Snowflake Bentley

In the days

when farmers worked with ox and sled

and cut the dark with lantern light,

there lived a boy who loved snow

more than anything else in the world.

Snowflake Bentley is a wonderful book about a man who dedicates his life to capturing pictures of snowflakes.  Ann over at Mason-Dixon Knitting captured some wonderful snowflake pictures that reminded me of this book.  No two snowflakes are alike and he documented so many shapes.  Wilson Bentley even published a book of his photographs which can still be purchased or checked out of the library.  I thought I saw a flake or two this morning, but I never could be sure.  Snowflakes in Atlanta are kind of rare.

Last night, S asked if I would knit him a scarf!  Yea!  He never asks me to knit anything, so this will be a treat.  I'm thinking of knitting the Brioche scarf from Weekend Knitting if Malabrigo will work for the pattern.  That was one of two specifications - the yarn had to be soft.  It also cannot be pink.  :)

Enjoy your weekend!  (Ours is really busy.)  And stay warm!

Comments

[Sheepish Annie]

I saw those pictures over on mason*dixon...very nice!!

What's wrong with pink??? ;)

[Restless Knitter]

And just what is wrong with pink?? Go for lemon yellow :)

There's a web page out there that tells you how to preserve a snowflake. I'd love to try it but in order to do that, it would have to actually snow around here. I'm having issues with it getting down in the teens and twenties, so snow isn't really on my Want To See It list right now.

[Sheri]

If "S" is your hubby, I guess I can understand why he wouldn't want it pink!
Weren't the snowflakes awesome at Mason/Dixon? I was trying to figure out if they were even real.
Have a wonderful, safe weekend.
Sheri in SE GA (where I've seen snowflakes 3 times in my 15 years of living in the south)

[Katie]

That's great--my husband is kind of "eh" about knitting for him. So far I haven't made anything for him, but I think he's getting felted slippers for Christmas.

Oh, wait, I did make him the cigar gloves last year. I think he wears them--I'm not sure.

[Debby]

Tell S that it's not pink, it's MANgenta. That's what a salesman at a bike shop told us, when he sells T-Mobile Team items. Their colors are hot pink and black!

I hope you have a wonderful weekend and your test results come back soon. I'm glad you made it through OK.

[Jill]

I love snow and that is one of the things I'm missing most about Alaska right now. In Fairbanks, once you have snow in the winter, it is there until April or May. And it's beautiful!

"Snowflake Bentley" is one of my favorite wintertime children's books. Thanks for reminding me of this one!

Jill