tea with a friend ...

oh i was going to get right to work this morning ...

but the best laid plans and all ...

one of my sweet neighbors called to invite me for tea ... and in this hectic world, that does not happen all that often or perhaps not as often as i would like ... never one to turn down such an invite, i grabbed my crochet pouch and headed out the door ...

i must share a photo of my newest favorite crochet pouch which i picked up on a recent trip to the great white north aka canada ...

and the equally adorable other side ...

how sweet is that? ... it's from the japanese designer Shinzi Katoh who's motto is:

We design various kinds of products with many happy thoughts.  We hope they make people happy!


well i don't know about you, but that sweet little bag makes me plenty happy and brings a smile to my face every time i retrieve it ... mission accomplished Shinzi and thank you for that ...

but fancy that ... me getting sidetracked by a cute accessory ...

where was i ...

oh yes ...

i was avoiding work by sharing a cuppa with a friend ...

well i make no apology for that ...

let me get sidetracked even moreso ...

yesterday i took my sweet cherub to the eye doctor for a fitting for contacts ...

while we were there, an elderly gentleman came in with a pair of glasses and the lens had popped out ... he very kindly asked if they could fix the screw that had come out ... "yes" he was advised that could be done but it would just take a few moments ... the gentleman said that was just fine and he'd step next door for a coffee ...

well perhaps fifteen minutes later, he came back and, upon opening the door he said "i am the one with the loose screw" ... at which point i burst out into laughter thanking my lucky stars that i had just barely swallowed my own sip of coffee or i dare say there would have been more than a loose screw to work on ...

we truly all need to laugh more and share a cup of tea with a friend on a wet fall day ...

so now i can get to work ... but i'll do it with a smile on my face thinking about a man with a screw loose and a friend with a hot cup of tea ...

and hopefully i'll soon have some crocheted cuffs to share with you ... i actually did crochet the base for one whilst having tea ...

and now just need to work on accessorizing it ... perhaps some old buttons and a bit of lace ... maybe some scraps of fabric ...

in the meantime, have a great day ...

and happy knitting ...

is there any other kind? ...