A balmy February day...

Temperatures in the upper 50s with a melting snowpack.  The perfect day to take a dog with cabin fever for a walk along the beach...

Fire Island Sunset...

...with Lily-dog.

Autumn

The leaves are changing and the days are getting shorter...

 

Sunset

Great South Bay, Babylon, New York

Quiet... peaceful... serene... and just the thing that
colorways are inspired by...

A blog posting...

I think I neglected to mention to everyone that I've launched a new website for the dye business...

MooseManorHandPaints.com is now live! On the site you'll find not only information about colorways and where you can buy my products, but in the middle of all this is a Moose Manor blog! There you'll get to see what inspires me and my colorways, as well as information about shop updates, fiber festivals, and new yarn/fiber bases and other products.

Now, I'm not about to give us this little old blog, but I really wanted a place to focus on my dyeing. And this blog will still include dyeing, but it will still be the place for most of my personal stuff--and lots of pictures of the unbearably cute Miss Lily!

Oh pleeeeeezzzzeee, can I have whatever you got on the kitchen table???

So there's a new post over on the Moose Manor site today--complete with a little yarn p0rn. Why don't you check it out? Don't worry, we'll still be here when you're done... :-)

Eye Candy Friday--On the edge of winter

Before Snowtober blanketed Mount Snow with it's first significant snowfall of the season, here's what things looked like...

Somerset Reservoir from the top of Mt. Pisgah (Mount Snow)

10 Things You Do To Care For Yourself When You Have a Cold

When I come down with a cold, I try to do everything possible to comfort and baby myself--except maybe staying home from work. (I'm so bad about that!) Here are those things I do to either recuperate faster or comfort myself:

1. Eat breakfast foods--"Regular" food just isn't appetizing when you're wheezing and sneezing and what not. Toast, cereal, and the like are they only things I want.
2. Tea--Always, always, a hot cup of tea. Can't stomach coffee when I'm sick.
3. Eucalyptus scented anything--Perfect for opening up the sinuses.
4. Lotion tissues--A must to keep from looking like Rudolph after a couple of hours.
5. Sleep--Gotta support the body in it's efforts to heal itself.
6. Vicks Vaporub--Again, need to breathe!
7. Orange juice--I would probably be better off if I drank this year round, but I'll take that Vitamin C dose when I'm sick.
8. Soup--Easy nutrition and that sinus-opening steam!
9. Lip balm--For me, at least, chapped lips goes along with all the other cold symptoms.
   
10. Halls Cough Drops (preferably in Cherry flavor)--Again, need to open up the sinuses, and that Mentho-Lyptus stuff does it for me.
    

Quick update on Vermont flooding

Just wanted to let everyone know that my house in Jacksonville, Vermont, was unaffected by the catastrophic flooding that occurred this past weekend. However, we were very, very lucky. Wilmington, the next closest town, was devastated. Many roads and bridges in the area were compromised, if not washed away. So many mind-numbing images online of the destruction. So overwhelming...

So until I can do a more extensive post, here's information about how you can help the people of Vermont.

Take care and be safe, everyone!

Eye Candy Friday -- The Impending Storm Edition

The approaching ominous clouds over Jones Beach Theater, right before the scheduled start of last week's Jimmy Buffett concert...



Who'd a thought that a week later we'd be getting ready for significant hurricane! I've got the day off to day, so we'll be battening down the hatches at Chez Elizzabetty. If you're in the path of Irene (and that's one might big path she has), please stay safe!

Eye Came Friday--The Calming Version

Some soothing blues and greens for a Friday...

Colorway "Peace" from my Psychedelic Moose series...

You know, these just might find their way into the Etsy shop this weekend...