This and that

School is finished. Emmy let go of her balloon with her address tag attached to it and we all watched it rise to the sky with all the other children's balloons. It is a sweet tradition. The idea is that we don't know how far it will fly and no matter where it lands we hope someone will find it and send us a letter. A little bit like a message in a bottle but more like a message in the sky. :D

I have been hooking some but mostly re-organized things after the 2 crazy last weeks of school. Why is it that EVERYTHING has to happen the last two weeks of school? And when you have three kids... Well, you are doomed to fail at least once. I failed twice this year, forgetting pick-nick bags and excursions... But now all that is over.

I am watching my garden recovering from the storm, beautiful roses in the sunset. The weather is finally hot and we have been hanging out on the beach this weekend. The water is freezing and it took my love more than 2 hours top finally get in... There has been a number of drives to the motor cross track and Luca Bo is a natural, jumping and going fast already. And I am continuing my regular Cross Fit training and the other day I was challenged by this "flipping tire" exercise that I never thought I would be able to do. It weighs 80 kilos. Yep! I flipped almost 40 times. I am sore today.

I am putting small flowers in jars and vases and am unpacking my Tilda yarn delivery. I did a quick update of my Yarn Shop page with a new color chart until I have a proper web shop to reveal sometime after the summer. Please come and visit. I ship worldwide!!! You will be knocked out by the color beauties I have in my shop now.

So things are pretty good around here. I am hanging laundry and thinking life is great.

Kärlek
Annette

Tilda yarn delivery

Yesterday I received a BIG delivery of the wonderful Tilda yarn for my online shop. This yarn have been sold out in 22 colors at the manufacturer for months and I've been patiently waiting for the delivery... This time I have ordered 50 different shades!!!

And what else to do when you get this much yarn delivered to your front door? Some yarn play of course. Mixing wonderful  blue and pinks in a stripy pattern for a hanger. I am already planning the next color combos to play with. There is no end. My head is ready to explode of great color combos and crochet patterns. And then I have to stock my shop of course.

I ship worldwide. Stay tuned to make your order as soon as I re-open My Rose Valley Yarn Shop. This is so exciting.

Yarn used in this post are:
No 71 - Blue, No 572 - Light blue, No 05 - Creamy white, No 63 - Cyklamen, No 44 - Raspberry, 
No 40 - Pink

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Annette

Instant snap shots

I have always captured my life in pictures, collected them on film rolls, developed and attached them in albums... It used to be a long process... And then digital camera came and the pictures became even more, but they stayed in my computer or on CDs...  I didn't see them very often.

I discovered the blog world and my blogging became a picture and writing journal for me, a book of my crafty life and country living, struggles and laughter. And then I got a Smart phone and tried out Instagram... W-O-W! I love Instagram.

Isn't it just fabulous how we can snap a shot with our Smart phone and instantly put it up to tell a picture story to a friend? How these pictures of crafts, kids, nature, dinners and cups of coffee makes us all connect world wide and feel the moment? How we suddenly are not alone. There is always someone there to click "Like" that flashes up on the screen and its like having a friend present in the room... I think it is great. And the conversation is awesome. So cheerful, happy and supportive. It is by far my favorite social media for the moment. Instagram is just that - an instant telegram to the world. Spontaneous. Loving. Fun.

Follow me on Instagram if you would like to see what is going on between my blog posts. You will find me under the name MyRoseValley. Todays picture potpurri is a collection of last week, a little bt of everything but  a lot of hooky love.

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Annette