do i love this pottery

this is a is a spinner bowl

this is a yarn bowl.

you have to go see, 'cause they have done it again! it is the knit witch and the dh! o, and while you are there, if you like photography, visit her blog! yepido, for knitters, this is a fun site! and if you don't know what does pieces are for, you just gotta go find out about it. you can look at so many things here, you could get lost for  hours!!

taken from her blog:

Remember all those little tadpoles we had swimming around in the pond? Well, they have sprouted legs! Look how cute they are!



These little guys are so cute peppered all over the pond plants. They are TINY.

trains planes and automobiles

saturn blew another thingy ... back to the borrowed heater until it's fixed. ok, i am having a whiny day! live with it! 

but my dogs like me...oscar came and tried to help me type...doesn't work well. he generally confuses everything and i have to start over. i am safe right now as he is helping charlie fix the car.  

mysy just came in for a drink and a cuddle.  she doesn't try to type, just curls up for a nap and woofs when dh comes in or any other noise sounds suspicious! do you know how loud a 55 lb dog woofs!!! but she is my singing buddy so i best not make too many comments.

enough messing around...must finish getting thru emails and back to tinking (unknitting) 16 screwed up rows on those bloody socks!

clouds

clouds outside my dentist's office
Originally uploaded by spvaughan

clouds

clouds aren't they wonderful!!!???
Originally uploaded by spvaughan

clouds

clouds - all for my birthday!
Originally uploaded by spvaughan

used in serveral items

used in serveral items
Originally uploaded by spvaughan

and in this hat also...there was also some green yarn from my stash that i will not show you...'cause i don't want to! 

but the end result is the funky hat!

red square

hat made from a bit of this

hat dash

funky hat (one may be clearer than the other) as demo'd on a foot

Mirasol Hacho Yarn

Mirasol Hacho
Originally uploaded by spvaughan

so pretty, so thin, so dark...read earlier postings for additional comments

sandy's first attempt at socks

toes up, two at a time.

red square

i forgot to take a picture of where i started on this one but it was about 2 inches from the end....finished work in progress...the first one i did..finish that is!

from whence i began

tn-1
Originally uploaded by spvaughan

and rip and knitted and ripped and knitted

yarn one of the yarns for diamonds for daylia

no. 1 of diamonds for daylia

the completion of one

ravelrylimpics pics

o good grief granny!

silly avlerydo you ever have groups of days that run together and confuse your brain because you are running in too many directions? 

yes, i answer. 

for some reason, i suddenly decided the olympics were ending the 17th! what a panic...3 works in progress to finish, one hat...no, i was not going to make it....i had to go to pt and there were knitting groups to go to...and then, and then....o my god!!!  i forgot the knitting class i signed up for!!! i hadn't gotten the yarn!! i still needed the book!!! so naturally, i kept messing easy things up! again! and again! it was like my brain was on crack and i either had too many fingers or not enough and i forgot how to count and which direction i was supposed to be going in!!!

and then my temporary crown feel out making me spend 4, count them 4 hours in the dentist chair...on my birthday no less! that's the way to celebrate! not!  

ok, the wip are:

1. diamonds for daylia (if i could finish the first one, maybe i will get onto the rest)

done

2. red square (and i still hate doing bobbles)

done

3. sandy's socks (my first socks ever ...read below for deeper understanding...may be renamed "those bloody socks"

still a wip...damn those heels! damn that tiny yarn!  damn those tiny needles! damn that dark color! damn damn damn!!!! 

the new project:

1. baby hat (done on the blue round loom...had to be frogged because i needed a tighter weave and was running out of yarn...so i had to stew over it...then i lost the yarn...and the loom. found the yarn, loom was still amiss. finally went out and brought another! made the "funky hat". (by the way, the original loom magically reappeared ....this morning ...after i finished the had in the wee hours of the morning ....naughty words naughty words

done

what??? you want to see??? ok. let me see what i can do...i have had no success in getting them posted in the ravelry posts or in my email but we know i can get them here...i think i will put them in on the next post...all by themselves...so you will see them first.

