Absent but busy.

I haven't posted in awhile but its only due to the fact that I haven't been stitching.

I got my study books and I am trying to get into the mindset of studying again.  It's surprising how hard it is to do after so many years.

Also winter is knocking on our door and I realized that I need new winter socks and so I have been spending my time making some:

They are nice to be making at this time as they are easily put down and picked up again.

And as I only have a limited amount of sock yarn I have been busy at my wheel for a little each day and being spinning some superwash merino for more socks:

I am using this busy time to be doing the knitting because in 2 1/2 weeks we are going to be going away on holiday to the Drakensberg!! It is our annual holiday and I will have 6 days of only hubby and daughter and absolutely no rushing around for school stuff, no cleaning unless it's just a little bit here and there.  It is going to be so good to curl up in the evening with a fire going and hubby reading, daughter doing what she wants and me stitching.

I plan on taking Summer Fairy with and hoping I can get her close to a finish.

I will leave you with some very mischievous kitty pictures.

Here is my darling playing with a roll of kitchen towels:

After dropping my daughter off at school yesterday morning I came home to find the kitty needing rescuing:

She had climbed right to the top of our mulberry tree but she couldn't get back down.