tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8466385.post8675395004163313289..comments2024-03-27T10:01:12.225+00:00Comments on Jean's Knitting: Jeanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12038517988391228260noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8466385.post-46327957294360508332012-02-20T22:16:03.257+00:002012-02-20T22:16:03.257+00:00It is often hard to focus on what you can still do...It is often hard to focus on what you can still do, rather than what has been lost, especially if you are a person who dislikes change. I am constantly surprised by your accounts of what you have tackled on a day by day basis. We are some weeks away from digging on our allotment, for example.shandyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17372329387935318023noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8466385.post-28747738829521485862012-02-20T22:06:46.453+00:002012-02-20T22:06:46.453+00:00Your pictures show you advancing into spring much ...Your pictures show you advancing into spring much quicker than we are here in BC. I am glad you found enough Jerusalem artichokes to make a good soup.<br /><br />I have been giving some thought to your dilemma of finding it difficult to keep up with your Strathardle home. Would it be possible to divide some of the needed work up amongst your children and grandchildren? If you made a list of the jobs you are having trouble with, and maybe categorized them by the season, those that are able could sign up for a time to come lend a hand. I am sure they all enjoy it there too, and would love to help. And by dividing up the work it would not put too much responsibility on any one person. <br /><br />This doesn't solve the problem of what you would do if there was an emergency situation though. I like Catdownunder's idea of keeping a cell with you at all times.kristieinbchttp://journeynorthof49.blogspot.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8466385.post-56206340658648187682012-02-20T21:28:34.554+00:002012-02-20T21:28:34.554+00:00Is there mobile 'phone access up there? If so,...Is there mobile 'phone access up there? If so, could knit yourself a mobile 'phone cover with a long cord to wear around your neck and carry it with you all the time? - a bit like the call alarm my father (reluctantly) wears when I am out. It sounds so lovely that it would be sad indeed not to go as long as possible.catdownunderhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06959328192182156574noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8466385.post-44896664906636379762012-02-20T17:46:13.860+00:002012-02-20T17:46:13.860+00:00Jean, I recently ran across the snood/cowl situati...Jean, I recently ran across the snood/cowl situation in Ravelry. The Deramore's group has a new Knit Along, using a free Rowan pattern named Lazy Lace Snood. I looked at the pattern photo, and it is not what I have always known as a snood. It is a cowl! I thought that perhaps what we in the U.S. know as a cowl is termed a snood in the U.K., but you have now changed my mind on that thought. <br /><br />Mary G. in TexasAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com