Someone's Growing...Fast!

How can you do this to me??


When his mama came in to find him standing in bed for the first time, she ran to get a camera and snapped this picture. Of course, this is not what she saw originally...but the fact that she didn't come rescue him right away, (instead, took a picture!) brought on this expression!

Thanksgiving Day, playing with his "car" at Grammy and Grandpa's house; it's an old car and one that his daddy "drove" when he was little.

Storytime with Grammy. He's just delightful now and enjoying his world. Amazing what he's doing for mine!

Beth

Ready for Fall

Time flies when I am having fun! Doing a lot of knitting, playing with Ryan, beginning to cook a bit again....

My grandson is doing much better after medicine to help his acid reflux. He cut his first tooth, is trying to crawl (but managing to get wherever he desires, anyway), and enjoys all the "old" toys we managed to save over the last 40 years. This has reduced Grammy's anxiety by leaps and bounds!

I have been spending a bit more time in the kitchen; cooler weather inspires me in that direction. A delicious Apricot Honey Cake was the latest baking venture; the apricots sank to the bottom of the batter, so next time I will make them smaller and add later. But the cake is delicious so I will show it to you sometime.

Before summer slipped away, we paid a visit to Biltmore to see the flower carpet. It was a beautiful warm, clear day and we enjoyed the outing greatly.

This mountain spot is worth the visit; tickets aren't inexpensive, but one could spend an adult weekend here and and enjoy every moment. The house is decorated handsomely at holiday time and so is the surrounding village, with loads of good shopping!

I am going to enjoy Autumn this year! Hope you do, too.

Beth

First Trip to the Beach!

Ready for fun in the sun! Hat and shades, swim suit, sunscreen...and Dad!

Mama says, "See? It's just water! You know what water is; it's just like your bath!"

"Eeeww! This isn't just like my bath!"

A first trip to the beach must be very much the same for many babies. Ryan looks as though he is going to need a lot of convincing before he agrees with the majority of folks who just love the beach!

Beth

Bringing a Smile!

My grandson's smile always brings a smile to my face; I hope it brings one to yours today, too!

Beth

One is Silver, the Other, Gold

I have been giving great thought to this blog, to my Ravelry projects (all linked to my original blog) and to how to preserve the information from one, for the other.

My idea is this: to put all my Ravelry knitting projects onto SweetKnits (it was created at the same time I created the one you are reading now), and use that blog to link to Ravelry. This blog will remain as the original: for whatever in the world I want! Sure, I'll keep knitting here; and grandbaby pictures, and food and garden and vacation - you get the idea.

The work entailed in the transfer of Ravelry project information is something I am not quite ready to think about yet; but I believe it's doable. If you have had a similar task, I would like to hear from you. I need to think about it more and bring some order to the process.

So, like soup, where individual foods need time in the pot with one another to become something altogether new and delicious, my thoughts need time, too. If only I had taken some time to think before deleting my old email address...but you know, I believe there is always a silver lining in the darkest cloud.

Mom taught me that...

what a gift!

Beth