8/18/18, Little Buddy and images of my week.........

The last few dates of the week are pretty amazing dates.  Each day, when written with the month first, date second, and then the year, are the same forwards and backwards.  Yesterday, 8/17/18 is 81718, today 8.18.18 and tomorrow 8.19.18, pretty cool I'd say!

Okay, enough of that.  Monday was Little Buddy's first day of first grade.  He was so excited to go but by the end of the week had puttered out and was having a difficult time following directions and listening.  The information in first grade comes at you much faster, and this little one will need to learn to keep up.  He is able to handle it all as far as his intelligence, just maybe not so much as far as compliance.  There was just so much damage to his brain when he was born, plus he was exposed to drugs and alcohol when he was developing, not a good combination for learning I am afraid.  He is a work in progress,  I hope they can handle him.

When I recently finished my Flower Shawl I wanted to use the rest of the beautiful yarn in something right away.  This gorgeous Appalachian Baby Design Organic Cotton Yarn is just so lovely to work with.  It is soft and smooth, and a lovely ecru color.  I wanted to use it right away before it landed in the back of my yarn closet, wasting away and wondering what happened to its elite status.  I went back to this easy peasy pattern that I have made before.  A simple 5 shell treble crochet and a double crochet in the middle of the previous shell.  Now that I am looking at it the photo above is upside down, sorry about that.  I used a J hook to make this have more drape, and used up every last inch of the 275 yards I had left.  The scarf is 56 inches long and about 6 inches wide.  I have this in mind for a particular friend of mine who never ceases to amaze me with her talents and generosity.  I plan on using this pattern to make a few gifts for Little Buddy's teachers and therapists for Christmas this year.  It is an easy one row repeat, and I can keep it in my car for a nice project to grab as I am sometimes stuck between patients.

 

This photo was taken this morning.  Little Buddy is writing a special thank you note.  I love the morning light and the look of concentration.  Now to get him to do that at school!

He is a delight, well most of the time anyway.

I also started another Zick Zack Shawl.  This has been on my to do list for several years.  You can read about my first Zick Zack Shawl here.  I bought this beautiful cotton Tangier yarn by Cascade Yarns several years ago when my local yarn shop closed.  I love this yarn and have used it many times.  The colors are gorgeous and it feels so nice while sliding thorough your fingers, and it is very gentle when draped around your neck.  This is a very easy project, another simple one row repeat.  The colors are not popping out as much in this photo as I took it on my kitchen table, but after seeing Bear photo bomb it with his nose I had to include it.

The boys continue to enthrall us with their antics.  This photo was taken last night after I had given them a good brushing.  They look great for about 10 minutes then they look all raggedy again, like no one takes care of them at all.  They are still growing but I think they are slowing down.  Max weighed 95 pounds, we won't be near that with either of these two, thank goodness!

I might have actually finally captured the beauty of Hank in this photo.  He does not like his picture taken.  He is so beautiful but always looks so stressed when the camera or my phone is out.  He is as sweet as can be, but don't be fooled, he will steal your dinner if you leave it for even a second.

Again, I have to say I am not feeling my best due to headaches.  I am off to acupuncture today so hopefully that will  help.  I am not sitting at my computer long so again have to apologize if I am missing your posts.  I wish you all a wonderful weekend.