The Whiting.....

It's begun.....

....that period of time here in Nod when everything becomes white....

 

Very, very, white..... 

The Whiting....

(And I'm not talking fish....)

With the "sticking" snows beginning early in October, and the heaviest (March) snows yet to come, it's about this time that one starts questioning their sanity.  Things that were, aren't....and things that weren't are.... (Remember last year during The Whiting our mailbox went MIA.....???)

Anyways....There isn't much of color to report here....hence my silence.  

The wee bit of Christmas I put up this year is mostly still up.....(It's part of The Whiting Madness you know.....or so says I.)  I have, for the first time in a long, long, time, picked up my hook, my punch and my needle (no, not all at the same time Sillies!), but have not made any share-worthy progress.  All projects, however, involve hearts, so I best get moving or they will be put away, unfinished, until the heart mood strikes again in a year or so.

For now, I'll leave you with a few hearts that have made it out and about here.... (Hey, they're red, and so blend in fine with the left-over Christmas decor.....)

   

Stay safe, stay warm....stay sane.....

A Bit of Perspective....

There are places I sometimes go when the noise of my world becomes too ugly and loud.  

In the quiet, cluttered, corners and dusty shelves of these places, my troubles gradually shrink in perspective.   

 Surrounded by reflections of the harshness of earlier days, the past somehow soothes the present.

Shadows are no longer feared nor fearful....

...but beguiling friends who sometimes share their secrets with me....

 

...or leave me pensive and curious.

But, inevitably and unequivocally, richer in spirit. 

A Whole Lot of Nothing....

A hearty hello and happy 2014 to you!!

I, for one, couldn't bid good riddance to 2013 quick enough.

We're off to a brutally frigid start here in Nod....and I mean frigid....even by Nod standards.

Have I mentioned lately that I despise the cold???  I thought so.

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Besides honing my hibernation skills, there is just a whole lot of nothing going on....which, in my world of late, is a good thing.  I don't have much in the way of fun to report, but wanted to post some sort of something to wish you all (belated, at this point) happy holidays since I so blatantly missed doing so in proper season.  It is so difficult to believe that, last year at holiday time, I was doing the Merriment Chain.  What a difference a year can make....

Anywho....I couldn't leave you photo-less, so here are some of the new (and not-so-new-but-new-to-me-cuz-I-haven't-done-a-bloody-bit-of-hooking-for-so-long-I-am-in-the-dark) rug designs from my gal pal Cathy of Red Barn Rugs.....

 

(Sorry this is sideways, but when I flip it, it distorts the shape for some reason.)

I'm going to hit "publish" now.... Otherwise it may be another month of Sundays before I get around to posting.... I hope to get back on track (gee, have I said that before???)....and I know I promised some I'd get back to the "Collections" series. For tonight, though, someone's waiting on me to join him on the sofa....