After trying to put things into words for over a week now, I decided to skip an update about the past two months. The good news is that we did get to have a family Christmas, we went to the Zoo with our grandson (and his parents), we visited my father a few times and…
Author: Maggie
Oh well
I’m sick again. Flu, or maybe Covid. I have been thinking a lot about the next few weeks, and I decided I need to focus on resting and trying to get healthy enough to visit my family and attend that wedding. Everything else has to go on the backburner. So I just popped in to…
Rustic, but warm
This weekend, I set myself the goal to finish the mittens. I’m still not fully back into my knitting mojo, but I succeeded. At least they’re ready to take with me to The Netherlands when we go (only 10 days from now) I know, these are very, very basic. But that’s what I wanted them…
A double rainbow
Wishing you all a bright and happy start to your week!
Corners of my home :: my apothecary
I’m sorry, no pictures of the inside this time (there is one in this post if you’re curious). Maybe later, it’s really messy right now. But I’ve been playing with decorating those open shelves and the top of the cupboard. I had all kinds of little knickknacks on those shelves, but I’ve been moving and…
Knitting mittens
After finishing the hat balaclava for my grandson, I thought it would be fun to make it into a set. So I decided to knit him some mittens. Even though these are my first mittens, I thought I’d wing it. You know… how hard can it be? Well, actually, not that hard. I’ve always been…
Full moon
“The Moon was so beautiful that the ocean held up a mirror.” —Ani DiFranco Wishing you all a great start to your week!
In my garden :: small steps
Such a nice picture to start this post with, isn’t it? But to be honest, this is what my whole garden looks like right now. Lots of rain, combined with the gardener (that would be me) being sick all the time makes a very good combinations for all the weeds. Of course, as an (aspiring)…
A balaclava for my grandson
I finished it yesterday, after redoing the ribbing around the face. The first try was way too tight, I picked up too little stitches. The instructions were a bit vague and warned about not making it to wide, but the second time I ended up picking up one stitch for every row at the sides,…
Ten things
Ten things that make me happy today: :: my ear being so much better :: realizing that I needed these weeks of rest so, so much. I am getting a bit bored (my balance is off due to the ear infections, so I really can’t do much), but I feel I’m healing, both physically and…