the love of a clothesline...

hanging clothes on the line

is one of my little joys in life

when we moved to our

little cabin on the hill

one of the first things we did

was to get a clothesline in place

not prepared for the wind on a hill

and having "city clothespins"

i found many of my clothes laying

on the woodpile and in the lane

i began the hunt for heavy duty clothespins

during her thursday garage sale day

my bestie came through with a nice

assortment of "country clothespins"

since their use, not a piece of clothing

has been found off the line

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besties...another joy in life

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the many faces of addy...

this weekend we celebrated our grandgirlie

Addy's

1st birthday

it was a perfect summer day

hot & breezy

big puffy clouds

 family & friends

lots of good summer food

burgers sizzling on the grill

mason jars filled with strawberry lemonade

little ones splashing in the pool

big & little playing kick ball

cake & ice cream

and

a

 happy

little

birthday girl

a spring sunset...

{{{{this moment}}}}

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a day on the short north...

 it began with breakfast at one of our favorite spots

First Watch

they serve the BEST breakfast!

full and happy we were off to the Audobon Society

for some bird watching (and turtles too)

Columbus folks are lucky in that

the city

provides so many parks & nature centers

for people to enjoy

next....to the quaint area of short north

for shopping

short north offers a great selection

of antique & vintage shops

you can find just about anything

the arches let you know you've arrived in short north

there are rows and rows of arches!

a day at short north is not complete without a stop at

~concrete jungle~

in the middle of the city is a wonderful little

patch of color and greenery

we then loaded into petey

(yes her little red car has a name)

and headed to dublin for lunch

we decided on The Dublin VillageTavern for

a few reasons...

we like the food, the outdoor seating & the service

I'm missing in this picture because I was next door

doing some shopping at the local yarn shop

temptations

it was a most fun day in the city

a trip that we take over and over and over

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simple beauty...

~oakleaf hydrangea~

it's cookie tuesday!

for the knitting group today, i made coconut macaroons

the recipe is from Barefoot Contessa "Family Style"

they are a breeze to make as there are only

5 ingredients

i changed them up a bit by

adding a drizzle of chocolate and

a

maraschino cherry

barefoot contessa's coconut macaroons

enjoy!

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toasty handwarmers...

this wonderful pattern comes from

A Friend To Knit With

it is a fun and easy pattern

* my completed toasty's*

(thanks babs for being my hand model)

i used akapana yarn with size 7 needles using magic loop

they took a bit more than one skein

read about akapana yarn

*thanks to Leslie for sharing such a fun pattern*

{{{{this moment}}}}

A Friday ritual. A single photo - no words - capturing a moment from the week. A simple, special, extraordinary moment. A moment I want to pause, savor and remember.  If you would like....play along!  To see other great moments stop by soulemama

    

it's cookie tuesday!

our knitting group meets every tuesday

at the library

along with knitting & crocheting

we have cookies & tea

this week

i made

mexican hot chocolate cookies

to share with our group

it's a martha recipe

and

it can be found here

Martha Stewart's Mexican Hot Chocolate Cookies

enjoy!

~*~