Wednesday, January 19, 2011

yarn along

a post of my latest knitting project and read in a yarn along hosted by ginny.  
 here are some of the goodies i've been making for my friend's baby who arrives with her today for a week visit.

  a gnome from tonya's pattern, elf slippers, and an egg in a nest from susan b. anderson's "itty bitty knits."

 i also made this pretty summer dress for her from a blue sky pattern and blue sky cotton yarn that her mommy sent to me.  i can see i will need to block it or hang it in the bathroom while i shower today to let the wrinkles out from it being folded in my closet all this time waiting for her.

 i am reading "coloring with block crayons - emphasizing the primary colors" to prepare me for waldorf homeschooling.  i love that  i will be going on the waldorf journey alongside ezra.  it seems the next best thing to having gotten a waldorf education myself growing up.

 a preliminary exercise in using the primary colors

i am now working on the giraffe requested by ezra from the same book of patterns.  i could see myself making everything in this book which makes this knitting book worth its weight in gold to me.  i have so often bought a book of patterns only to make one or two things from it.  

this is the view from my balcony today.  a great day for friends to arrive to the island.  i'm so excited to share st. maarten with them.

Sunday, January 16, 2011

baie longue

































such a wonderful day

weekending

it started with a lovely evening rain shower on the balcony where ezra and i have been sitting together quite a lot lately.  we sat together in the evening and watched the clouds move quickly from left to right.  ezra said he was cold moments before the rain came.  in five minutes it had already passed.  

on friday evening we went to the white coat ceremony to watch michael be inducted into the honors society.  when ezra saw michael wearing a tie he wanted to have "a scarf" too.  so i cut up an old pair of his black velvet corduroy pants into the perfect one-wear-tie for the night.  he got several compliments on his tie and was very proud of his special attire.

 rahul and michael looking handsome for the event

 the view from michael's school

ezra loves walking up these steps.

watching him take them one at a time with his daddy made me wonder if he will follow in his footsteps  and also go to medical school one day.

for now i just love that he gets to wear sandals and shorts in the middle of winter and be free!

later that evening michael studied and ezra and i met with our friends at karakters - a fun beach bar and restaurant with live jazz friday nights.  it was a great night with friends where ezra and bianca were happy to jump from table to table and land in the bean bags.



 we finished up the weekend at baie longue with our good friend jon - a separate post is needed for the beautiful day we shared at the beach today.  we are expecting clare and stella to arrive on tuesday and are ready for a week of island fun.  after that we are handing over our car to its new owner and we will be enjoying the beauty in our immediate surroundings.  i will do some if not all of our grocery shopping on foot and rely on the goodwill of my friends to help us get around.  fortunately, i think i have some good karma in that department.

Friday, January 14, 2011

this moment

A Friday ritual. A single photo - no words - capturing a moment from the week. A simple, special, extraordinary moment. A moment I want to pause, savor and remember.   inspired by soulemama