my thoughts I
Return to summer time
When I kissed your ankle
I kissed you through the night
All my gifts I gave everything to you
Your strange imagination
You threw it all away
Now my heart is
Returned to sister winter
Now my heart is
As cold as ice“
Find the complete lyrics here.
It has been a while since I last blogged. I spent most of my down time trying to will my body into better health. My cold/flu bug is over. Having said that I have been out of sorts for the last couple of days. Being sick forced me to make some questionable choices.
My apartment is anarchy. My cooking has been dreadful. Which led me to eat food that could be ordered or heated up in a moments notice. Bad choices all around. One of the big changes was going without coffee. I really missed my cup o’ joe but that pot was dirty. Like I said bad choices.
Today was a day of many firsts. I picked up a pair of knitting needles to break in a new skein of wool. Washed some dishes. Invented a sandwich. More importantly the coffee pot was cleaned for a much needed brew.
I even did some quick surfing online to find some inspiration for this delicious coffee buzz. I love FFFFound!
I hope you enjoyed this lovely Sunday. I know I did.
I’ve been working on a pair of “rib-i-licious” fingerless gloves. Fisherman’s rib to be exact. One half is already completed the second is already on double pointed needles.
In light of that I have to get back to work I merely took a break to catch up on a blog or two.
One of my favorite places for inspiration is Mr. Xstitch’s blog on all things embroidery. It can be startling how innovative a single stitch can be in the hands of an artist.
Today I saw a post with some of the works of Marine Beloir. Wow.
But I got to tell you that my favorite of her works, that he mentions, would have to be the cuddly nerds, she refers to them as,
Inglorious & Nerdy Basterds. (wonderfully brilliant)
Visit her flickr for more of her work.
Just completed a skinny new scarf. Its got a check pattern going on (basket weave gone wild). I took a quick snap of the completed scarf but I clearly need to take another shot of it under sunlight. My trusty old desk lamp alters the color of the wool.
But for now this will have to do.
