Off To Hearst

My annual summer migration starts tomorrow.  We are off to the trailer in Hearst for five or six weeks. 

When your son re-locates for work, to a town 12 hours away, then marries and has your only grand children in a town 12 hours away, a trailer for summer living  within  15 minutes of the grand children is a must. 

We spend several weeks there every summer. which gives us a sense of what it must be like to live near one's grand kids.  They pop out for an after-dinner swim.  They have sleep-overs.  They come with Mom & Dad on the weekends for bar b ques, swimmming, fishing and all those other lakeside activities common in a Canadian, northern summer.

But there is lots of things left behind to miss while I am gone.  Daily blogging is one of them.  With no internet  connection out at the lake, my posting  is restricted to visits to town.  Regular posting -  and life  - resumes mid-August.


In the mean time, here are some of the other things left behind when we get in the car tomorrow morning at 6 am.

Blocked And Worn

Canada Day turned out to be too hot for anything but a red tee.  But fortunately,  Saturday morning, with a bit of freshness to the air and some errands to run, meant I could try out the Cotton Tweed, 'holey', summer sweater that I completed in - may I remind you? - 12 days.

As  always, the proof is in the wearing and my 12 Day Sweater didn't disappoint:  Not too heavy, not too warm, stays on the shoulders just right, fits well and can be worn with any colour.  A winner, I'd say.  Time will tell if the looser gauge  - 20 stitches over 4 inches rather than the prescribed 22 -  will wear well.  In the meantime, I think it will be a 'go-to' sweater for any and all  cooler summer days.

Happy Canada Day

With a strong statement that I am in no way part of this corporation or even support the use of it's product, I did think this cute and appropriate for today.


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aJWalVsgcq8

And this version for the knitters who rock.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TlOcLyxmwMI

Happy Canada Day everyone.  And happy 4th to my neighbours to the south.