Mockingbird Hill Cottage

Mockingbird Hill Cottage

You’re where???

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By this time you know we are die-hard Red Sox fans…right? Look where we were on a Sunday afternoon:


Yes, you’re not seeing things, we were at Yankee stadium and they were playing Tampa Bay, not the Red Sox. We’ve lived in New York for seven years and had never been to Yankee Stadium. It was one of those things we talked about but never got around to. At dinner with friends recently, the topic of the end of the current Yankee Stadium came up and we mentioned that we had always wanted to go and now really wanted to see a game there before the end of the season. Before the end of the revered current Yankee Stadium and the opening of the New Yankee Stadium.
Wouldn’t you know it, a pair of tickets magically appeared for yesterday afternoon and we snapped them up. What fun we had! First of all, we were able to really cheer for the Yankees because they were playing the current division leaders, the Tampa Bay Rays. The more games the Rays lose, the more the Sox move up in the standings. We also love Derek Jeter and Mariano Rivera and got to see both of them do their thing. Derek tied Lou Gehrig’s record of hits at Yankee Stadium to great cheers and a standing ovation. Alex Rodriguez hit a grand slam.
All in all a great game.

We got to talk to Brian, the guy sitting next to us, who was visiting from California and was seeing his first game at Yankee Stadium. Just like us. He was great fun and the three of us cheered and booed and had a ball. We ate slices of pizza and french fries. It was hot and humid (I hate high humidity) but we didn’t let it get us down.

We watch baseball nearly every night on television, but there is nothing like seeing it in the park, listening to the crack of the bat, hearing the fans, being right there. Thanks Yankee Stadium, for a great time!

(I’ve framed the photos in Fenway Park Green, in honor of the Red Sox.)

A Sickness

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I’ve written before on the subject of reading; how much I love it, how addicted I am to books and magazines. I’ve neglected to mention how often I am reading more than one thing at once. Many more. I have a lot of interests, so I often find myself starting a novel, then veering off into non-fiction while I’m still reading the novel, and then adding a magazine or two while still reading the novel and the non-fiction, and before I know it I have a pile like the one pictured above. You can ask my husband – teetering piles of reading material are on my beside table, on the table by the sofa, and on the table by my favorite chair.

You can see that I just bought the new Tess Gerritsen which I am making myself stay away from until I finish the novel Wild Designs by Katie Fford. I am immersed in The Gentle Art of Domesticity by Jane Brocket (a beautifully photographed and written book by a fellow blogger). I just found the first Debbie Bliss Knitting Magazine – I love her designs and got to meet her years ago in London. My younger sister sent me on a mission to find her shop – she had a shop in those days – however, I didn’t knit at that time or I would have taken photos, got her autograph, generally gone crazy. I love Somerset Life – it’s eye candy; and I always read Country Living and a host of other shelter magazines. There’s a book called Lace and Eyelets, full of beautiful knitting stitches. My sister showed this book to me when I was visiting her in Florida and urged me to get a copy. And lastly, I’m very interested in communicating with my dogs, and believe we can communicate with them on a much deeper level, so I’m reading Ask Your Animal by Marta Williams.

To be honest, there are even more than these. And then there are the books I have started but not finished yet. They are in what I call a holding pattern. It is a sickness, isn’t it?

Have a great weekend.

Crochet

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I love knitting, but crochet seems to be my favorite form of stitching for the moment. I finished the throw for my young college-bound friend. Her reaction to it was better than I could have hoped for. She loved it and I have seen a photo of it in her dorm room. Unfortunately, I neglected to take a photo of it myself. She assures me she will take the necessary photo and email it to me, but she is a busy student so I am not holding my breath. I have started another ripple stitch throw for our own bed. I also forgot about these pretty squares I started a while back. Maybe I should get back to them…I like the colors. They are all made from Debbie Bliss baby cashmerino. Such lovely colors, but not cheap. Consequently, this little project will take time simply because I can only treat myself to this yarn occasionally.

The quilt underneath the squares is one I got at auction several months back. I loved the vintage look of it, the colors, the scrappy quality. It has been washed, but has a lot of damage to the edges and some stains that I can’t seem to get out. I’ve thought of redoing the edges and may in the future, but right now I like it in this basket in our upstairs hall.

Hope your day is a happy one! More later.

Lambs Like to Party

Lambs Like to Party

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