oil painting

oil painting
Originally uploaded by spvaughan

well, i tried to get it straighter

the maroon room

a chair is good for holding yarn

more yarn (& young charles). hey when the cubbies are full, go to the top

and the swift charlie made me

and down to a bit of the yarn winder and lots of bags and more yarn

the other bookcase holding my painting from the oils class

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more yarn, paint and another view of my oil painting

charlie took this without light. i think it looks cool...like late a night

i am going crazy trying to get this dumb picture

into ravelry! so i am going to try to get it in here and then in there. ok, part one...now can i get it in there?

dirty words...nashing of teeth...growling...

i could not get it in! so after 1 hour of trying, i give up!!!

and to make things worse, i have had to frog my baby hat and start over!

family planning

not mine, my folks...patsy was born 2 yr and 4 mo before me; daylia 2 yr 4 mo after. i have talked about patsy, now it is time for me to introduce my baby sister, daylia. she is a remarkable woman. not only did she graduate with a double degree in math and german from smu, but she did it with honors. she has 3 masters, and stopped before her dissertation on a phd. she has successfully raised to boys who are very bright and caring young men. she is now married to the best brother-in-law in the world who nurtures her as much as she does him. despite some deep wounds to her heart, she is still cares for, loves and nurtures the family. ok, she is my sister and i am so proud of her now as i always have been as she fights for what she feels is right. i love her.

good news

the saturn is running! this is wonderful as 1) it has some ac and 2) it does not heat up like the inside of an oven like the borrowed car!

amy came to the meet up and not only brought me a new row counter bracelet, but with some left over beads, she made me three stitch markers! well, she brought up 3 others to show janie but, one, maybe 2 will have to stay with me...well, if you are working on multiple projects, you should have one for each...don't cha tink??? well, i do!

i know, i promised a copy of my oil painting and here i am scheduled for another class on friday. i think it is on wildflowers. at this rate you wont see the one until you see the other. 

i started on my little (ha, she almost a foot talker than i) sister's diamonds.  when i have enough made, they will be turned into an afghan for her.

i'm sorry, i know there was something else i wanted to update you about but it's almost 3:30 in the morning and it appears my brain has already shut down for the night (morning) so i will pick this up when i remember what it was all about..

in memory of patsy

who was patsy? my big sister.  why in memory? she died of breast cancer at about 42. she left 4 lovely girls who are now the loveliest women! they all married and have sweet children.  my big sister could do anything! she was 1st chair in the san antonio youth symphony when she joined in junior high school. in high school, she played the flute. i remember some of the art she did then ... i wish i could do as well! but most of all, my big sister, all 5'2" of her was one of the best horse women i knew! she wanted to be a large animal vet but was talked out of it...she was equally good with dogs. maybe not as good at mothering. she was long waisted...about 105 lbs. she had blond hair and the most beautiful blue eyes! a very clear blue like aquamarines. she was smart, would have made the national honor roll but for her one day of skipping school...well, like i indicated, she wasn't perfect. but she was my big sister and i loved her. she died of breast cancer...that, by the time the found it, had invaded her brain. 

so why am i telling you about patsy? a lovely lady, manda, going to be "participating the breast cancen 3-day, benefiting the susan g. komen for the cure in san francisco on sept 5-7." she needs help reaching a fundraising goal of $2200 thru people making donations on line here.  can you help her out?  if you are a knitter, for every $10 donation, you get an entry in her contest. if you are not a knitter, the objective is still a such a good one! you can make the donation in the name of patsy vaughan southard if you don't know anyone you didn't make it or you can make it in the name of anyone you know. my friend david bowen made it...yes, men can get breast cancer too. 

but help manda reach her goal, if for no other reason than because i am saying, "PLEASE"!

i have to share this! it is too good!

maybe this is why we like to drink wine....

to my friends who enjoy a glass of wine...and those who don't.

as ben franklin said:

in wine there is wisdom,

in beer there is freedom,

in water there is bacteria.

in a number of carefully controlled trials, scientists have demonstrated that if we drink 1 liter of water each day, at the end of the year we would have absorbed more than 1 kilo of Escherichia coli, (e. coli)...the bacteria found in feces. in other words, we are consuming 1 kilo of poop. (that's over 2 pounds.)

