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2009/04/06

2009/04/02

Basil Fawlty?

I hope this basil won't be faulty - at least it seems to spring up from the soil like crazy. It's day 3 after the sowing, and already I could see these coming up.....

Yesterday I signed the contract ending my job at end of May. It felt good - of course also a bit scary, but mostly good. When one door closes, many new ones will open - that's just the way it goes. I've already applied for one interesting job in a totally different field, hopefully next week will show if something will come from that..

I'd definitely like and also would need to have more time for extra-curricular activities - I mean more things to make me happy and balanced. Not that I'm not happy&balanced already, but I know that with less pressure from work I could be that even more. Singing in a choir is one of my dreams, after many years of not singing in a choir - it does good for a person to sing in a choir :)

Plans, dreams and likes/dislikes - gradually they are coming together. But most of all, I'd like to live my life less prone to anxiety and accomplishing things out of duty. Duty calls, but one does not always have to answer, right?

2009/03/30

Ol' MacDonald had a farm....

..and she planted some Basil, Parsley and Oregano there, on the windowsill.

The seeds were from last Spring, but I hope they still have growth potential. I know this is like watching paint dry (or grass grow..), but I promise to keep you updated on the status of my kitchen garden :)

2009/03/25

Wow, what speed..

..life is now going!

Very busy at work, but also busy leaving it - I'm ending my 10 year career end of May, and jumping to the Great Unknown. Currently plans still very open (studying? another job? what?), but anyway it feels good to have made such a Courageous Decision to Change One's Life.

From now on, I'll be pouring this stuff on you (in addition to my knitterly escapades), so please bear with me :)

2009/03/14

Pyramids and other micracles..

Hey, I have something finished to show you! Meet "Puff-Sleeved Cardigan" by Stephanie Japel / 'Fitted Knits'.

Such a great pattern - no alterations needed, and the end-result is a beautifully fitted, pretty little jacket. Yarn is Debbie Bliss Cathay (cotton/microfibre/silk). And as you can see, also the Perfect Buttons were found again for this project.. In original pattern there's a whole row of buttons, but I opted for only two for the nice accent - more as a decoration than actual fastening purpose.

And some new yarn was bought today, to replace the huge void caused by this finished project (what better reason is there, anyway!?), actually a mountain of it, it seems..

It's a nice bamboo/wool thingy from Sirdar - in lovely Spring-budding-leaves-green

2009/03/11

A Winter's Tale

Last Sunday we went enjoying the sunny winter's day by the lake - my camera was on black-and-white mode, and this is what was captured on film (the small dot in the sky in this photo is a balloon)