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Greta Knits
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Reader, writer, gardener, science geek. Open wheeled racing, SF Giants fan since the Willie Mays Days! Knitting complex ideas for more than 50 years. Have been gardening in zone 7b, looks like closer to 8a, now.
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For #MagentaMonday 🌱
Camellia takes center stage...
A bright magenta camellia blooms in the below freezing sunlight. Dark green leaves shine with a few remaining raindrops and brown fallen leaves cover the ground.
December 1, 2025 at 4:52 PM
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For #MonochromeMonday the traditional advent calendar made many moons ago from felt reappears...
A large felt handmade advent calendar hangs on a door, ready to have the little felt treasures displayed for each day in December. A monochrome filter has been applied.
December 1, 2025 at 11:25 AM
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Rabbit, Rabbit, It's December!
Time for the annual advent calendars...
A small knitted white Rabbit sits in front of an advent calendar with the words DESIGNED IN FINLAND on the box. A small knitted white rabbit sits beside a Moomin advent calendar with a seaside scene of a lighthouse and a rocky beach.
December 1, 2025 at 11:22 AM
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We light this first candle for HOPE
Happy First Sunday in Advent, Friends
Four beeswax candles shaped like pine cones sit on a wooden shelf among a collection of houseplants. The first one is lit, for the first Sunday in Advent. It symbolizes hope.
November 30, 2025 at 3:38 PM
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Words on the page for today! ✅
A banner from the National Novel writing month project that says WINNER 2025 with a golden crown on the upper left.
November 30, 2025 at 12:51 PM
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Peace be with you, Friends 🌱
The thin winter sunshine through the leafless trees above a gravel driveway. The Mother Beech tree is pictured in the foreground.
November 30, 2025 at 12:45 PM
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Happy Caturday from the fluffy "helpers!" They are happiest with the box AFTER all the human food is unloaded and they can snuggle into the insulation and squabble over who gets which prime spot in the condo...
Two kittens pretend to be helping unload groceries, when they are really plotting on how to keep the insulated BOX for their very own. One of the kittens is white with light orange markings, the other is the inverse. They are shown in a bright blue canvas "wagon" used to transport things down the steep gravel driveway onto the wooden deck.
November 29, 2025 at 11:45 AM
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In case you were wondering 🤓 Plaid Friday started in Oakland, CA
A description of Plaid Friday...a unique fabric that highlights the diversity and creativity of independent shops. A green and yellow plaid is the background.
November 28, 2025 at 7:41 PM
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For #FlowersOnFriday 🌱
It's in the twenties outside now, so here's what's blooming exuberantly inside after a brief trip out into the sunshine yesterday afternoon:
Red Amaryllis blooms on a sturdy green stalk. Two are fully opened in a blaring trumpet shape with several others still beginning to open. The Lake can be seen in the background through mostly leafless trees.
November 28, 2025 at 9:15 AM
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Thankful Thursday 🌱
Happy Thanksgiving to those who celebrate!
A Thanksgiving cactus blooms for the holiday, with magenta edged white tubular blossoms.
November 27, 2025 at 12:41 PM
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Wishing you a wonderful Wednesday, and a happy Thanksgiving Eve to those who celebrate...🌱
One of the knockout roses (this one is Bee-zy, half off on clearance table 🥳) is still blooming! #RoseWednesday #bloomscrolling #FlowerReport
A yellow knockout rose is still blooming on Thanksgiving Eve. It is a light buttery yellow. The gardener's light green muckboot clogs can be seen in the lower right corner of the photo.
November 26, 2025 at 12:10 PM
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Totally Terrific Tuesday to you 🌱
Nearly leafless Trees silhouetted against a brilliant sky of pinks, oranges and purples.
November 25, 2025 at 11:22 AM
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For #MonochromeMonday 🌱 it's Amaryllis forcing time...
Three flowers from an Amaryllis bulb with a monochrome filter applied.
November 24, 2025 at 3:37 PM
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Peace be with you, Friends
A mixed bouquet of flowers from the market, featuring a yellow sun flower, purple chrysanthemums, and bright magenta dianthus.
November 23, 2025 at 1:59 PM
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Happy Caturday from Ollie, who reminds us that sometimes a new perspective is a good thing. Also, he is a big fan of second breakfast.
A large orange and white cat rolls upside down to see if that improves his chances for a second breakfast.
November 22, 2025 at 2:15 PM
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We took a walk in the wet woods and found a funky frog for #ForestFriday
A green frog on some moss in the wet woods, almost completely covered by the fallen autumn leaves.
November 21, 2025 at 3:25 PM
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For #FlowersOnFriday 🌱
Someday I'll grow all of the carnations...for now, there are always interesting ones at the market!
Purple carnations with light pink ruffly edges and magenta spots on a rainy day with the late Autumnal woods in the background.
November 21, 2025 at 12:11 PM
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For #InsectThursday the last of the bees are sleeping in before making their rounds...🌱
A large bee is napping on brown fallen leaves until it warms up.
November 20, 2025 at 7:22 PM
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Love my new @yarnfolk.com mug! Wouldn't this be adorable with @hunterhammersen.bsky.social TOASTY pattern? 🧶(why is there no marsmallow emoji?)
A burgundy camp mug with the YarnFolk logo from Ellensburg WA. Resting on the deck railing overlooking the lake, it really needs some knitted marshmallows!
November 20, 2025 at 3:24 PM
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Thankful Thursday 🌱
A few of the last bits of color...it has been a glorious Autumnal display this year!
A pear tree with lots of immature round fruits has yellow and orange and a few green leaves that look like stained glass in the Autumnal sunshine. A magnificent fiery red japanese maple blooms against a bright blue sky. The last of the yellow leaves on the west side of a beech tree. The lake can be seen in the background.
November 20, 2025 at 11:25 AM
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Wishing you a wonderful Wednesday, Friends! 🌱
No roses today, but the Yuletide camellia more than makes up for that! #Bloomscrolling
Bright red blooms of the Yuletide camellia with yellow centers that look like fireworks are set against glossy dark green leaves.
November 19, 2025 at 1:57 PM
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The scan was TWO hours, plus over an hour drive each way...a bit of waiting room knitting was accomplished! 🧶 Sadly, no knitting in the scanner 🤪
The 'conditional love' scarf from knitty dot com is resting in the Hospital Radiology waiting room on a faux wood side table. It is blue and red and yellow dk weight wool in vertical cables. Brilliant pattern by Mary Martin.
November 18, 2025 at 10:02 PM
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Tuesday Treetops
I'm off to get a scan, so there will be waiting room knitting pictures later.
Totally terrific Tuesday to you, Friends 🌱
An early morning view of nearly leafless trees against a light blue sky. It is just below freezing.
November 18, 2025 at 11:41 AM
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#MagentaMonday #Bloomscrolling
These three daisy like bright magenta blooms with orange centers ringed with lime green and white are part of a bouquet from the market. They are in a stoneware vase on a kitchen countertop.
November 17, 2025 at 3:12 PM
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For #MonochromeMonday
We are well and truly into Stick Season after yesterday's wild winds.
Leafless trees against a darkening sky. A monochrome filter has been applied.
November 17, 2025 at 8:49 AM