However, we do NOT run that risk when drinking wine or beer (or tequila, run, whiskey or other liquor) because alcohol has to go through a purification process of boiling, filtering, and/or fermenting.

remember:

water = poop

wine = health

therefore, it's better to drink wine and talk stupid, than to drink water and be full of shit.

there is no need to thank me for this valuable information:  i'm doing it as a public service.

liz gregorian

i do thank liz for this! it made my day!

$100 prize

not me silly! go here. it is for ravelry folk and the last day to enter is tomorrow july 31! go fast of fleet of fingers!

but i want it

but i can't afford it! but it is so beautiful! but i can't afford it! but it is so useful! but i can't afford it! but it would be so handy! but i can't afford it! 

what?! o, right, you don't have a clue what i am taking about. ok. go here. then see if you don't start having the same internal debate! some of you may not but i do know some of you right well and you guys will be debating!

well, did you go? what do you think? was i right? aren't they lovely! and most people will not have a clue what they are or what they are used for! and there is blog...watch out! you have been warned! giggling manically, she leave the room.

photos from cell phone part 1

photos taken with my cell phone.  not too bad.

oscar & mysy at play...promise she ill not tear his throat out! so much fun to watch!

i could not turn the picture but 'tis is oscar not obeying the command to  "drop  it"!

i love him because sometimes he is so sweetly funny!

this is from the tuesday night knitter at boarder in lewisville.

this is a subtile begger!

little does mysy know, there will no dipping into the cup until there is little to nothing left! but she will continue...sometimes entering a well placed whine ...just incase he might not know what she wants!

post from cell phone...part 2 so don't hang up!

have you figured it out? bullalo! unwound yet but it will be balled up shortly!

i just had to buy, it was half off and so colorful!

this is soooooofffft baby alpacca.

and this? possum! can you believe?

this box of a knitter was opened to find the following:

hillary from germany made these for me

she made these as well

and she made these!  

am i a lucky person to have such a lovely lady make these lovely object just for me! i feel so loved!

isn't he sweet, oscar wants to help me compute!

that is such a loving face.  i have more to post but the system wants me to put them in another posting.  so hang on...there will be more! they are above, so you have already seen them.  so silly. 

body update

after wending our way 40 miles to pt at mother baylor in a vw which exudes heat and has zero, zip, nada air conditioning, in 100 degree heat, i saw the rehab doc...(a routine thingy).  she's a hoot, but that is beside the point.  our objective is to keep this wreck and paining body going...which i will have to do if they don't find a way to get tables lower as i am still having to climb up on them (at almost 63)! we agree it is time for a new chair as in 10 years they have made lots of improvements (and someone we know has had lots of use from the red jazzy!)!  we also both agree it is time to get me driving again. so what are we going to do about it? she has made orders for me to wheelchair assessment (sept 9) and driving assessment (not scheduled yet). now all i need is a vehicle to put the chair in as i go merry, merrily along (hear the song if you are old enough). there's the rub. i sorta need the second first as that will help me figure what i need and how i need it set up. if i figure the max height of an electric chair, i should be ok to start the vehicle side of the equation...and as far as weight is concerned...they all weigh about the same so i should be good there.  i would so dearly love a chair that goes up and down...up, so i can look people in the eyes straight on...this bit of tilting back my neck all the time has had it consequences...my neck has bulges and spurs that jingle jangle jingle (hear singing again...and i do hope you are a bit more on key than i)! as well it should! i have always been the lowest to the floor! if you saw my 1st grade picture, you would see the shortest kids on the first row...spot me immediately...the only one who's feet do not touch the floor! doc forgot i am only 4'8" now...probably as tall sitting as standing by my electric chair!  ok, enough of this frivolity. have knitting to do before i go to the boarders knitting group tonight! i want to get onto the heels...as in socks. ah, you thought i had abandoned those socks i was moaning about so long ago...no! i have decided the first (these) will have to be for me as there is a questionable amount of yarn...and i have little feet...and have made plenty of mistakes that i would rather not see in those made for sir charles! (the second pair of socks i will make.) this first pair may be rename "my car socks"...as that is where i generally knit them! or "my prayer socks" as i have said lots of prayers that i get them done!

