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Oh baby, it’s cold outside!

Lou — Thu, 02 Dec 2010 16:40:18 +0000

I took a day off of blogging yesterday, but I’m going to see if I can now do the rest of December as well. If not, no big worry. I actually ventured out yesterday, and I’m glad I did, even though the pavements down the hill were icy:

Today, it’s a tad snowier than it was yesterday, and it’s snowing again now. No buses are running, and there’s very little traffic in general. My brother’s friend was mostly OK in his Jeep, but I wouldn’t want to drive in this weather. It’s a bit deep on my road, and we’re not likely to get gritted:

Brrr!

NaBloPoMo Success!

Lou — Tue, 30 Nov 2010 22:46:52 +0000

Yaaaaaaaaaaaay, I won! Well, I passed the finishing line, having posted every day this month – and this time without a meme to help me along. Woohoo! I am ver’ ver’ proud of myself.

Thank you very much.

In weather news, it snowed. Luckily it didn’t start laying on the ground until I was back home again today, but now there’s a good covering out there. Brrrr!

Snowy weather

Lou — Mon, 29 Nov 2010 21:44:40 +0000

Well, the snow is definitely here now – when I woke up yesterday there was a white blanket of it outside, and although it did melt up at my Mum’s house, it hasn’t done here yet, and we’ve had more since then. I think there’s going to be more still over the next 24 hours – the BBC weather page seems to think so:

I hope I can make it to the library tomorrow! I’ll get up early and check the bus info page. Which means, I think, it’s time for a cosy early night under my nice warm duvet! Goodnight, internet.

Friday 5 for 26th November

Lou — Sun, 28 Nov 2010 22:29:25 +0000

Friday 5 for November 26: Holiday Music

What’s your favorite holiday album?
Either my two-disc set of Handel’s Messiah, or any album of carols. Puts me properly in the festive mood.
What song’s lyrics, title, or theme best expresses the positive aspects of your general mood at this time of year?
“I Wish It Could Be Christmas Every Day”. It just makes me feel Christmassy.
What song’s lyrics, title, or theme best expresses the not-so-positive aspects of your general mood at this time of year?
Hmm, I don’t know.
What’s your favorite song about a non-December holiday?
More a season than a holiday, though I associate it with May Day: Summer is a Cumin In
What holiday song makes you want to cover your ears and flee?
Any cheesy Christmas song that I hear over and over and over… there used to be several, but now that I don’t work in a shop and have to hear them on loop all day long, I’m more tolerant of them all ;-)

No(t much) Snow

Lou — Sat, 27 Nov 2010 18:02:00 +0000

We’ve had a little bit of snow today, but it hasn’t really settled. Which is good, because it meant that the rails and roads were OK for getting back from the Skunk Anansie gig at Brixton Academy last night. That was fantastic, by the way, and if I can find the words I’ll try to write up some kind of review.

Today, I’ve finally been working on the photo album for this site again. So, as an experiment, let’s try displaying a gallery from it on this post…

Because, baby, it’s cold outside, these are the pictures I took of a much heavier snowfall in April ’08:

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Travelling Woman shawl

Lou — Fri, 26 Nov 2010 10:01:11 +0000

Finally, belatedly, here are the pictures and info for my “Gap Year Travels” Travelling Woman shawl.

Pattern: Traveling Woman by Liz Abinante [Ravlink]
Yarn: The Yarn Yard Bonny in Byron Bay & Art Deco solid, and Wendy Sunbeam St. Ives 4ply Sock Wool in Dark Grey.
Needles: 4mm metal circulars.

On Thankfulness

Lou — Thu, 25 Nov 2010 19:23:08 +0000

I don’t normally do this, since it isn’t Thanksgiving in the UK, but I think I will this year. So here goes: Reasons to be Cheerful, 1, 2, 3….

My family and friends. I’m lucky that I have people I’m close to, can have so much fun with, and can rely on.
The Xandermog. The biggest, daftest, and best moggy in the world.
Technology. Without it, I wouldn’t be able to keep in touch with many people so easily – wouldn’t have met many of them in the first place, in fact – and my world would be a very different place.

There are many more things I could list (music! yarn! spinning! knitting!), of course, but those are three just off the top of my head. Happy Thanksgiving, everyone.

Getting chilly

Lou — Wed, 24 Nov 2010 23:23:53 +0000

It is getting cold out there – going to be below freezing tonight, and snow is on the way. I think I’m going to get snuggled under my duvet asap. In website news, though, I think I’ve got everything sorted … finish reading “Getting chilly”

Pretties from NZ

Lou — Tue, 23 Nov 2010 21:47:21 +0000

My brother and sister-in-law brought pressies back from New Zealand! So I thought I’d show one of mine off:

Creative Fibres Hand Dyed Mohair in "Pukeko"

The name of the colour comes from a New Zealand bird which has plumage in the colour of the yarn. Oh, and it’s a lovely 100g hank of bulky-weight mohair… I’ve been thinking about what to make with it, but I think I’ve settled on a shawl of some kind.

And we’re back

Lou — Mon, 22 Nov 2010 23:37:14 +0000

I thought I wasn’t going to get to post today, because the website has been down since about midnight last night, and it wasn’t looking hopeful! But then my host fixed everything (hooray), and although I had to restore a couple of posts again, at least I had a backup of my own this time. That’s right, I got cautious.

So today, while I’ve been working on the site design, I’ve only just uploaded it, and… well, a couple of things aren’t quite working yet. Ah well, try again tomorrow. I’m happy enough with most of it.

Now, I’m off to bed, as I am library-ing in the morning. Good night!