Coping with Winter

Happy Sunday everyone. Yesterday it was "warm" for January, and we had lots of rain and then, last night, a cold front blew in so today, although sunny, it is a little breezy out there. The good news is the weather forecast was wrong for last night. Instead of 2-5 inches we only got a dusting, and it is pretty this morning. (Plus no snow to have to clean up so to speak! Hurrah)

The dogs actually managed to stay still so I could get this photo. 

So I am trying to "enjoy" winter more this year to get myself through this season a little better than I normally fare. It is easier to do in January than it is do in March, so I suspect I might only be able to talk myself through this for a little bit. But whatever happens, I have been making some winter art and having fun with it. Today I have a tag for Tag Tuesday and their celebrations challenge. I am going to celebrate winter.

I started by inking my tag in 2 shades of blue. Is it only me who thinks of winter as blue? (Maybe because other than brown, white and the occasional gorgeous sunrises and sunsets when it isn't cloudy winter is lacking a lot of color. Or it is here in New Hampshire where many buildings are also white do the our traditional ways.)

Anyhow, then I added part of a gold dotted paper doily and  this photo of a caribou/reindeer. This is one animal I have always wanted to see in the wild, and everytime I go someplace they live I still don't manage to see one. I gave him a die cut bow tie and I added the rest of it around it neck. And then some die cut snowflakes which I spruced up with some glitter and a bit of a sticker center. Finally I added the quote.

My other "art" lately is I pulled out some knitting that I haven't touched in a couple of years. I finished a pair of socks I was making just before Christmas (a gift for my daughter that I never photographed) so now it is back to this sweater which is a very easy pattern and hopefully I won't get bored with it.

But it should be perfect while I watch TV since I often need something so I don't fall asleep at 8 pm. 

I found the pattern in this magazine while browsing a magazine rack one day. I don't know exactly when this was published and for some reason I can't seem to find it.

I don't know this publication at all but I spent some time relooking through this issue and it had a lot of cool things  like dyeing fabric, baking pie and more. I saw several things I want to try  in here, and now that it is out of my knitting bag, I hope to do so.

I guess I thought the same thing when I bought it as it was one of those expensive copies. Once I post this I think I need to go look it up on the internet.

OK, enough for me. Enjoy the rest of your weekend and the start of your new week.

Thanks for visiting.