Yarn & Snow

I'm adding more rounds to my Christmas Round Ripple...trying to adjust so it will lie flat.  

Well, as flat as I can make it.  

I mean...it is a "ripple"...and shouldn't it "ripple" at least a little?

  

I'm working on a band of two rounds of white then a round of variegated white, green and red which I will follow with another two rounds of white.

That will bring me to about 20 rounds total and then it's back to a lime green, red and lime green band.  

It is almost too big to put in the light box.  

It's so dark here today because of the snow. 

Yep, our first snow of the winter season finally arrived last night.  

Just a light dusting...one to three inches.

I didn't get the last Christmas tree down yesterday.  Gosh, I'm slow.  

Today Hubby asked me to make Pap's Dip (our family recipe) and I want to try making Dee's (of The Pioneer Woman fame) recipe for perfect pie crust (here).   

That's just three things to do - wish me luck! 

Snow & Snowmen

Snowmen and Snow at Teacup Lane

How do you like my little Snowmen Tower?  

It's another St. Nicholas Square gift I received Christmas 2009.   

The snowmen heads come apart or can be stacked as a tower.   The one with the blue cap has a lid.

We had another little snowfall this week!

Snowmen Tower!

Another Happy Snowman!

Unstacked cuties!

Winter Wonderland at Teacup Lane

We sure have had a pretty white winter so far here in SE PA!  

I should go out and make a real snowman before all of this melts.  

This is a cute little Snowman tray I found.

Snowy Friday

We woke up to a pretty little snowfall this Friday morning!   

This is the view from our kitchen dinette out through our screened in porch to the back yard.  I've had these vinyl window stickers for years.  I bought them at a craft fair in Lockport, Illinois.  Unfortunately I've never seen them since...I wish I had bought more.  

View out of our kitchen window!

Mr. Vintage Santa loves the snow!

Hubby laughed at me when I ran out this morning to get a photo op with my vintage Santa!  

Flogged this project - stitch made my hand sore.

This is called "Heartwarming Wrap" and is a beautiful baby throw (A Leisure Arts Publication "Crochet Collections" copyright 1994).  Softcover ISBN 0-942237-55-2.

This is a crochet project I started, frogged and started again.  I finally got the cluster stitch down right but it hurt my right hand while crocheting this cluster stitch so much I decided I couldn't do 82 more rows of this stitch so I frogged the project permanently.  I'll have to find another project.  

Gifts from My Hubby!

I just have to share a photo of the jewelry hubby surprised me with at Christmas.  

The Tinkerbell watch has a "star" at the end of the second hand.  Isn't that cute!

The earrings are "flower buds" and so pretty with the different colored stones.  I love it when my hubby picks out earrings for me.  He has such good taste. 

REDnesday - Snowmen!

Courtesy of Flickr and Generous Flickr Members

1. ~~ Just a Jingle or Two ~~, 2. ~~ Falling Smiles ~~, 3. Vintage Wrapping Paper from Pete-(mankatt), 4. ~~ Blushing ~~, 5. Merry Christmas!, 6. Snowman Bokeh (Explored), 7. ~~ Classy Dresser ~~, 8. ~~ Lovable ~~, 9. ; )

RED and Snowmen...what could be a better combination?  

Aren't they CUTE!

I love Santa Claus but I love Snowmen too!

More REDs to enjoy here and at our host, Sue, at 

It's A Very Cherry World

(here) 

for REDnesday!

Diggin' Out!

Here it is the next morning after our 2nd BIG snowstorm.  The first one Saturday dumped 28.5 inches on Philadelphia and this one dumped another 15.8 inches of wet, heavy snow!  It's nice to see blue sky again  it was so gray and dark yesterday with the storm.  

Starting the removal...

The first path...

Where's the driveway?

Almost to the end!

Broke free to the street!!!

HURRAY!!!

Look at that snow blow....

View of house from the street.

Getting wider slowly...

Pretty high, huh?  The sun was so bright on all that white we had to wear our sun glasses and we were still squinting. 

I'm resting and I didn't do the work.  

The hardest working hubby and I love him!!!!

And guess what - more snow is predicted for this coming Monday!

Aren't we lucky!  

It's a Blizzard Here!

We had the BIG snowstorm Saturday (28.5 inches in Philadelphia) while we were still traveling home from Walt Disney World.  Yesterday hubby snow blowed the driveway but you would never know it as the snow continues to come down last night and today.  Everything, and I repeat, EVERYTHING, is closing down here in SE PA.  The county offices, the city offices, the malls, the airport for in-coming flights, the schools and scheduled activities.  It appears that our neighbors aren't going to work either.   Since hubby cleared the driveway we had at least 7 to 8 inches more (snow is so heavy and wet it is packing down) and they are predicting 8 to 10 inches additional.  It's great to not have to worry about getting to work - now that we are retired we can enjoy just watching the beauty of the snowfall.  It's becoming a blizzard and the winds are suppose to pick up this afternoon to around 30 MPH.  Enjoy our photos of the snowfall today. 

Our deck and heated birdbath covered with snow...

Front yard - you can just see the indentation of where hubby cleared walkway yesterday to front door...

Snow plow coming down our street...

Snow plow continuing up our street...

Back yard deep in snow...

Front yard again - driveway filled in again with snow...poor hubby

Me with the snow falling hard...

Now they are saying this storm could cause power to fail due to the heaviness of the snow and the strong winds coming.  Keep your fingers crossed for us that we don't lose power.  Just heard on TV Bucks County (further north of us) has declared a state of emergency.  

It is snowing where you are?