Adam's Nanny

All the Pretty Flowers

When I got home on Friday evening after work, I decided to do all the household cleaning so I would have the weekend free to myself.  I am so glad I did because Saturday was the most beautiful day.  

It was a short walk to City Bakery for lunch.  Grilled cheese with chicken and pepper jam on rye.  What a great combination.  Then over to Union Square Market.  Lots of beautiful flowers to choose from along with eggs, poultry, wine and vegetables.  I brought home beautfiful flowering branches and also some willow branches along with New York State wine and free range eggs.

I purchased these eggs from Violet Hill Farm  (I recently heard on the radio that the hens that lay these eggs are called Easter hens because they lay colored eggs.  The pale green eggs don't really show up as well as they should.)

Always on my shopping list when I go to the market, a light fruity white wine from Anthony Road Wine Company

 I loved this display of the flowers stuck in the boots, hanging from a pole.

I couldn't resist photographing the beautiful flowers that were in Gramercy Park.  The park is only open to residents of the area and to guests of the Gramery Park Hotel.  Since I am neither, I had fun poking the camera between the bars of the iron fence  to take photos.  The park is open one day a year to the public -- Christmas Eve and it is one of only two privately owned parks in New York City. 

 

The beautiful Bluebells...

And more flowering trees and plants 

I have always been fascinated by the famous birdhouses but I have to admit this is not my photograph.  I kept looking up for them but I either missed them or they have been taken down to be refurbished.

 

And finally here is the little sign on the gate.  Even though I couldn't gain entry, it's still a wonderful neighborhood, filled with lots of history and worth a visit on a beautiful Saturday afternoon.

Beautiful Blue Skies - The Sky Scarf

My son finds the most amazing things for me to knit.  Sometimes I just smile, because the things he thinks I can whip up are designer quality and I know I would never have the patience to figure it all out.  But the other day he mentioned a website that I wasn't familiar with - Leafcutter Designs.  One of the projects on the website is the Conceptual Knitter, which talks about the Sky Scarf.  It is a year-long project; each day you knit a row of the color of the sky.  I immediately went to Ravelry and found their actually was a Conceptual Knitters group. 

I know this request is something I can manage.  I was going to start it on Easter Sunday and but I'm really unhappy with the yarn I purchased and  I really have to be in love with the yarn to start a project like this.  Hopefully, I'll find something I like in time to start it on his birthday in July.  When I joined the group I found there were all sorts of variations of the scarf.  Some people are even doing weight loss scarfs and others, wall hangings.  The options are really endless when you think about first year of marriage or baby's first year done as a blanket.  I thought a needlepoint pillow would be neat too. I'd just have to figure out how many rows and probably have to do one for each season. 

The website is filled with fun things other than knitting and is worth a look.

 

 

 

Spring Blankets

 

Spring is here and I am back to blogging.  The flowers are in bloom and everything in the neighborhood looks lovely.

I have been keeping busy crocheting 36x36 lap afghans for  the Ravelry Group, Outreach to Appalachia.  I have completed four and about to start number five.   I've been using Loops and Threads Impreccable. 

 

These are the first three I completed.  Two are granny square and one is a corner stitch.

 

And here are all four blankets.  The next one will be in pink.  I'd like to get the other two completed before the summer heat sets in. 

I've put aside all my lace knitting.  I just needed a break and this is just a wonderful way to relax without worrying about following a pattern.