Monday is here, and so is Ronovan’s haiku prompt.
The words this week…
Tight & Warm
Here we go
Look at you all snug
Nestled in, so warm and tight
Winters nearly done!
Ritu 2016
(Image from Google)
RonovanWrites #Weekly #Haiku #Poetry Prompt #Challenge #85 Tight&Warm
22 Feb 2016 24 Comments
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Knitting With Nancy
21 Feb 2016 40 Comments
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Ok, so much as I like to be all artsy, I don’t really get much chance, so this was a lovely bonding time with my Lil Princess.
A couple of years ago, my mum gave my kids a set of Knitting Nancy dolls. I used to have one when I was younger, but I never really got into it.
What is a Knitting Nancy?
Image from Google
One of these rather interesting looking dolls! Now this photo I found on Google Images, as it looked kinda like the one I had when I was a little girl.
Lil Princess has been asking me for ages to use it, and my mum would periodically ask whether I had been able to let the kids have a go… and in all honesty, I had forgotten we had them, and squirrelled them away in my rather large art chest!
And the other thing… just a little one… I forgot how to use it!
So last week, armed with Knitting Nancy x2, wool, and my iPad (For YouTube access!) we sat down to learn how to Knit with Nancy!
It was fun ! Lil Princess was all about the Loombands craze, and the finished effect is almost like that of a loom band so her curiosity was piqued even more!
There you have a bit of the finished knitted product, hanging from the bottom of the Nancy doll.
And some rather furry child of mine got rather excited, thinking we had made something new and special for him to play with!
Lil Princess had a great go, and she has decided that she wants to make a really long one then sew it together to make a rug for her room!
All in all it was very therapeutic and I have one on the go myself, for moments where I want calm in my mind!
They say ‘Old is Gold’ and it is true you know. Some of the older crazes are fun, and it would do all our kids good if we introduced them to these, as well as all the new technology based hobbies that there are out there too!
Goodbye Hotpoint! Hello Samsung!
21 Feb 2016 48 Comments
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Finally!
We have got rid of the fire hazards that were our Hotpoint machines!
(Well to say got rid of, they are still here, in the summer house waiting to be picked up by a scrap merchant!)
And my new space age Samsung models are now installed!
They look all funky and cool, and they are musical! They play a little tune at the end of a cycle! But oh my, the amount of options there are!
I am so confused! You need a degree in manual reading and deciphering to start off with!!!
But hey, it’s all good! I am pressing buttons and finding things that look like they are doing the right thing! And the machines are eco-friendly too, so that is wonderful!
Ever seen someone so excited to be doing laundry? Sorry, but I am one such individual… and you should see me when it comes to ironing!
Excuse me while I go and drool over my new machine!
Spidey’s Serene Sunday – Part 53
21 Feb 2016 23 Comments
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“
One man practicing kindness in the wilderness is worth all the temples this world pulls.”
Jack Kerouac
I really believe this.
Just yesterday my Pops and I were talking religion… in Sikhism there is an expectation to do ‘Seva’.
This is charitable work and volunteering or donating to good causes.
Many folk who may have no time but they have the money feel it is best to give their donations to the Gurdwara.
But most gurdwaras have all they need, and then some.
Someone Pops knows said that instead of just blindly donating to the temple, it would be more beneficial, and true Seva, to give to a real needy person, or to help somewhere physically, because that kindness will never go unnoticed.
I think today’s quote really encompasses this theory.
Happy Sunday Peeps!
Special Birthday Wishes
20 Feb 2016 43 Comments
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A little spark ignited a fire of love.
A fire that has been burning for 8 years, and shall burn forever.
A Lil Princess was born and has lit our lives bright.
A crazy child.
Silly.
Lovable.
Annoying.
Beautiful.
Talented.
Whiney.
Chatty.
(Some say she’s like me. .. I wonder why!)
I just wanna wish our beautiful daughter a very happy 8th birthday!
Love you Lil Princess!
And I can’t forget my father in law whose birthday she decided to invade those 8 years ago!
Happy birthday dad! Have a great day!
