Waves
Storm Watching
There were 110 km/h winds yesterday, and 90 km expected this afternoon, but this morning we have a short break between storms, so Constance and Hattie dashed down to the beach to catch a breath of storm-washed air.
Reading Adventure
A Pile of books
Quimper Hittys enjoy wet and stormy weather, but sometimes it just too wild, windy, and dark outside. This week they have had to find indoor entertainments. Gráinne and Carrot Soup got a stack of books out of the Hitty Bookshelf.
Oak Fox
Oak Tree Down
The fierce winds this fall have been wreaking havoc on the trees around here…some have been ripped out by their roots, and others cracked in half. The trees that fall across roads and power lines are removed, but the ones in the park are left in place…
Stollenmädchen
Shopping for Stollen
Perdita is a totally happy Hitty, she is neither lost, nor strayed, but today she was elected to be the Hitty’s Stollenmädchen.
Three Socks
Three Socks
Rose is always willing to help with a knitting project. Here she is encouraging me through the making of my first ever toe-up socks. I took a ball of wool, a pattern and my knitting needles on my recent trip to Colombia, and used the time waiting in airports, flying between destinations and in the evenings to knit a pair of grown-up socks. As I ended up with a small ball of the pretty yarn leftover, I’ve been using it to make toddler socks for the youngest member of the human family. Since the original ball of wool was a gift from her father, it seemed an appropriate thing to do with the extra. I also think it is a good idea to provide socks for toddlers in threes, because at least one is bound to disappear – and I don’t think she’ll mind that each is a slightly different pattern.
Ginger
Rolling Pin
Two of the ginger-haired Hittys have been helping me make mormor Bengtsson’s pepparkakkor…Carrot Soup waving the rolling pin…
Cooky Cutting
…and Hattie waving the cooky cutter.
Stacks of Cookies
A good day’s work together in the kitchen and the result is gingerbread persons of all sizes!
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