Posting just for fun....S is for Spring, Sons and Socks!

Posting this just for fun!  Spring, Sons and Socks!

The spring part is because the sun is appearing off and on today, as I sit at my computer updating things here on my blog, posting over on my favourite Ravelry group which is the Erlbacher Gearhart Group, and periodically glancing out the window as I can it outdoors very clearly from my desk in the computer room. I can see the robins in the gardens.   This flower is on a quilt that my mother made for me, and I just love it!  It has many different types and colours of flowers on it.  This one just reminds me of Spring and I really like the colour of purple!  The picture that I placed beside or part of the flower is a picture my son drew when he was in grade 5 and he called it "the stinky sock".  I have kept that picture of his sock on my bulletin board all these years and I would look at it and smile!  Once we started making socks I thought I could use the picture some how...  I framed it and never did use it effectively, so today I decided to take a picture of it and creatively come with a picture as it says bright and sunny and reminds of my son too!  My son lives in Northern Alberta so I don't get to see him often, but I do think of him very often.  Guess he was on my mind today for some reason or other, or at least the picture that he drew so many years ago, captured my attention!  I am happy to have the picture here now.  The stinky ole sock!

I washed many a stinky ole sock in my days,  as my boys were involved in sports of all kinds!  Oh and that reminds me too, of a many ole lonely sock that was always found under the bed or in between the couch cushions, or in the laundry basket wondering where it's mate was? And I forgot to mention also the holey socks too!  The boys always took great pride of wanting to throw them in the wood stove and watching them burn.  It was like a ritual for them.  You would have never thought I would be blogging about silly sock memories.....and here I am doing just that.  There are so many kinds of socks really when you stop and think about it.  Do you remember Bobby Socks?  I had some crisp white ones with fancy little decals of flowers or whatever on them.  I had some too with lace on them!  They looked really cool with my black and white oxford shoes.  Ok I am dating myself here.  But I know some of you will remember them also.  You had to have at least one pair of wool socks for skating, skidooing and tobogganing, as they kept your feet warm with those cold winters in Saskatchewan where I grew up.  Well I have mentioned, stinky socks, lonely socks, holey socks, Bobby socks, and wool socks!  There are many more kinds of socks also.  Actually too many more to write about here today.  So my little impromptu post and picture ended up to a lengthy post after all.  For those of you who know me, that shouldn't be surprising as I have diareha of the typing fingers when I get rambling along... 

So time now to end this and just say Have a great weekend Everyone! And if nothing else throw a little bit of fun into your day....and you could always think of some of your past silly sock memories too!  I am sure all of you have had at least one pair of  Favourite Socks over your years.  

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