Characteristics of a Five Year Old

Five year olds are cheerful, energetic and enthusiastic.

 They especially enjoy dramatic play.

 They enjoy sharing jokes . . . 

 and seek adult approval.

 They are able to memorize their address . . . 

 and understand that books are read 

from left to right, top to bottom.

 During the day they need a balance of rest and activity.

 Five year olds may be able to tie shoelaces . . .

 and can place objects from biggest to smallest.

They enjoy collecting things,

like to feel grown up,

and can walk downstairs, alternating feet without

using the handrail.

Well done, Bunny girl. You are meeting all your developmental milestones.

Today I Am 5

So, what does 5 mean?

5 means I can't be held like this any longer.

 5 means cats are not something to roll around with any more.

 There are 5 openings in my face.

 I have 5 digits on each paw.

 5 is the fifth Fibonacci number.

There are 5 elements in Chinese philosophy.

It is the square root of 25, 

and it is the only prime number whose last digit is 5.

5 is the symbol of perfection in ancient Mayan culture.

There are the 5 virtues of wisdom, 

love, truth, goodness and justice.

In numerology 5 means divine grace.

Today I am 5.

Anticipation

Coming soon . . . 

Two more sleeps . . .

Knitting Catch Up

Last October (!) I wanted something to accessorize blue denim. 

Sniffing around I found . . . 

. . . The Fibre Company's Quaking Aspen Shawl 

using their own Acadia 

which is merino, alpaca and silk.

 An easy pattern and lovely yarn, but too much of it left over.

 The lace worked up quickly.

It's heading for the B and B today.

 It must go from its current measurement of 38"x20" to 60"x24". 

Yikes.

Next project on the needles - a Swoncho. 

This pattern can be found in the Fall 2012 edition of Love of Knitting magazine. 

Tanis Fiber Arts Orange label is to 'dye' for.

This MUST be completed in 4 weeks.

Oops! The headless wonder is yet to be finished.

Kipling Reno 2

Our heads were rough,

 and our hands were black,

 With the ink-stains' midnight hue;

 We scouted all,

 both great and small

We were a dusky crew . . . 

from Kipling's The Dusky Crew

                                                                                         
Move in day July 30, 2013

Found Memory Card 2008-2009

 Scotland and England . . . 

Much have I travell'd in the realms of gold,

And seen St. Margaret's cliffs unfold.

And many goodly states and kingdoms seen;

 And ever did I breathe their pure serene.

*
Lines pinched from
On First Looking into Chapman's Homer
John Keats
*


. . .  and puppy pictures

Beauty is truth, truth beauty, - that is all 

Ye know on earth, and all ye need to know. *

                                                            * Ode on a Grecian Urn

                                                                               John Keats

Cry Havoc

. . . the wood's in trouble;

The gale, it plies the saplings double.

'Twould blow like this through holt and hanger,

'Tis the old wind in its anger.

And then it threshed another wood

Where Uricon the city once stood.

The wind flew through the woods in riot . . .

The trees of home now lie quiet. *


It was a summer's evening gloomy, close and stale when destiny's dice box dumped havoc on the heart of old Georgetown. With irresistible conviction the wind clasped it keenly with crooked hands.

5:50 PM Friday July 19, 2013

* with arboreal assistance from 

Wenlock Edge by A.E. Housman