i have personality

take the test.  i did.  it said i was a giver who when misunderstood comes off as bossy, loud and inappropriate.

i think it got me!

and i still can't get my quotes in here...quotes and pictures...it's hot...i think i will do something else now...have a good day!  i will...i am going knitting tonight! must work more on socks! want to get into the heels today! oops...a thought...one foot shorter than the other...how to accommodate...the question tonight!

oil paint

i took a class at the coppell senior center...they provide everything. it was fun and i will post the outcome as soon as it is a bit dryer. when dh came to get me, there were 2 pictures sitting on an edge drying. mine and the instructor's. i asked him which one he one he thought the instructor did and which one i did.  he thought mine was the one the instructor did! so it would appear that i did a good job!  i liked it. i wish i had some more oil at home to add some tiny bits to it but... and while i have lots of acrylic, he said (instructor), you can't put acrylic over oil, only oil over acrylic. rats! 

painting from personality test?

i can't get this in so am giving it up for now.

hey, don't think i am a quitter! i spent 1 hour (60 mins that i could have spent knitting) on this before i gave up.  i thought it was pretty, too. never mind.

why don't i weigh 100 pounds?

driving around the metroplex in a car with no air conditioning, with the sun roof open, and the sun bearing down...by the time we get anywhere, i am dripping with sweat, my hair is all over the place, and my skin resembles that of a tomato! i love texas!!!! but i love it most when i can travel in a vehicle with air conditioning.  when the "big" book arrives, dh says it won't take him long to fix the saturn which will help with my body a lot.  then all i need to do is find out how to get a vehicle that will carry my wheelchair and all will be well in river city. i will be such a happy camper. all of you will hear such a sigh!

knitters unite for a good cause

my friend, susie, and you could help yourself, too!  she has the greatest drawing going on!  But go there and read what it is all about, how you can help and how you can win!  i just love win win situations! and the cause is so great and prizes are outstanding! i really love this lady and want to support her in any way i can.  visit her blog and you will too!

patterns, patterns for fluffy girls, slim girls

you gotta go here , she's called whitelies in ravelry. she is a marvelous designer for all sizes. and she's nice too. so go she what little whitelies she has for you. i surely had fun!

more phoned in

as rod mc ewen said, clouds are not the cheeks of chubs. 

they are just cloud.
friendly sometimes.

these were july storm clouds rolling in while i was waiting for dh to drive me to who knows where. aren't they beautiful?

these were phoned in

this is the truth as the photos came off my cell phone. now to see if i can get them from the desktop to here! 

well, here is one.  this is baby bear in one of his favorite  poses...upside down!

as seen in the upper left, he is also an under cover puppy.  the is so much fun when in the middle of the night he decides to get under the covers with him.  oscar will start digging if he can't get under by himself, at which point, the dh cannot ignore him longer so will lift the covers and oscar scoots right on under. (o, for larger pictures, just click on them.)

well, i am having problems getting pictures to go where i want them so i will just add and tell you what they are about. sometimes oscar wilde wants to help me blog.

finally, a picture of our mystery puppy.  she is such a shy thing. it is had to get a good picture of her because she sort of blends into herself.

i love the people i meet in ravelry!

feathersong is a lady i have been playing with in 'the herd'. today i went pocking around in her page and on her blog looking for something done with buffalo yarn.  what i found in her blog is a kindred soul who likes flora and fauna as much as i.  and photography....the difference being, she can get them out of her camera and into her blog! (ok, ok, i am working on it!) give her a visit. i will list her here and also in my list of blogs of friends. 

feathersong

rmartin is a hoot...she saved me from suicide on the bsj i got into...what fun is there when the numbers just don't jive but somehow it is right! she is one of the few that stayed with me thru thick and thin...laughing when i needed it, and consoling me when i was ready to frog it all! o, and there are patterns there!  check it out!

