Casting On...

Wet hens are not mad.  I know, I have 15 hens.  They are seldom, if ever, what I would call angry.  Wet hens are determined optimists.  A sprinkle from above does not deter their focus on the goal.  Only when the rains come down, do the worms come up.  Wet hens are patient.  The heavens may open up.  Minds unable to comprehend such massive amounts of water being held in fluffy clouds.  We watch in awe as gutters overflow.  A hole dug by persistent, young hands becomes a wading pool.  Hens gather together.  Keeping each other warm, while they wait.  Clouds wane, worms come up. 

So begins a new venture.

Casting off the old and heading into where only He leads.

When I began my first blog I was a new stay at home mom, fresh out of the wine industry, culinary degree under my belt and deeply in love with all things food.

Three years later, I am first and foremost a wife.  One who enjoys snuggling up on the couch with my husband and a good vintage port, no longer pining for the 'industry'.   I am a mother who knows the meaning of every sound, scent and eye roll my three kids try to hide.  I will always love food.  I will create what I can, but have no qualms buying it when necessary.  Fresh bread is a staple, but a loaf from the store currently resides in the pantry.  Homemade granola is nestled next to the Frosted Flakes.  I garden, but am not a gardener.  I plant three times what I need to account for the inevitable failure by my own inattention, weather or feather.  Finally, I knit.  After years of anxiety ruling my being, I picked up needles and cast on my first scarf.  Well, what was supposed to be a scarf at least.  When I knit, I am calm.  When I knit, I can think, I can pray, I can ponder and I can relax.  When I knit for someone else,  I am thinking of them with every little stitch.  Frustrations are worked out, love is worked in.  Insights gained with each new skein.  Making intricate beauty out of flat and straight.  Seeing what will be, not what it is now.

The Wet Hen Chronicles, will tell the story of phase two.  In knitting terms FO's are finished objects, projects completed.  Rest assured, there will be plenty of knitting.  UFO's are un-finished objects, projects I'm currently working on, the kids will remain UFO's indefinitely.   All else would be WIP's, works in progress, the garden, baking, me, simply life day to day. 

Determined optimist, patiently waiting.  A lofty goal but a goal none-the-less.

Casting-on.