Kathleen and I went to a knitting group on Friday.  This group meets every Friday night at one of two libraries. (both of these libraries have coffee bars ~ how nice is that?)  I had a great time, lots of the women there are also in the spinning guild and some are even fellow bloggers! 

Kathleen presented me with a pair of lovely, beaded pulse warmers.  If you have been reading her site, you know that she has been hard at work knitting these things – she is probably wishing she knew a few one-armed bloggers!  The pulse warmers are gorgeous!  As I told Norma, they are magic. 

Kathleen has been making quite a lot of these and has brought them to many of our knitting get togethers.  A few weeks ago, I slipped one on.  The first thing out of my mouth was ‘This makes my wrist feel better’.  Please note that my wrist wasn’t hurting in the first place.  Something about the softness of the yarn and the firmness around your wrist ….. it’s magic!

Onto other topics, are we still posting a daily flower shot?  I believe that these floral photos have given some of my readers the wrong impression.  Some of you think that my gardens are fabulous.  That is the beauty of the small little picture.  You only see what I want you to see.

If you had a widescreen perspective of my yard, you would see gardens overflowing – massacres taking place as one flower takes over an entire area, crowding out its neighbors while I sit by and let it happen.   If something isn’t done soon I will have nothing but daylilies and black-eyed Susans.  Not to mention the things that I let go because I am not sure if they are weeds or not.  My gardens are unruly and undisciplined — like those bratty kids you see out and about.  The ones that make your palms itch.

So here is a picture of potted geraniums.  I bought the vine support at Home Depot and have a sweet potato vine along with some morning glory seedlings tucked in there as well.  Home Depot is not selling the hat.

Why yes, I churned out another fruit cap.  My cousin’s wife had their first baby!  Throughout the pregnancy I had convinced myself it would be a girl and was looking forward to knitting Miss Dashwood.  Luckily I didn’t cast on!  This weekend I made what has to be my fifth pumpkin hat.  What is a knitter to do when she has the perfect pattern – fairly easy, fairly quick and adorable?

some recently potted annuals – but the real reason I am posting this picture is to show off my new statuary.  I love cement objects!

having gotten many chores crossed off my list, it is time to have some fun! And I plan to look like this for the remainder of the day – except for the part when I go to Granny’s.   hope you’re having a great Friday too take some time to smell the flowers – how about some Sweet Woodruff aka Galium Odoratum?

[feet up photo via Yarnstorm]

Ladies & Gentlemen, will you please direct your attention to my back door?  What a lovely way to greet visitors!  What a darling vignette – how rustic, how charming! How does she do it?  She’s a regular Martha – that Ann is so lucky – always finding treasures on the side of the road!

Yes, it is.  It really is.  The shit milk box.  Would you care for a closer look?  The flowers are Nicotiana and the bright green vine is an Ipomoea batatas Margarita .  That’s right, I planted flowering tobacco.  I thought it only fitting that I plant my old, shitty habit in the box.

Admit it, all you nay sayers…  The box looks great.  And I swear to you – it doesn’t smell!  Doesn’t it make it even lovelier just knowing what it’s been through?  (if that’s true, then logic dictates that I’m a f*ing beauty queen!)

Today is a busy day.  This morning, I am teaching my knitting class (geez- haven’t posted a thing about the class – it’s great and I love it!) and then it’s off to take a girlfriend to lunch for a belated birthday celebration.

and like all great beauty queens everywhere, I must add world peace to my to-do list …. hmmmm, where to begin?  ~taps forehead~ ….oh, I know, I will promote world peace by taking shit and turning it into a thing of beauty …..oops!  I mean poo.

ps.  after you are done posting a comment about my lovely planter (and you know you want to), run on over to Cara’s, she’s selling her fabulous photos! get ’em while they’re hot!