Candy is bad for you ...

... but it sure does make a great sorting tool! Bam-bam found cars that matched too!

Speaking of color ...

... here's a full view of the knitted wall hanging in the living room. This was a shawl I'd done as a sampler of some Austrian knitted lace patterns. After wearing the shawl in 2002 when we had an audience with JP2 (!) in Rome, I couldn't bear to have it just another "wearable" -- so my FIL made a frame for it (with oak strips) and hammered a gazillion black finishing nails into the frame. I occasionally take it down to launder it and then dry it on it's own frame. (NOTE: we found a tiffany-style desk lamp that has the perfect colors to complement the hanging! Isn't God good?)

I now call it -- "The Blue Ridge Parkway" -- and if you've ever seen the Blue Ridge, especially down near NC/SC, you'll know why.....