I came from a long line of knitters............and.............my people also were up-cyclers before there was a word for it. 🙂 I have been laughing this winter about making slipper moccasins, hats, mittens, earbands, pin cushions and the best potholders you could imagine out of a ruined wool sweater........ Marketing, marketing.........I shouldn't say ruined sweater, I should …
Mainers………..
If you are a facebook person, this is worth the fun few minutes it takes to go look at this link (I got permission to pass this on by the way.......don't want to mess with this guy, right?) I have mentioned Bangor, Maine in a few posts, so you can just go ahead and check …
The last time I used them…..
"Mum, where are my mittens?...books?......boots?....." Answer: "The last time I used them I put them right back where I found them." (This response absolutely guarantees eye roll behavior from children.) It didn't take long to figure out that if something was my responsibility, I better keep track of it myself. The easy …
Build a fire ……….
Build a fire and they will come...........my amazing brother and his equally amazing wife used to live on a lake in Maine and they had the sweetest fireplace on the shore. Faced west, so the sunsets were superb. While visiting once he said this to me, "I think we should have a party tonight. I am going …
Simplifying Makes it More Profound
Thanks so much to my sweet daughter for this quote. Speaking of rivers......This particular clip was so moving to me today when I found it. Simplifying prayer does truly, truly make it more profound. Mum would've loved music like this with visual added. She often said, "I wish I had known that when I was …
Headed Down River in Autumn – (sans Maine accent :)
"Down River" - as in, "We are going to head Down River today", or, "Let's watch the news to see what the weather is Down River", or, "I saw three moose on the road when I went Down River yesterday".....you get the idea? We aren't talking canoe ride here. Down River was where we were …
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Make yourself useful……as well as Ornamental.
Watching people work can be very interesting, but Mum thought it was better to be part of the worker group most of the time. She believed that it was only in rare times when being ornamental would be the preferred modus operandi.......... If I happened to be looking particularly lazy, I often heard this comment, …
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Skrids
Skrids. Mum used this term very often. It is a great word. If you google it, turns out it really is a word (according to Urban Dictionary.) http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=skrid skrids. Any small, broken up particles of a larger, valued substance. Particularly used when there is not a surplus of material, and nothing should be …
Mum’s kids
Mum's kids........... The background color for this lyric video is the same color as my brother's VW bug.....we are talking 60's and 70's for all of this post..........being the little sister, I begged to get a ride to school in this coolest of cars. Being 5 years older, my brother was not so sure that …
