Goodness, its’s
dark. Less than three weeks to go, now, until the solstice. Helen has gone up
to Kirkmichael to see how everything is, since the storm. We know from the
wonderful man who tends the garden that there are no trees down on or near the
house. That’s a start. And since he has electricity, we probably do too. A
neighbour has reported that there is a dead deer in the garden. The gardener
will deal with it. Helen checked in advance that there is no serious snow – but
today has been so very dark that I fear some may be about to fall tonight. Our house is
six feet or so below the level of the road – getting up the driveway can be
difficult (=impossible) in wet or snowy weather.
I’m rather glad to
be excused by age from doing battle with the dark midwinter in Strathardle.
Otherwise, there
is little to report. I did some knitting this morning while watching Part Two
of the much-discussed BBC “The Princes and the Press”. I thought it was boring. I long to be knitting bright colour, such as Machu Picchu will
provide – but not until the summer solstice, at the rate I’m going. I stlll
mean to persevere until the armhole before switching to more urgent projects.
I like Kate Davies’
new “Carp-beth” pattern, a twisted stitch variation on her previous “Carbeth”.
It’s cropped, which I don’t like, but could be easily lengthened. It’s not
bright, fortunately, or I might be tempted to order it – the very last thing I
need.
Comments
You’re right,
Tamar – there are few things so sweet as the self-solving problem.
Mary Lou (and
anyone else interested) – I presume “Americast” is available in the US. I find
it very entertaining. Alas, one of the pivotal characters, the BBC American
editor Jon Sopel, is about to come back to London. I am sure his replacement will
be excellent as far as reporting America is concerned, but will she fit into
the little group with anything like the same chemistry?
Other
My grandson Thomas,
son of Alexander and Ketki, went to a St Andrew’s Night dinner at his school
last week. The significance of the picture is that Thomas’ bow tie was the only
one (I am told) which was self-tied. Even the headmaster and deputy head were
wearing snap-ons. My husband would have been very proud. What agony that was,
the few times we went anywhere that it was required.
I should think but haven’t checked that the carp-beth would be available in other appealing colours.
ReplyDeleteAlthough of course it could be knitted in whatever yarn Jean chose, unfortunately the yarn Kate Davies uses in the pattern is only available in shades of gray. Beautiful, but, yeah, gray.
DeleteBeverly in NJ
what a handsome young man. You must be very proud.
ReplyDeleteThat's a skill! I am a bit scandalized that the headmaster had a clip on!
ReplyDeleteYour grandson is so tall now! I was thinking of the brothers as little boys, but of course not any longer.
ReplyDeleteExcellent photo.
Lisa RR