rmartin

have you met my friend, civilbitch, she is a very talented lady! she is a magnificent knitter who's projects you should see. i have included her blog site because i enjoy the mix she writes about. she enjoys so very may things which she so willingly shares.  in person, she is just as great...she was the first to share with me the joys of knit picks needles and magic loop.  

shelley, civilbitch

iffer, does instructions for socks for those of you wanting to see yet another set of instuctions... she is doing toes up...i watch and read every set of instructions i can find. some of us do need all the help i can find so do check her our. she does other stuff as well but this is what she's doing now that i need her for most!

iffer

suzanne i met at dfw fiberfest...she just has to be cool, she's another army brat! she now lives in georgetown, texas, is on the way to my mom's so i might just have to visit her if we ever can afford the gas! i had such a great time talking to her. i told her how much i enjoy watching spinners at work...soooo very soothing. she (great little sales lady) suggested i learn to get the added soothiness. no, not for me with my fixed ankles. o, yes, says she and starts demoing her mechanical loom! i love her humor and spark! she loves horses which counter acts her thing for cats! with horses you need a jack russel terrier! they are just as good at mousing!

suzanne

i found it and i won some buffalo gold!

maybe winning the buffalo gold yarn (THANK ALL OF YOU WHO HELPED!) helped me find the pattern; which i just did! and i printed it and saved it to my desktop and will put it everywhere else i can!  it is a wonderful pattern found in NASHUA HANDKINT NATURAL FIBERS - CREATIVE DESIGNS ... CROPPED KIMONO DESIGNED BY SANDI ROSNER! you can see it in my projects list in ravelry.  i want to make one with my green yarn but i also want to make one with some wonderful possum yarn i was recently given...and figure out a way to trim it with the gold i got....or i will make an adult surprise jacket and use them both.  i am just so very glad i found the pattern again!  can i tell you a secret, i really want to stop the sox and jump to using the yarn!  shhhhh, don't tell him!

him is out finding more breaks in the sprinkler system that must be fixed. oscar is helping.(?) mysterypup is guarding me so i know when he comes in the back door.

i have to go now and answer the 100+ yahoo messages (do not know how that go so full!) and see what i missed in ravelry.

did i remember to thank everyone? i did? well, i just can't thank everyone enough to help me win some buffalo gold that i would not ever be able to have otherwise! and if you haven't been there...GO!

cherribye~

i am soooooo

fill in the blank!  i found a wonderful kimono pattern ...had a picture of several ladies show several different lengths and sizes ...a picture in color ...i can't for the life of me find it! and i want it and i know what i want to do with it! it wasn't in ravelry...so it is not marked there. it is not marked in my yahoo knitty folder...so i didn't find it there. WHERE DID I PUT IT! i am going to go the the store and think of something else and see if i figure out where i put it!

i am back.  it didn't work! i am still frustrated! 

when you're down and out, and you need a friend

thank you paul simon and renie for a new blog site judywise.blogspot.com. she does have gentle words for all of us!  go see!

yesterday, after a visit to the viper, we went to the cultured cup (culturedcup.com) and the doggie shop next door. the cup is a not close but worth it. the smells that great you as the door opens is just the start. the displays are a gift to your eyes.  the tastes of teas i might want to buy make you lust to more. cups and saucers and teapots galore! and i forgot i can take pictures with my cell phone! well, my dears, i guess i will just have to go back so i can show you.

o, i need to show you the doggie shop next door! they let me taste a couple of the biscuits they sell...what? gross? no, no! there are no additives! i bought a bad of "sweet potato dog chewz"(dogswell.com) (nothing but dehidrated sweet potatoes).  and 2 pig snouts...not as dangerous for the dogs and not messy...kept oscar and mysy busy for a long time! they see the box and go bonkers! i will find the card from the doggie store and post it later.

o, and they support the greyhound rescue group, one of which happened to come in...such a lovely dog! i would so love to have one in my house but 3 dogs! not until we figure out how to get another van...the saturn is just not built for 2 big dogs, 1 small, 2 people, and a wheelchair! 

