Changes

That banner up there? That's been my backyard view, more or less, for the last 19 years.  There have been changes over time, of course, but I've always loved that view.

Ken and I got married in that far section, past the smoke tree, with 200 of our closest friends in attendance. I've had gardens back there, and played volleyball and badminton with friends at casual barbecues. We listened to San Francisco Giants baseball games in those Adirondack chairs under that mulberry tree.

All that will change soon.  The house goes on the market in a couple of weeks.  Once we have a buyer, we will travel to New Hampshire to find the house where we hope to spend the rest of our lives, having a new adventure in a totally new (for me, at least) part of the country.

It's sad, but it's exhilarating too. I never meant to stay in the Bay Area this long; originally the plan was to get my feet wet on big city life in San Francisco for up to 10 years, and then make the jump to New York!  The Bay Area was just so comfortable, and Ken had moved from New York and so we stayed. 

Stay tuned. I expect it may be a bit of a bumpy ride!

The More Things Change

This poor blog and its predecessor on Typepad have been sorely neglected for at least a couple of years.  Blogs are not as popular as they once were, people like podcasts, everyone is on FaceBook - and yet, there is something simple and so very satisfying about reading a blog.  It's a little window into a life, and thoughts and what makes a person who they are.

My blog has always been a sort of diary: thoughts, plans, projects that were new or important to me. It's fun going back the the very early days of my first blog site in 2004 to see what was trending on blogs, what was important to me, and what my life was like then.

I'm resurrecting the blog now because we, my husband and I, are going to make a large, scary, fun change to our lives in the coming months.  A place to talk it through, remind myself of what's important - and perhaps, more importantly - what is not important, and just create a memory of this time is going to be a bonus and a way to keep my head on straight.  It's a good change - no worries about that - but it is a big change and that comes with lots of angst.

There will be knitting, quilt piecing, cats, plants and house photos as always.  Whining will be allowed - hey, it's my blog, I'll whine if I want to - and joys to be shared.  Come along with me for the ride!

Moving Day!

Hello!  Welcome to knitswithcats new home on the net!

After 7 years at Blog City (which I loved) and 5 at Typepad (which is OK too), I've returned to blogspot, where I first blogged 13 or 14 years ago.

It's kind of a strange homecoming. For unknown reasons, I never felt as "at home" on Typepad as I did on Blog City.  That, coupled with the move to Facebook and Twitter and Instagram and many other places, has taken some of the fun out of blogging.  And yet, I want to keep blogging, if only so I have a record of what I'm doing and creating and enjoying.  An electronic diary (that corrects my typos), if you will.

So today is the first day of blogging here, and I expect it will be rather rough in the beginning.  I'm targeting one post a week - surely even I can knit that much.

Today's knitting picture:

5 pussyhats, all ready to go to Washington, DC for Saturday's march.

This is the new home for knitswithcats. Blog-City, the hosting service I've used since October 20, 2004, is closing its doors on December 31.  I admit it: I've procrastinated in moving the blog. The demise of Blog-City was announced in the latter half of 2010, and I secretly hoped that the decision would be rescinded.

Alas, it is not to be, and now I'm scrambling to move more than 7 years of rambling posts, photos and moments of my life to a new home. Nothing will be lost, although it may take a while to get it moved and posted.

The next post will be more interesting, I hope. There's lots of talk about - finished knitting projects, started knitting projects, house projects, general rambling - and I'm anxious to get back to posting on a more regular basis!