Fisherman Crochet

Elle~~~This is the best I could do with the directions for the scarf. There is so much involved with the techniques of the pattern, that I included the scarf pattern along with the techniques you will need to crochet it. In the process of doing this I also included all the other patterns as well.

If you click on the directions they will enlarge, and hopefully you will be able to print them. Let me know if that works and then I can delete all these posts. Have a great day and enjoy your crocheting. If you have any questions let me know, and maybe I will be able to help.

"Week-end & Autumn Blue"

The fictional setting for Autumn Blue is the amusingly and oddly named town of Ham Bone, Washington. But is it really that odd? A search for offbeat place-names in the United States indicates that it's not so peculiar, after all.

Pull out your atlas, and in Michigan, you are sure to end up in Hell. Lawyersville, you'll discover, is not another name for Washington, DC, but thrives in New York State. Other zany favorites include Ding Dong, in Bell County, Texas; Eek, Arkansas; and Mousetown, Maryland.

Foodies tempted by Ham Bone will find a full plate in Rabbit Hash, Kentucky; Toast, North Carolina; or Lick Skillet, Virginia.

It's Friday with the week-end not far behind. I think I will take a few days away from my crocheting and read an entertaining book. Maybe, a short easy fun read. I know I don't feel like thinking to deeply while I read this week-end. But what to read? I think I will read a book by a new author I've never read before. I have a book by Karen Harter "Autumn Blue." and since I have never read anything Karen Harter has written I will try reading this book this week-end.

Sunday, November 8, 2009

I finished reading Autumn Blue today and I have to say I enjoyed it. It was a nice quiet week-end read, just what I needed. It was centered around a family, a single mother I should say with three children who needs help. The oldest child is a 15 year old troubled boy. As the story unfolds the retired neighbor man is brought into the story to help, even though he would just as soon be left alone. Actually, it is a warm engaging family drama.

"Your Eyes Saw The Embryo...."

"Your eyes saw even the embryo of me, and in your book all its parts were down in writing." Psalms 139:16

David, who penned those words, had no knowledge of cells and genes, being without even a microscope. But he correctly discerned that the development of his own body attested to advance planning. David may have had some knowledge of how embryos develop, so he could reason that each step must take place according to a preexisting design and timetable. In poetic language, he described this design as being "down in Writing" in God's "book." Building instructions for our body are "written" in the chemical structure of your personal DNA. Every time your cells divide--to make new cells or to replace old cells--your DNA passes those instructions on, thereby keeping you alive and maintaining your basic appearance. What an outstanding example of the power and wisdom of our heavenly Maker!

The picture is of my Great-grand-daughter Madyson. She was born on May 12, 2009.

"Book Choice For The Month...."

Here it is time to make my selection of "My Book Choice For The Month" of November. Since I am planning on doing some crocheting this month, I thought I would listen to a book. It is a bit difficult to crochet and read a book at the same time. But, hopeful I will be able to multi-task, crochet, and listen at the same time.

It was difficult to decide what to read this month, since I felt like reading a mystery. Who would it be, Miss Marple, Hercule Poirot, Jessica Fletcher, or Stephanie Plum? I decided none of the above. I haven't read a Dick Francis mystery for quite awhile, and since I have this one on tape, why not listen to it?! It is one of his older books, written in 1992. However, like I always say, it doesn't matter how old the book is, if you haven't read it, it's new to you.

It's about a young ex-jockey Freddie Croft. He owns a profitable fleet of horse vans that convey runners to the course. A man of few illusions about racing's smarmier aspects, including its many opportunities for crime, Freddie is a stickler for security. But even he is startled by the violence that erupts when an employee breaks one of his hard-and-fast rules: Never pick up a hitchhiker. In the first of many ironies, the hitchhiking passenger--not the driver--turns up dead. And if one corpse is bad for business, what happens next could well cost Freddie his life, as he finds himself driven into the heart of malign conspiracy, where appearances deceive.

It is approximately 3 hours in length. So that will go much faster than if I read the book. So, as not to neglect Stephanie, I may listen to one of her books this month too.

Happy reading everyone. Or listening if that is your choice this month.

"Two Lovely and Sweet Awards"

"My Reading Corner" has just received two blog awards from Mary Anne Gruen, at Starlight Blog .

