HAPPY 2016 & REGAN CLAN SCARF

While I sit out here on the deck,

the snow filters down through the clouds 

onto the evergreens

and

my soft coat of hair.

Daddy Ron blindly ignores me

because he is all about his new merino wool scarf

from Ireland.

His Mom was a Regan you see, 

so finding this sweater site brought much joy to his Christmas.

Doesn't he realize I want to play though!!

He says it was a complete surprise.

Still, that doesn't mean he should leave me out here to play by myself!!

 He discovered this sweater site online apparently before Christmas 

and before you could whip up a scarf yourself

it arrived just after Christmas.

Apparently Daddy Jim covertly placed the order

waiting patiently 

so very patiently.

As you can see Daddy Ron is more than 

HAPPY

with his new Regan Clan scarf!

He is in the process of knitting another one

which isn't as involved 

so now he can use his new scarf as a guide

while he completes his blue / grey one.

All this being said,

a good romp in the snow  

and 

a chance to christen the scarf 

would work just fine!!

What more could you ask for on the 1st day of 2016!!

DADDY RON'S NEW SCARF

Look down!

I am 'way down here.

Do you see the new creation of Daddy Ron's?

It took him a very, very long time to pick up his needles again.

Fine motor skills and brain cognition

go hand in hand ~

so from out of the blue

these factors seemed to be working much more smoothly again.

I usually sit nearby

watching his creations being formed ~

and for some reason

this knitting ball 

keeps creeping up on me!

I suggested that Daddy Ron

should lay the beginnings of his 6 foot scarf

on the glass plate sitting on his mother's

cedar chest ~

he noticed the wooden caster he found 

while on a trek one day

placed it square in the middle 

and

clicked

he tells me 

"It feels so good to be using my hands again

along with my brain.

Colours, shapes and textures

make me whole again

and

by just picking up on a hobby

taught to me by my grandmother and mother,

once so engrained

really gives one hope 

that there can be more around the corner"

CHEERS!!!

(many thanks to Cindy for the petrified wood

to the mystery sea glass maker on the beach

and

the owner of the wooden caster 

from long ago)