My wallpaper

This is my wallpaper on my computer at work. It is Morro Rock in the bay at Morro Bay, California. I went to high school there and my mother still lives in our family home with a view of the Pacific Ocean from her living room, dining room and kitchen windows. It's a wonderful place to be!

This is my wallpaper at home. It is Vancouver Bay from the window of a harbor tour, taken in September 2006. My husband and I were celebrating our 29th wedding anniversary with a cruise/tour to Alaska and Vancouver. We went to Vancouver for our honeymoon 29 years ago, but didn't get this view. Isn't it beautiful. This wallpaper helps me remember the wonderful trip we've shared for over 29 years! ;-)

Snuggle kitty

For lack of anything else, here's a picture of OK, our snuggle kitty. He likes this extra bed because it gets the afternoon sun. My baby blanket is growing and we've been away to visit our pregnant daughter and her husband. I gave them the two baby caps and they loved them. I'll have to wait to give her more things.

The first baby blanket

This is the first baby blanket I'm making. White, of course, and a lovely simple chenille. It is soooo soft, I can hardly believe it. I'll try to remember to post a picture when it is finished. I'm enjoying it, anyway! I've been told we will not be told what sex the baby is, so I'm sticking mostly to white and some green and yellow. Pretty things, anyway, and soft, too.
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Completed shawl

This is my finished merino shawl. It's really plain stocking knit stitch with a seeded edge all the way around. I need to block it, still, but I'm looking forward to our eventual winter weather (hope, hope!!) so I can wear it and feel all cuddly and warm from it. The picture is pretty true to the burgundy color, too! I finally remembered to turn the flash off to capture the color better.

I'm having fun ordering and dreaming about knitting for the new grandbaby. I'm ordering new sock yarns, too, and dishcloth cottons. I'll be busy, but that's how I'd rather be most of the time. I'm hoping my pregnant daughter will let me sew a few maternity clothes for her, too. She isn't a sewer. Mostly does cross stitch and does a nice job, but she really does appreciate my sewing and smocking and knitting. I'm happy to have someone special to do these crafts.
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The first baby cap!

This is the first cap I've knitted for "the baby." It's obviously very simple. Only took me part of the evening Sunday. I used Paton's Astra yarn on size 5 needles. It's heavier than I anticipated, so I'm trying a white cap out of something a bit thinner. We'll see. I think the baby is going to get lots of caps and blankets, so far. I've started a white blanket. I'll post a picture of that next time.
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Nothing to show today!

I've been busy this past week. Taking down Christmas decorations, getting back to work with a vengeance, picking up the house, getting "baby" things down from the attic (not yet gone through, unfortunately), and trying to help my husband have a happy birthday, yesterday.

I have gotten to a small yarn department and purchased a couple of baby yarns to start some presents with. Yes, presents for my daughter and her husband. They "say" they will not tell us the sex of the baby, so I'm going with the safe yellow, green and white for now. Hopefully she'll tell me when she finds out and I can make blue or hot pink things for the baby. She doesn't like pale pink at all! I think I might just go to lavender, because she loves any shade of purple, too.

I've started to reorganized my yarn stash and have even purchased a really cute hot pink nubby yarn with hopes of using it eventually for a baby. If not this one, then one in the future. Finding baby things I've stashed around the house is fun, too! A friend reminded me I will need some things here for the baby to visit, so I won't give it all away.

I'll try to post with pictures next time. I'm almost finished with my burgundy merino shawl, I've got a pair of really pretty purple socks on the needles now, and I've started a white chenille baby blanket. I'll probably have more on the needles soon! ;-)