Welcome to another Glimpse of Philly. Hope you are enjoying these. Here's your glimpse for today.
Yeah, that sounds right.
A lovely shot of the Art Museum at sunset.
The sun setting over the Philly skyline. This is one of my favorite shots. Looking at this I can imagine people of the past facing west and wondering what kind of land was out there and then heading to Ohio, Illinois, Kentucky and Tennessee. My great-grandmother's aunt and uncle joined a covered wagon train in the 1800s that left from center city heading in just that direction.
More later.
Kathy
May 28
Pop actually raved about those weird cookies! I tried some today, and
they really do taste good, once you get past the need for 2 napkins to
catch the crumbles and wipe the butter from your hands. I didn't throw
out that recipe yet, so I have to check again to see what went wrong.
Personally, I think the fat content was too high. Maybe I read the
butter measurement wrong. I will let you know if the error was mine. The
cookies are very buttery and they literally melt in the mouth--as well
as in the hand. Huge batch of them sitting on the wire racks. I had 3 of
them and feel as though I gained 10 pounds! LOL
I love to knit. But I haven't done it in months. Maybe six months or more. However, I met the wife of one of the candidates for our new pastor and she is an avid knitter. (Hi, Carolyn!) She piqued my interest again. So guess what. I'm knitting again.
We are both making the same shawl and it's so much fun to be doing the same thing so we can help each other out and compare what we're doing. Well, let's be honest here. SHE helps me out. So far I have ripped it out to the beginning five times. I think this time I have finally made it to the end of the first part.
You see, the shawl we are making is called a Mystery Shawl. You get part of the directions sent to you each week for the 5 weeks of June. There is no picture, so you don't know what it's going to look like until you actually knit it. And the owners of the pattern ask that you don't post a picture of your work until the end of July so that you don't spoil it for those others working on it. So the end of July or beginning of August I will post a picture of what I have made.
There is only one thing wrong with knitting. I get so into it that I tend to sit and do that instead of doing the things I need to be doing. Tomorrow I am going to have to set it aside and actually get the yard cleaned up.
We had a huge storm today that blew things around as if there were a tornado. Trash and lawn furniture were going around in circles as the rain poured down and the lightening flashed. Needless to say the yard is a mess. I have to get on it.
Also, I went to see the doctor today. She said I have a mild concussion and the only thing I can do is let it heal itself. She said it will take 6-8 weeks and told me what to expect. I feel much better knowing that's all it is and that it's going to take awhile to feel better. Good news.
Until later...
Kathy
