food, crochet, merriment
One of the advantages of having son who is good with tech is that he can create a picture of a character from a book I love, that has…you know…
no pictures.
Not only does he create the image…
but he can personalize it.
Why, he can even make it into…
the Scottish man of my dreams.
If I was 40 years younger, that is…
and liked pointy ears.
Ha.
Our 4th of July mornings always start with the balloon festival in Provo. It’s crazy early, and kinda cold–but oh, my how we LOVE it!
Many times we all go back home and take a nap in order to be ready for the rest of the upcoming fun stuff. We did miss Rhen and Jessica who found that starting the day a little later was just what they needed. It’s a tradition that has become one of our favorite things about the 4th.
One of our favorite things.
As you might suspect…
there are plenty more.
hee-hee-hee.
I say mini because…
with all the gardening and crafting and cooking and cleaning and earth life-ing that’s been going on around here–no matter how badly we wanted to do the full blown, road trip, Quilt Shop Hop…there just weren’t enough hours in the day.
We did, however make it to one particularly lovely place called “Pine Needles” in Gardner Village…
filled with all kinds of beautiful things…
and not just quilts either.
Being new to the quilting world, I admit that I get distracted very easily by yarn, felt work and stitchery…
because it feels like something I already know how to do without help.
My mom used to call that the path-of-least-resistance. I never really got it.
Then just as we were leaving, we spotted this incredible store with every kind of candy–new and retro known to humankind. We had no choice but to go inside and check it out.
It positively did live up to our expectations and I waltzed out of there with a bag of every flavor malt balls…
and a nut roll made by the gods. Y. U. M.
Some days it’s just easier to give in than to fight it.
“Choosing the path of least resistance makes both men and rivers…crooked.”
Wow. I think I get it now.
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This is fascinating to me. When my boy used to skateboard, I could watch him all day.
