Knitting drought

I guess I've gone through a little knitting drought (or at least a posting about knitting drought). I finished this Mission Falls 1824 cotton sunhat about a month ago, but it was on hold for a nice green I-cord tie. Instead, I decided to sew one, and I'm very happy with the result. If we're lucky, we might get a picture of the recipient modeling this on another blog *hint, hint*
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I spent the weekend making a whirlwind 24 hour trip home to see some family. My beloved 90 year old grandma has been battling an illness, and it's making me very sentimental. I snapped this photo of her downstairs bathroom cupboard. Inside are cardboard boxes containing toothbrushes for some of her 17 grand kids, still neatly stacked and labeled in Sharpie--as they've been for pretty much my entire life.

I love the familiar clutter of everyday things that we know will "always" be there. I had to capture this one before that "always" is no longer. I also love the smiley face on the mirror, which has been there since my hippie mother and her sister put it there decades ago.

And finally... a house!

After house hunting for nearly 2 years, we're finally buying a house! I'm not ready to post pics... but I'll say it has great historic charm and is right in our neighborhood. We're really excited. I can't wait to spread out into my new craft room!


(Okay... I'm still going to wait on a whole onslaught of interior pics until we actually close, but here's a lovely little view of the house from the street.)