smitten smittens November 20, 2024

This morning's pink hue comes to you by way of a frosty foggy sunrise!  It was the first time this season that the weather for being "out & about" up on Nose Hill called for long johns, a "tuque" with hood over top and my heat wave gloves.  I was ready to face the elements, my only concern was would my vehicle make it up the very short steep hill to the parking lot! Thankfully the road was sanded, salted and pickled.  

Another thing I was thankful for was that sometime yesterday, fat bikers, I mean fat-tire bikers, biked some of the dirt paths leaving packed trails.  After getting the elevation out of the way, I found some of those packed trails and went about my business along them.  The lone leave beckoned for company!  

No one else was up here in this area.  A light layer of snow lay on top of the tracks from yesterday.  The fog and snow muffled any distant surrounding sounds.  I could only hear my foot steps crunch in the snow and each breath that I took.  

the clouds ahead looked like gigantic snow banks

🎵🎵🎵

When it snows, ain't it thrilling 

Though your nose gets a chilling

Walking in a winter wonderland!

For some reason, it felt magical to see them this morning!

Time came to begin the hike back to the parking lot. Either of these three routes would take me there, left, straight ahead or to the right.  Let's see, which way would be longer, to the right would be so I took that route.  

I'm smitten for my smittens! I took my smittens with me for a photo opportunity in the snow. I purchased these a number of years ago at a store in Cape Breton, Nova Scotia. They were made from old sweaters that were donated to the crafter.  I have no old sweaters for cutting into pieces to sew together to make smittens.....

.....but I do have watercolour paints, so I painted my pair of smittens! I did think of buying a cheap sweater or two to cut up to make smittens, but instead..... 

.....I bought yarn and needles to knit a pair of mittens!  I never knitted mitts before!  This past January and February, I knitted a basic bunch of squares then stitched them together and called it a blanket which I absolutely love.  Now with the cold weather settling in, I am using the blanket on a daily basis.  I hope I have as much luck with knitting these mittens!