flowers. knitting. music. books. what else is there?
The other day, I got this armload of flowers; he’d been near the flower district, so he just thought to bring home flowers. Sweet, so sweet – no reason, other than that he thought of it, and he knows I love flowers.
stargazer lilies, our favorite
pretty yellow, especially nice in a squat arrangement!
So that’s one thing. Another is a bit of knitting content! I’m making some good headway on the first Peasy sleeve, which is thrilling now that I don’t have to watch my needles, because I’ve gotten quite far in Never Let Me Go, by Ishiguro – highly recommended, and review to come when I finish. Reading + knitting = happy, happy me.
it's really getting to be a sleeve!
all those stitches!
And since I’ve been in the subway a few times this week, some work on my little Sockhead hat, using the yarn Anna gave me for Mother’s Day (Schachenmayr nomotta Regia Galaxy, the Jupiter colorway):
my starry night hat, with yarn from Anna
And finally – a musical gift to you, courtesy of my daughter Katie. Katie has always loved The Beatles, with a kind of fanaticism. So adorable, little junior high Katie wearing one Beatles t-shirt after another, challenging you to name any obscure Beatles song, and she could tell you what track on what side of what album it was first published. She posted this video on her blog recently, and since my laptop has crappy speakers, I didn’t listen to it until this afternoon, when I had headphones plugged in. OH….you think you’ve heard every cover of every Beatles song, you think you’re bored of it, you think it’s not possible to do one of their songs with a unique voice while still being the song, and you’re absolutely 100% wrong. Listen to this – Because, sung by Melody Gardot. Be prepared to get chills.
See? I told you. Thank you Katie. In the immortal words of The Continental, wowie wow wow wow.
Oh those flowers are beautiful. How sweet of your husband =3
And that hat is gonna turn out fabulous!
On her own blog, tiny.angry just wrote a post titled..NARWHAL
thank you! he is a sweet husband. i hope the hat turns out well; the yarn was designed to make the design in a small diameter, like a sock. working in a larger hat diameter, the patterning doesn’t show up so it just ends up having these little flecks of yellow and green. i like it so far, and am glad to hear your thoughts about it too!
I just adore Melody Gardot. You should really listen to some of her other stuff….she’s just great. We bought her most recent album on vinyl, and she wrote all of the songs herself which is quite impressive. My favorites are “Baby I’m a Fool” “Who Will Comfort Me” and “Les Etoiles.” Stupid talented ho bag is Marnie’s age, for goodness sakes! Makes me feel old. Youtube has some of her videos, and I highly suggest you go find and listen immediately. Glad you enjoyed!
because of the way she pronounced the word “because,” i thought she was eastern european or something. so i found her wikipedia page and WOW oh my heavens, what an incredible story she has. it was funny, because watching her on the video in your post i thought how much she reminded me of peggy lee, and how i’d love to hear her sing fever, or is that all there is. and what do you know: she sang fever. thank you for introducing me to my new favorite!
Just because flowers are the best. The Hubs actually planted flowers for me this year, so I’d have fresh flowers to bring in all summer….
The Peasy is looking good!
I did not watch the video yet, as I’ve been on the netbook allday as desktop internet has been in and out all day
On her own blog, Tammy just wrote a post titled..Day Date with the Hubs
husbands can be such nice people, at times.
sounds like your birthday was great, i’m so glad!
The flowers are beautiful – what a sweet husband!
Peasy looks great! I’m ready to swatch for mine
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you’re back! i hope you had a good time while you were away. i can’t wait to see what you’ll do with your Peasy…
what a lovely husband… and beautiful flowers
yes on both counts! and the flowers smell so wonderful too (well, so does my lovely husband).
Thanks for sharing so many lovely little things in this post, such a treat to read & listen
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Pretty, pretty flowers…and the sweater is coming along beautifully!!!
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thank you! i wish i could capture the smell of these flowers. it’d make people a little drunk. maybe it’s good that i can’t.