"It's a white world after all....."

 January 11, 2026

This morning.

Yep. We got a good snowfall last night, which is still ongoing. It has covered up all the ice that formed yesterday after Friday's excessive rain, followed by a temperature drop that turned the rain-packed snow to ice. The driveway was treacherous, and we had to put cleats on our boots to go out.  Now the ice is nicely covered up.

Good timing, Nellie Belle....

 Hubby was doing some fall maintenance on the tractor and discovered metal bits where they shouldn't be in Nellie, so off came the tire to access her rear bits. After serious investigation, some new parts were ordered, and are now being installed. Thankfully he knows an Farm Equipment mechanic!!

The snow blower attachment sits idle.

Before the rain, we had some lovely days, got some  snowshoeing in,

and finally captured a picture of the snow sparkles on a sunny morning. Son and his fancy camera were given a mission to capture the sparkles only. Please 'biggify' this  one, all you snow haters, and see how beautiful the snow is!!!! If the light is right, on a sunny day, all those sparkles are prisms of rainbow colours, like billions of sparkling diamonds, my kind of diamond!

Friday was a lost cause as far as outdoor activities, so I cast on another Ranunculus sweater, a pattern by Midori Hirose.

It is such a fun knit with all the interesting yoke stitches. 

Another very nice knit, (but boring after the increases) is the Musselburgh hat by Ysolda Teauge. (Sorry, in Canada..it is a toque!) I've made two, and there are plans for a third. Lots of 'mindless' knitting in it. The hats are double, plus the turned up brim makes them quadruple over one's ears, and they fit so nice and snuggly.

Don't know if it is old age, but I am finding it very difficult to sleep well if there is any amount of light leaking into the bedroom.  Solution....

a sleep mask for which I found a pattern on line. I'd thrifted a pretty silky camisole, so de-constucted it for the fabric. It is the best thing ever. It blocks out every bit of light and feels so nice against your face. Granted, there isn't much light around here at night, but that recent full Wolf Moon shining in the bedroom window was the impetus for this build. 

I began this post with snow, so will end it with my paper-pieced snowflake.