Happy New Year!
Here's some new photos,: sushi dinner,


- and a few knitting swatches.







Older photo from last year when the Nippers were in Moorestown Mall:



A Christmas Story....
This Christmas appeared to be the Christmas of the Hat. I received three hats for Christmas, one of which is below.




This particular hat was a gift to me from Happily Ever Helen. I thought I could wear it and still enjoy anonymity. I was proved wrong by the outbursts and bemused looks I received when I wore it. I was told by another friend of mine - "If you wear that hat - you ARE asking for attention." I was actually stopped in the hallway by a curious someone who was temporarily without their glasses while I was wearing this hat. Apparently to someone without glasses - it looks like .....something?.....horns?...BalRog?...oh Good it's just a cat....

It's doing a good job keeping my head warm, or could it be those piercing stares?

(I'm only teasing my good friend, Thank you Helen, I will treasure it forever :D )

A song to leave you with
These are the first three lyrics from the Canadian Boat Song.
I enjoy the language in the lyrics and put it here just because I felt a little homesick today.


I
Listen to me, as when ye heard our father
Sing long ago, the song of other shores;
Listen to me, and then in chorus gather
All your deep voices, as ye pull your oars.

Chorus:
Fair these broad meads, these hoary woods are grand,
But we are exiles from our father's land.

II
From the lone shieling of the misty island
Mountains divide us, and the waste of seas;
Yet still the blood is strong, the heart is Highland,
And we, in dreams, behold the Hebrides.



-- Author Anonymous