The Flowers That Bloom in the Spring*
Today I cut my hair (oh the exciting life I lead!) It's been long for several years now and, since menopause, has taken to growing longer. Time was when it stopped about six inches below my shoulders. Until this morning it was waist length, at the back anyway, and curled. (My hair NEVER curled, not naturally anyway. More like the proverbial 'yard of pump water'.) Seems like the energy I was now not putting into periods was being put into hair growth. Which was ok. I brushed it and tied it back in a ponytail. Which was fine, it just hung there, though it did have a tendency to get trapped behind my back when I sat in the armchair. Mildly annoying, pull it over my right shoulder and continue. The other thing was that it was long enough to get caught up in other ways, like when I turned over in bed. Then it would come round and dangle when I was cleaning my teeth!
Not now, it's back to the shorter length of the old days, six inches below my shoulders. I just pulled the hair equally over both shoulders and chopped. The thing about wearing it in a ponytail is that, even if I chopped it unequally (not in front of a mirror at the time), any unevennesses don't notice. It has a tendency to come over my right shoulder of its own accord, and I'll have to be more careful about how far the retaining band slips, but otherwise it's all good. And you know what? H will only notice because he reads this blog! He's truly wonderful, but not too good on the noticing and mentioning it. Like a lot of men, I suspect!
Pur-lease, can't you find something interesting to blog about? Well, I've been knitting my DK cardigan a lot recently. Sleeves done, body done, yoke (Nordic style patterns) well on the way. The Good Thing, Dear Reader, about knitting something with a yoke is that once it's done the cardigan is virtually finished, only button bands left to do. Hah! Only the button bands to do, she writes! I think I'll knit the button bands then cut the steek, that way it'll have less chance to unravel. I suppose I'd better get on and find some suitable ribbon to cover the raw edges of the cut steek, or some suitable yarn so I can knit a cover. Hmmm, ribbon will be quicker - less potential unravelling time. Then I'll have to find some suitable buttons. Dear Reader, do you know a good (UK based) button supplier? I had to cut the buttons off another cardigan for my aran weight one. Mainly because I wanted to wear it in Boxing Day and there was no way I could get other buttons in the time. They seem to do the job and, being black against dark purple, don't show too much. They're quite nice buttons really.
Meanwhile out in the yard the snowdrops are over, the crocuses are out and pointing towards the lightest part of the yard (or the light reflected from the northern, south facing, cream painted wall) and the daffodils have once more put up their buds, one is in flower - a bit late for St David's Day but after the warmth of last week, others will follow. We even found a couple of flowers on the rampant honeysuckle, though they looked a bit 'shrammed' (very, very, very cold). I'm not sure what colour crocuses I planted originally but the ones which are out now are dark purple, lilac and mauve with dark stripes. All very pretty.
Which will do. Y'all have a good day now!
*Tra-la!
Not now, it's back to the shorter length of the old days, six inches below my shoulders. I just pulled the hair equally over both shoulders and chopped. The thing about wearing it in a ponytail is that, even if I chopped it unequally (not in front of a mirror at the time), any unevennesses don't notice. It has a tendency to come over my right shoulder of its own accord, and I'll have to be more careful about how far the retaining band slips, but otherwise it's all good. And you know what? H will only notice because he reads this blog! He's truly wonderful, but not too good on the noticing and mentioning it. Like a lot of men, I suspect!
Pur-lease, can't you find something interesting to blog about? Well, I've been knitting my DK cardigan a lot recently. Sleeves done, body done, yoke (Nordic style patterns) well on the way. The Good Thing, Dear Reader, about knitting something with a yoke is that once it's done the cardigan is virtually finished, only button bands left to do. Hah! Only the button bands to do, she writes! I think I'll knit the button bands then cut the steek, that way it'll have less chance to unravel. I suppose I'd better get on and find some suitable ribbon to cover the raw edges of the cut steek, or some suitable yarn so I can knit a cover. Hmmm, ribbon will be quicker - less potential unravelling time. Then I'll have to find some suitable buttons. Dear Reader, do you know a good (UK based) button supplier? I had to cut the buttons off another cardigan for my aran weight one. Mainly because I wanted to wear it in Boxing Day and there was no way I could get other buttons in the time. They seem to do the job and, being black against dark purple, don't show too much. They're quite nice buttons really.
Meanwhile out in the yard the snowdrops are over, the crocuses are out and pointing towards the lightest part of the yard (or the light reflected from the northern, south facing, cream painted wall) and the daffodils have once more put up their buds, one is in flower - a bit late for St David's Day but after the warmth of last week, others will follow. We even found a couple of flowers on the rampant honeysuckle, though they looked a bit 'shrammed' (very, very, very cold). I'm not sure what colour crocuses I planted originally but the ones which are out now are dark purple, lilac and mauve with dark stripes. All very pretty.
Which will do. Y'all have a good day now!
*Tra-la!