New Things A-comin'

I'm having a hankering for cooking/baking these days and I've decided this Saturday will be the day.  On the list:

1. Cinnamon rolls from The Pioneer Woman Cooks.
2. I hijacked a couple of folders & a huge bag of my Gram's recipes and I'm looking to see what I can fix. I found a wheat bread one that I want to make as well.
3.  Mom purchased the new Hungry Girl's 300 under 300 recipe book.  I've got my eye on a tex-mex pot sticker combo that I'll put together as well. 

And in between all the bread raising and the cooking I'll be knitting.  I started my 2nd quarter socks, a Christmas present (and it's not even October!!) and got one glove done of a build my own pattern that I'm not wild about, but Mom likes them so I need to get the 2nd one done for her.



I also finished a shawl that has been on my needles for a couple of years.  Coalie & Belle were real big helps when I was doing the fringe.  I'll have a better picture & post to come, but here's a peak.



Hope y'all are doing well.  :-)

Walking

With the weather being nicer (some days!) I've taken to walking outside.  I love where I live because it's close to the city, but far enough out that there is quite a lot of land around me with animals and vegetation.

Saturday morning I went for a walk and saw these pussy-willows along the side of the road.



I'm still learning about taking pictures with my phone so it's not the best, but it brought back so many memories.


One of my Aunt's house backed up to a canal in Nampa and when we'd go over there we'd always pick the pussy-willows and color them.  I can recall many bouquets left for her when we were all done.

It was always a fun thing to pick these. I wanted to stop every time we'd see them along the road.  They were always so soft and fuzzy.  And something to make one smile. :-)