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Bird nest

I am down at my parent's place in Washougal, Washington. A kind of sleepy little town most days, located at the mouth of the Columbia Gorge. It is warm and breezy, the sky is bright blue and it comes with a kind of lazy feeling that brings back memories of summer vacation when I was in grade school.

On the back stoop we have always hung various brooms, shovels, rakes and the like. This year we won't be using the push broom because of the current architect's construction:

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There are three or four little nestlings crowded into the small space, I suspect that they aren't too far off from becoming fledglings and learing to fly.

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It makes my little house seem quite spacious!

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I love this rose. Papa says that it is called Desert Peace and no two blooms ever seem to be quite the same colour configuration. The bush is in full bloom and the colours mirror that of my first pair of Summer of Socks that I have completed.

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See, I told you there would be some sort of knitting content. I love the way that these socks turned out, even though they were kind of boring to knit. Sometimes boring is just what is needed in our current state of flux.

Comments

Wow, so much has happened since I last caught up with you! Great hair cut, beautiful rose with matching socks, fabulous photo of your daughter...whew. So much happening in your life! Oh, and the mattress thing? We've all been there. I had this enormous box spring for a week until it was exchanged for a "low profile one" and I could actually get into bed easily again...

Beautiful socks with their own matching rose! Your socks are fantastic.
Love the picture of the babies in their broomy home.
Take care..

I love those photos! Bird do trump the need for sweeping though, lol. The sock turned out great. Sorry I missed your call sunday. The cell reception in this house sucks! Hope you are having fun!

I LOVE the socks, clever of you to match them to the rose!

What a wonderful post! And the socks are beautiful--I imagine you'll be remembering that rose every time you put them on.

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