Winter wandering and survival....

     It has been cold! So very cold the past couple of weeks. Mostly, I like cold weather, esp if I can be inside with hot coffee or tea and a blazing fire in our fire place. But it has been cold enough for long enough that it is time to have the white stuff too. I mean really, if I'm going to freeze my petunias off, there had darn well better be some snow on the ground to make it worth it!!

   Since I was hit with a bad case of the flu during Christmas week and didn't do as much of my crochet I had planed on, I have found it hard to pick up the crochet mojo again. Does anyone else have this problem?

     I do have one project that I really do need to finish, and fast. The next to last of a group of very late Christmas gifts. 

     A scarf of wool, and silk. The grey silk yarn, I can not remember the name of the yarn, or if there is any other fiber content. The colors though, I love them together!

     It is grey, trust me. ;-) 

     The pattern is from Ravelry, and is really simple. I am loving it, as its a really quick and almost brainless one that allows for chatting!

     And, the yarns really are stunning together! Now I just need to keep working on it.

Ha! Yeah, just keep hooking, just keep hooking.....maybe that's not such a great chant after all. LOL

     Last weekend, Friday night to be exact, my hubby and I grabbed the two boys and dashed to the Mall of Ga. The goal? Dinner at the Mongolian Grill, and a trip to Lush for Caca Rouge! Then early Sat morning, hubby and I ran out to go to a little specialty grocery store located in Five Points in Athens.  Since I was starving and on the verge of being "hangry" we looked for food and discovered a neat little breakfast/lunch diner. . J. Christopher's is good, Good food. 

     And, their decor is really kinda awesome!! I really, really, really wanted the painting on that wall to make its way into my house! The Hubby thinks the turtle is creepy, I thinks he is adorable!

What do y'all think?

After breakfast and a quick hop into Earth Fare to grab some rose water, we dashed home so that hubby and middle child could go shot arrows, throw spears and otherwise have fun with sharp pointy objects at a friends house. Meanwhile, I took advantage of the day and I doused my head in caca rouge!

     Yep, all wrapped up to keep warm and I let it sit like this for five and a half hours!

     What it looked like just before jumping in the shower to wash it all out.

     This is why it's called caca rouge.....what looks like baby poop goes on.......

      And red is what is revealed!

     This picture brought to you by the Huddle House on Sunday as we were headed into Braselton to find cool junk/antique stores.  Hubby and I love to go junking, and looking for treasures. It's so much fun, and as you can tell by the scarf, it's still bloody well cold!

     So cold in fact this is what the top of my car looked like just yesterday morning!!

     Just look at that patterning! The swirls, and swooshes!

      So simply beautiful and crisp.

     I believe this is what's called Hoar Frost. As you can just see in the above picture, it is spiky.

      Very spiky in fact.

     Little tiny skinny trees of frost making up an almost micro forest of icy winter wonderland. 

And this is how one survives winter in my house. Pamper ones hair with earthy color products, eat lots of yummy breakfasts, bundle up in lots of scarves, lots of junking and window shopping, and loving the art that nature provides. 

     Oh, must not forget the family that it's all shared with.

Yep. Survival.

  LOL

     My guys are hams!

  Ttfn 

     Jenn