Snow just starting to get slushy ... Ignore the date stamp. Mutter mutter ... stupid camera ... |
The Big Thaw, Take 1. The Great Lakes where storm drains are still frozen! |
Road rash. I managed to do a little personal research on the general topic of SENIORS and FALLS ... Roads are covered with (dangerous) gravel where they are not hidden by The Great Lakes. |
Look at this! The date stamp is right for a change! |
Dry and somewhat gravelly sidewalks today. So far today, that is! |
I have been working on my multicoloured cardigan ...
Lots of colours! |
"Look! These circular knitting needles mean there's a HOLE IN THE MIDDLE of the knitting! Just right for me to pop up through!" |
In the meantime, here's a little teaser from one of my small projects:
What the heck is all this wooly loopy stuff??? |
And why am I taking the scissors to it??? |
I've been feeling a bit guilty because I'm not blogging as often as I intend to. I've decided the reason is computer fatigue. Please bear with me while I explain. My work day is pretty much glued to my computer, so by the time evening or the weekend rolls around, I don't want to look at another computer monitor or laptop screen. I don't even want to be in the same room with another piece of modern technology. Well, except maybe my tea kettle! After supper, I quite often think to myself "I should blog about ..." and then I think about the effort of booting up my laptop and how weary my eyes are from staring at my computer monitor most of the day. So I go back to my tea and knitting instead.
I'm noticing a number of friends who were very active bloggers / Facebookers / texters, etc are doing a lot less of that sort of thing. When I ask about it, I usually hear similar versions of my comuter fatigue theory.
Are we burning ourselves out with technology? Do we need to return to hand-writing letters to communicate with friends and family? What are YOUR thoughts on this???
2 comments:
I've been writing (blogging) less, but reading a lot more. Mostly news and humor sites, and I can get lost in Wikipedia for hours. Yesterday YouTube.com ate most of the afternoon, with videos from helmet-cams on firefighters.
Beautiful cardigan, BTW. So much patience you have.
First, let's consider your "research" complete!
Second, on computer fatigue, I completely understand. It was definitely an issue while still teaching, and less so now, but with other factors (like getting lost in Wikipedia) coming into play. Getting away from it is good, so as much as I really enjoy your posts, I think it's fine to take breaks.
Third, could the wooly loopy stuff be a nice soft frame around some slippers? Scissors to cut the loop so there's more soft bulk to the softness?
Finally, love the picture of Miss Boots peering out from the "hole in the middle."
Oh, almost forgot spring.. that's a tough one. It's sort of spring here most of the time :) Hope it's no longer a question for you in P.G.
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