Creative Adventurez and Findz

I have been trying for three years to grow the Oriental Big Poppy.  Finally this year with great patience and perserverance I have a red orange one and a pink one. It is very exciting to see such a beautiful flower in our garden. I have learned alot from gardening- never give up and all the hard work is worth it. Although  I heard Whoopi Golderberg say sometimes you have to walk away to save face and when things can not be changed. I agree with that. Somtimes things or people cannot change or you cannot change them. That saying "Give me the strength to change the things I can and to accept the things I cannot" seems perfect....A hard lesson in life!

Having had technical problems with my computer for a month or more. I have not been able to post or add photos. So long over due is a blog about finishing Dave's Sweater. I was originally going to to knit it as a Christmas gift but then I  became amgitious to finish  it for his birthday July 6th. So with hard work I did finish it. I was working right to the last day sewing the sides together and fixing any loose ends needing finishing. I am pleased with the results, although I do want to bring the sides under the arms as they are a bit wider than I think ideal. It has been fun knitting a whole sewater as lately I have been doing small projects. I did find it hard having to adjust to the pattern and custom fitting it to his body. For example his arms are long and I needed to make them longer than the pattern. But I know that it is a good learing experience as a pattern is not made for everyone exactly so you do need to make adjustment.

I am knitting away in hopes that now I am this far, maybe I can finish in a month for Dave's birthday July 6th. I was originally thinking a sweater for Xmas but this may be a good goal. I need to keep motivated and finish. It is looking good. I am finished the front and half way throught the back, so then arms and neck.... we shall see if I can do it. Happy Knitting! It is a ggod thinkg to do as well while watching the Canucks, although I have made a few mistakes ...oops ..... the games have been so exciting. Go Canucks Go!

It is that time to remember ones I have loved and love. My dad died three years ago before, Dave and I were married. One of the things about my dad is that he loved Neil Diamond. As a little girl I remember listening to his eight track cassesttes in his car as we went for a long drive.My dad also loved to go on drives and we later joked about the drive by visits we had on trips with him as a family. I miss you dad and thank you for all the memories and the music in my life. Thought the version from Glee was interesting..... Music is healing to the soul and aids me in my creative journeys.... . http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8ugow_u0ZJ0&feature=related

Th other day I was introduced to an artist named Julian Beever who has been creativing chalk art on pavement in Europe for over 10 years. He is an amazing 3D artist. http://www.google.ca/imgres?imgurl=http://www.designsdelight.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/04/julian-beever-3d-chalk-art-river1.jpg&imgrefurl=http://www.designsdelight.com/optical-illusions/julian-beever-pavement-art-3d-optical-illusions/&usg=__MhlNba9VKL0kdCO93q04XzvIypg=&h=400&w=320&sz=34&hl=en&start=1&zoom=1&itbs=1&tbnid=t1QFHMA-kIbj8M:&tbnh=124&tbnw=99&prev=/search%3Fq%3DJulian%2BBeever%26hl%3Den%26sa%3DX%26rls%3Dcom.microsoft:*:IE-SearchBox%26rlz%3D1I7GGLL_en%26biw%3D1239%26bih%3D625%26tbm%3Disch%26prmd%3Divnso&ei=OCXLTYyzJcWV0QGo9ZjnBw

 So I finally found a pattern for Dave. I having been looking for months to find the perfect turtle neck sweater that he would love. It is my Christmas gift to him. I wanted to get started early as we all know things get pretty busy in life and I wanted to make sure I had enough time.I found the pattern on Ravery and had to make some adjustments. Getting the right gauge took a few tries but I know in the end it will be worth it. I would definelty say this pattern is small fitting as it turns out I am knitting the extra large size with larger  needles than they recommend and Dave is a medium size normally.  These are my first attempts at the sweater which I ended up taking out and starting over as they turned out small. So it took three tries to get it right...... I am going to keep on knitting and see how it goes.

This is a painting my mom painted when I was about 4 years old. It has been in our lives for a long time. She painted this in oils as a representation of a Mandala.It was orginally in our house in West Vancouver. Later, it was on the side of the house in Roberts Creek and we took it down when we started the renovation on the house. We put it on the shed and it looked good in the garden. But recently I thought maybe it was time to let it go.  Norma and Kathy have always really loved that painting and mom said if they could get it off the wall they could take it. Why they didn't I am not sure? So the time felt right that I could let it go and give it to them this weekend. It was a bit of a surprise to Norm. It isn't easy to surprise him but I think he was happy.I know they will treasure it and I can go see it whenever. Right?!                        ...