Mary Anne Gruen is a writer from New York, NY. On her blog she writes about many different subjects. Book reviews, her pets, Wolf, the dog, and her cat, William, with a bit of jewelry talk thrown in. She might even talk a little bit about gardening. And her photographs are just lovely.

I am passing this "Sweet" award to all my "Sweet" followers, who are "The Icing on the Cake" to me. If you are a follower please, please, accept this award and display it proudly. I appreciate each of you. I love to read your comments and I appreciate your support. I am passing this one on to ALL my followers.

Since I realize no one accepts awards unless they see their blog name... Look in the followers list, if you are there, the award belongs to you. Please consider yourself a recipient of this sweet award. I really am suppose to go through all the followers and list them below, but I am tired and have a cold and don't really feel like it right now, so please be kind to this old Gramma and help yourself to some of the cake.

Thank you Mary Anne for this "One Lovely Blog Award." That was so kind and thoughtful of you.

Like the "Icing on the Cake Award" I would like to pass this award on to all my Reading Blogger Followers. If you are in the Followers List on the sidebar, please accept this award.

Sweet Bloggy Hugs to you all. Happy Reading..... and enjoy the cake. You might want to pour a cup of tea to go with the cake.

"Jane Austen, A Life"

Since I am a Jane Austen fan, I am looking forward to reading this book. It is a biography written by Claire Tomalin.

At her death in 1817, Jane left the world six of the most beloved novels written in English--but her shortsighted family destroyed the bulk of her letters; and if she kept any diaries they did not survive her. Now her acclaimed biographer Claire Tomalin has filled the gaps in the record, creating a remarkably fresh and convincing portrait of the woman and the writer.

While most Austen biographers have accepted the assertion of Jane's brother Henry that "My dear Sister's life was not a life of events," Tomalin shows that, on the contrary, Austen's brief life was fraught with upheaval. Tomalin provides detailed and absorbing accounts of Austen's ill-fated love for a young Irishman, her frequent travels and extended visits to London, her close friendship with a worldly cousin whose French husband met his death on the guillotine, her brothers' naval service in the Napoleonic wars and in the colonies, and thus shatters the myth of Jane Austen as a sheltered and homebound spinster whose knowledge of the world was limited to the view from a Hampshire village.

So I will be off to my Little Corner of the World to read more about Jane.

"P. H. Wodehouse"

"Jeeves says Hi!"

In honor of British humorist P.G. Wodehouse, born on October 15, 1881, he would have been 128 years old this year, a few choice quips from his books.

"He looked as if he had been poured into his clothes and had forgotten to say 'when.' "

"Golf, like measles, should be caught young."

"She had a penetrating sort of laugh. Rather like a train going into a tunnel."

"You look white and shaken, like a dry martini."

"Bride on the Loose"

I need a shot of Debbie Macomber, one of my favorite authors. So this week-end I am going to indulge myself and read one of her books entitled: "Bride on the Loose," just for fun and relaxation. It is just a fluffy little book about a guy, James Manning content with his life as a bachelor, a slob, and a sports fan. Then a precocious girl named Carrie Weston decides to play matchmaker, introducing him to her mother, Charlotte. To his relief, Charlotte is as averse to marriage as he is. But Jason's feelings start to change once he gets to know his "Bride on the Loose."

So I'm going to the Reading Corner and read myself silly!

"All Fogged In..."

2009 is the year of Turkey in France - and in Paris in particular. A lot of events have been planned, but one of the most visible ones is the "new dress" that they put on the Eiffel Tower. That was my reason for downloading all these pictures of the Eiffel Tower today from the live camera. So we could all enjoy her "new dress." I found this information here.

The picture above was taken about a half hour after the one below, no fog, where did it go?
This is after dark, about an hour later, I think around 8 o'clock Paris time, and it is still all fogged in. But isn't it lovely, with an eerie kind of feeling.

I clicked on the live camera of the Eiffel Tower, I think around 7 o'clock Paris time, and there it is all fogged in. It looks like today in Paris was a gloomy day. It is a gloomy, rainy, day here in my little corner of the other side of the world, today. Paris is 7 hours ahead of me. I caught this picture around noon, my time, here in Iowa.

What is the weather like in your little corner of the world today?