Trying to stay sane as a SAHM. Sunday, February 15, 2009. The smallest disappointments can crush a toddler and make a parent share the pain. They started an interesting game called Balloon Stomp which is fun in theory, but the concept just does not translate to toddlers. Saturday, February 14, 2009.

Friday, July 25, 2014. I wrote a knitting pattern for some fingerless gloves a while back. I started this pair last year, and got sidetracked. Last week, I decided to knit the second glove, and something bad happened. I did not look closely at the first glove, or at my notes. The second glove is almost done.

Then give the test back and get dirty looks. Floor Repetitions of 4 are superstitiously avoided.

The Cycle Hire Coffee Shop on the Manifold Trail. View of Longnor from Mill Lane, Painting by Sheila Fox. Thank you for the morning. The Trees, My neighbours. Time leaves its mark on all living things and the five have their signs of hard lives; wounds now healed, leaving bulges and dents, sometimes hidden under bright .