{"id":403,"date":"2009-12-19T16:49:37","date_gmt":"2009-12-19T21:49:37","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.ahtilden.net\/knit\/?p=403"},"modified":"2009-12-19T16:49:37","modified_gmt":"2009-12-19T21:49:37","slug":"brrrrr","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.ahtilden.net\/knit\/?p=403","title":{"rendered":"Brrrrr."},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Traveling Sock is not going out today.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/sternel\/4198450454\/\" title=\"Traveling Sock watches the nor'easter by abbieprime, on Flickr\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/farm3.static.flickr.com\/2798\/4198450454_8e8bacc05f.jpg\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" alt=\"Traveling Sock watches the nor'easter\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>This is because there is a <a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Nor%27easter\">nor&#8217;easter<\/a> raging outside.  When I took that picture a few hours ago it was just flurries, but now the wind is howling and the trees are creaking to and fro.  The radio is using words like &#8220;blizzard warning&#8221; and &#8220;possible whiteout conditions&#8221; and urging everyone to stay home, so after a brief run down the street this afternoon for provisions (provisions meaning shampoo, wrapping paper, and a bottle of Bailey&#8217;s) I am all tucked in where it&#8217;s warm.  My plans involve knitting and wrapping and after dinner that Bailey&#8217;s is going into my cocoa.<\/p>\n<p>Since Traveling Sock doesn&#8217;t want to go out either, we poked around the house instead, where the Christmas decorations are all out.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/sternel\/4198450314\/\" title=\"Traveling Sock at the Nativity by abbieprime, on Flickr\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/farm3.static.flickr.com\/2626\/4198450314_9a3a2eee61.jpg\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" alt=\"Traveling Sock at the Nativity\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>This is the family nativity set.  My mom used to do ceramics and she painted the figurines, and then my dad built the stable to match.  As a crafter, I approve of this sort of thing, and I love this nativity to bits.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/sternel\/4198450366\/\" title=\"Traveling Sock and the Santa collection by abbieprime, on Flickr\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/farm3.static.flickr.com\/2679\/4198450366_e96559d3e0.jpg\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" alt=\"Traveling Sock and the Santa collection\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>A couple of steps to the left takes you to the Santa Collection.  (Also snowmen, teddy bears, and gingerbread men.)  Winter holidays require fuzzy cuddly things, after all.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/sternel\/4198450418\/\" title=\"Traveling Sock meets the tree by abbieprime, on Flickr\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/farm3.static.flickr.com\/2555\/4198450418_874dea1887.jpg\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" alt=\"Traveling Sock meets the tree\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>And of course, the tree.  Well, one of the trees.  We actually put up two.  That is because we love Christmas <i>that much<\/i>.  <\/p>\n<p>And now, back to the knitting. I&#8217;m done shopping now, and just have some smaller bits of knitting to finish and I&#8217;m very glad for the excuse to curl up and surround myself with wool.  Tomorrow?  Shoveling. Ugh!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Traveling Sock is not going out today. This is because there is a nor&#8217;easter raging outside. When I took that picture a few hours ago it was just flurries, but now the wind is howling and the trees are creaking to and fro. The radio is using words like &#8220;blizzard warning&#8221; and &#8220;possible whiteout &hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.ahtilden.net\/knit\/?p=403\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Brrrrr.&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[20],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-403","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-traveling-sock"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.ahtilden.net\/knit\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/403","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.ahtilden.net\/knit\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.ahtilden.net\/knit\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.ahtilden.net\/knit\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.ahtilden.net\/knit\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=403"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"http:\/\/www.ahtilden.net\/knit\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/403\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":406,"href":"http:\/\/www.ahtilden.net\/knit\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/403\/revisions\/406"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.ahtilden.net\/knit\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=403"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.ahtilden.net\/knit\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=403"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.ahtilden.net\/knit\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=403"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}