i wish i knew how disabled people with low incomes or fixed incomes manage to afford converted vans!  this sucks! i really do not like being pushed around! you do not get to see what you want to see when you want to see it! i want my electric chair back under my butt! and i wan to use it when we go out!  the pushy chair makes me feel disabled! dependent! f;sfewnrwuerpne

sorry for the screaming.

back to the dogs.  we will have to take them to the doggie shop. but how to do that and go to the tea shop? maybe in the fall when it is cool enough to let them visit the shop either before or after we check out cultured cup. they love being car watch dogs and riders!  oscar wants to see and smell everything! mysy just wants to go along with us.

help, i need you, not just anybody!

boy, aren't cha glad you can't hear me singing!  

ok, here's the deal ms darcy is running a contest and if you go there and tell ms darcy i sent you, well, go see why i want you to help me and then you get some people to help you; 'cause trust me, the prizes are so worth it!

but watch out, she's as crazy as i!  o, she is also trying to beat me in a ravely contest at THE HERD...not the HEARD, as i have been known to spell it but THE HERD! you join the group, THE HERD, and then go the CONTEST AND GIVEAWAY thread and say that you heard about it from ME not that knotty lady....well, ok, she is knotty but nice and she can help you with your knitting so much more than can i!

this is so all in good fun! enjoy yourself!

why is it the that every time i cull i end up with more?!

does this ever happen to anyone else?  you look at the number of groups you are in and realize there are some that you are just not into any more.  it is time to cull! so you do. but then you get into more and cull them but some how you never end up less...the number keep growing and growing! it's like the coat hangers in the closet that mate over night! and we are not dry cleaner people! i think it happens in my craft room too! my yarn collect does the same thing!  it is probably a good thing i didn't make it to the knitting group last night as there was lady with lots of yarn she wanted to get rid of at half price! and she had some greens and...well, i wouldn't want to encourage my stash to find new mates!

domedweller (you really have to see her house) had a quiz on the blog...i took it...like her, i found mine remarkable close.  i thought i would share it with you guys so you know what to expect.

The Giver

You strive to maintain harmony in relations ships, and usually succeed.

Articulate and enthusiastic, you are good at making personal connections.

Sometimes you idealize relationships too much - and end up being let down.

You find the most energy and comfort in social situations where you shine.

In love, you are very protective and supporting.

However, you do need to "feel special" - and it's quite ease for you to get jealous.

At work, you are a natural leader. You can help people discover their greatest potential.

You would make a good writer, human resources director,  or psychologist.

How you see yourself:  Trusting, idealistic, and expressive.

When other people don't get you, they see you as :  Bossy, inappropriate, and loud.

What do you think?

i will add to the list

thru buffalo gold i have expanded my friends! so as i add them, i will have to update my list of blog friends.  do you begin to see why i sometimes do more reading, and writing than i do knitting!  i do so love making new friends and letting them get to know old friends.  to be honest, i sometimes forget who is old and who is new...they are all just friends!

yesterday i got a surprise from hilarygermany...3 count them 3 sets of 4 stitch markers! and a card with a picture on the from of daisies on the front...the picture was of from her friend's garden! made my day!  i will take a picture of them and get it in here so you can oooo and ahhhh over them like i did...she made them with her own hands just for me!  i am so proud to have them!

edit:  as soon as i learn how to get them off the phone! or how to use my new camera!  hang in there i will get these things worked out!

ta ta

with the exception of one blog, i got everyone's blog in here (those friends of mine who have them).  it's a long list which explains why some days i spend more time reading than writing! ;-] there are some really neat words of folks in here; so go visit some of them.  you'll have fun reading and learn about some cool folks!  who knows, after reading their blogs you might end up making them your friends too!  i am so glad i figured out how to do this!  and i love gifting my friends with new friends!

this is fathers' day.  my dad, the doctor, is gone but it is good to spend time thinking about him and the wonderful stepfather i was also gifted with.  they added so to my life.