It's Been a While

It's been a while since I last posted because I really didn't think I had much to share.  I have absolutely no plans on going anywhere for the next two weeks so I am taking this opportunity to organize, (ha), and focus.

First, look at my twinkly lights!  

I don't have any Christmas decorations up but yesterday I put little twinkly lights up in the kitchen.  I turned them on at dusk and when I came back into the kitchen an hour or so later - ohhhhh, I felt a little nostalgic.  My dear sewing friends, please don't judge my curtain.  I take it down during the day. I'll get to making a neat one soon.

My amaryllis' are springing to life!

I bought a second one because the first one didn't seem to be doing anything and then viola!  I swear, they grow about two inches a day!  I love, love, love the anticipation.

My kitchen gets a lot of sunlight.  I wish it were big enough to have a kitchen table in there so I can spend my time in glorious sunlight.  

Look - my geraniums from the summer have little buds!  Yes, I'm excited that I may have little red geranium flowers in December.

Isabelle is watching over them.  Actually, she chomps on my begonia blossoms so I'm hoping she will leave these alone.  I bought some catnip yesterday.  I'll make a couple of catnip sachets for my girls to roll in.

It is beginning to look like this new year will bring new creative challenges for me.  I never was much of a knitter, but all of a sudden, I feel like knitting.  I went to the library and took out a bunch of books and this one so far is my favorite:

I love the simple, straight out directions of different stitches.  I've decided to try out each and everyone of them, (yeah, sure), by making sampler blocks.  Oh sometimes I just wonder about my enthusiasm.  Who knows.  It may be a long winter so there is a chance I may just do it!  We'll see...

I do have a couple so far.

Just the fact I'm happy knitting surprises me so I'm already ahead of the game.  

My scrappy rug is coming along slowly.

I also learned to make project bags.  I don't like the colors, but I like the idea. I bought more screen from a local hardware store, (black of course).  A guy had to go in the basement to get it.  What I like about these is there is really no set size. 

So I'm off.  I'm going to clean up my sewing room.  Pick out my next projects, organize and put them in a proper place for easy access.  Whew, tired already.  I need a cup of coffee.  

This is the view from my sewing table.  

It may overlook the parking lot, but it's a window, (I only have two - oh, and a slider door).  Still, I'll take it.  I so a couple of teeny tiny snow flakes floating around.

Ok, two more photos.  I guess I'm in a photo sharing mood.  I'm procrastinating.  I do this sometimes.  I bet no one else out there knows what I'm talking about.  Anyway, this is a squirrel eating from my squirrel-proof bird feeder:

One more picture of my neato plants in my kitchen:

Ok, I'm out-of-here.  Time to get serious.  Oh yeah, and have fun!

Thanks for looking!