the (long) weekend list

even though today is sunday, it feels a lot like saturday because tomorrow is a public holiday. love it!
here is my list of what was special this weekend:

* enjoying the swings with my little man, particularly the view of the lush, green leaves above us

* old friends staying for a few hours and a night before hopping on a train to Sweden this morning. good times, good food, good conversations, good wine :)

* taking the the little guy to a festival of vintage US cars and seeing the delight on his face. he just LOVES cars, especially vintage ones.

* impromptu dinner with what we had in the fridge and pantry (pesto, veggies and parmesan on baguette) enjoyed together with an impromptu drink (lime, basil, water and some %%%)

* and, as mentioned above, a saturday feeling on a sunday.

hope everybody had a wonderful weekend!

linking up with amanda (the habit of being)

::: Sketchy Sunday ::: air

after a break from sketchy sunday to support our family through difficult times, here we're back with the sketch theme "air". if you have sketched anything else in the past weeks (no matter which subject), you can share these sketches here as well, just include your additional theme in the description line when you link up!

::: SKETCHY SUNDAY :::

the weekly art challenge

by the artsy ants

every sunday the artsy ants will publish a theme which is to be sketched during the following week. you can take that theme literally, or you can let it spark your creativity, develop that topic, and see where it leads you. the following sunday, come back and link up your sketches for all to see.

the sketch theme for this week was:  AIR
you can link up your specific blog post, flickr upload, etc.
the link collection will be open all week long in case you're not yet ready to link up today.


now let's see what you have sketched this past week! here just a few guidelines:

• encourage other participants by visiting their posts, letting them know how much you enjoy their sketches
• keep your submissions family friendly
• follow artsy ants and link back to us if you have a blog or website

see at the end of this post what the new theme of the week will be!

next week's sketch theme is:  

WORK

queen ant for a month

this month we are happy to have Anna Stillwell of Cuddlebug Cuties here on our anthill as a queen ant for a month. we'll let Anna introduce herself in her own words:

I draw and craft as a hobby. It is something that I truly enjoy doing. I love to draw big eyed adorable art of cutesy and quirky little characters. I am inspired by everything in life; from people to fashion trends. I survey my surroundings with a creative eye and store it in a scrapbook in my mind. There are just so many beautiful things in the world and I want to illustrate them all.

I share my thoughts and love through my pictures. I enjoy sharing my artwork as much as I do drawing it. I have met so many wonderful people through blogging. It has been such a heartwarming experience.

make sure to check Anna's blog to view more of her drawings and read about her thoughts and inspiration.

we're happy to have you on our anthill, Anna!

yarn along: oranges and blues

hello and happy yarn along day! in case you missed it, i posted about the finished milo vest for my junebug here. and this is how far i got with the plain vest... when i went on my trip to berlin i took along neither my knitting nor a book. i know if i had travelled alone i would have finished both. i'm just trying to embrace that in this season of my life i have to adjust my expectations. it's a happy, simple knitting project that i love to work on row for row. as for reading, i have finished the first part of the Hunger Games trilogy and am now starting with part two. i liked reading the first and will finish all 3 books for sure, it's just that for some reason i have not felt in a hurry to start the second book. of course, i knew before i started the trilogy that it would be quite gruesome. you read certain passages and some kid dies and you feel relieved that it's not the hero. i found that disturbing. probably i just needed to catch my breath in between the parts.

how do you like my color arrangement, by the way? ;-)

joining ginny again this week. what are you knitting and reading?