Goodbye, big doggie

Ori, Remus, and Sunny on the couch, circa 2004 (?)

The world is short about 100 pounds of pure love today. Rest in peace, Orion.  Go chase Foofy.

(For those of you who are scratching your heads and thinking, "But Meghan doesn't HAVE a dog..." Ori lived in Arizona with my first husband and my other erstwhile dog, Bailey.)

I heard that sound!

Quote of the Day:"hooray, that's thunder! Big, noisy thunder! Hooray, I heard that sound!"

So long, Foofy

Rom, you were a good bud. Thanks for everything.

Now it's time to say good night
Good night Sleep tight
Now the sun turns out his light
Good night Sleep tight
Dream sweet dreams for me
Dream sweet dreams for you.

-The Beatles

Joys will never end

I'll fly away, oh Glory
I'll fly away in the morning

When I die Hallelujah, by and by
I'll fly away.
When the shadows of this life have gone
I'll fly away
Like a bird from these prison walls I'll fly
I'll fly away.

Alison Krauss & Gillian Welch

Photo courtesy of mikebaird via flickr creative common

Merry Christmas to the Wise and Wonderful Betty Gray

 

 

 

This is the "shawlette" I made for my Grandma after they lost hers in the laundry at the nursing home. (It's a wonderful facility, btw.) I did not make any notes because I have no intention of making another, but I held two strands of acrylic (wouldn't want the institutional laundry to boil a nice wool, now) together to make it work up faster... one novelty and one worsted. The second skein of green turned out to exist only in my head, which is why you see it switch to pink...The body of the piece is worked in 2 & 2 rib and bordered on the neck side with moss stitch. I shaped everything with short rows and by increasing/decreasing to add/remove ribs as needed. And the flower? Well, now... that's just what we do when there's a spectacular decrease error right at the shoulder.