And Scandinavian. At the Stockholm Inn- Rockford, Illinois. We were there just last week for breakfast. I had the Swedish pancakes and Charlie liked visiting the gift shop and Sock Monkeys.
Charlie is two today! Happy Birthday.
Sporting his Buckeye hat as he was born in Columbus OH.
Photographed early this morning at the Alpine Motel in Rockford Illinois
Finding two fingers to show how old he is today!
WordPress not looking for the glorious sunrise photos this week.
Rocco’s – Bleecker Street
Mary’s-NYC
Columbus OH
Rockford IL
Rockford IL
Columbus OH
Jean Marc Chatellier – Almond brioche
P.S.
One glorious sunrise St.George Island –
July 2016
My daughter Laura spotted this scene. We’re in Rockford, Illinois.
I was driving.
Pulled into the parking lot and she rolled down her window, took a few shots for the blog today!
It’s been awhile since I’ve stitched up a sock monkey. The classic.
One for new baby grandson in Ohio and one for a friend of my sister in New York City. The pairs of socks have been in the house a long time. Once I stitched on the faces, they seem to look at me and smile.
Both Anna and Jack have set up a crew of sock monkeys, told them to smile and photographed them. This evening I placed the newly completed monkeys on the couch in my living room. And took their picture
Very cooperative!
One of the smiles needs a bit of straightening out, I see upon examining the image. Ooops.
And yes, my sister and I visited the Sock Monkey Museum in Rockford, Illinois when we were visiting relatives. (The relatives live in Rockford, not the museum)
Sock monkey duo, going in different directions, more than 500 miles apart.
Here are some old sock monkey photos from previous blogs.
When I was a kid (c. 1958)my family lived in the city of Newark NJ. there was a Youth Consultation Service behind our house on Broad Street. At least a dozen girls lived there and each girl had a handmade sock monkey. My mom thought sock monkeys weren’t appealing but I always wanted one. Some people think they are ugly, others think they’re cute. These two have a bit of scrap flannel from the sock monkey pillowcases I stitched for the grandchildren for Christmas. Going with a theme, here. That will be another post.
I don’t think I owned one until I stitched on in 1976.
The first sock monkey I ever made was for my son Mark (39),father to the grandchildren in the photos above. He name it the Doonie Monkey and it was stuffed with old stockings. I use fiberfill now. And for some unknown reason, I never added a tail on his monkey. He resides with the grandchildren in Ohio, too.
I’ve make pink and blue and purple monkeys but my favorite is the classic.
If you would like to make a sock monkey, there’s a terrific youtube tutorial by Professor Pincushion on how to make the classic monkey. I don’t add the ears or buttons on mine.
Blogging from a smartphone tonight-
My cousin Chris ordered them “dark and dry”.
He recommended the fresh orange juice, too. Delicious.
Welcomed by a Rockford sock monkey
Mary found something fishy in the gift shop
From the archives. My sister noticed I post a lot of food on the blog. It’s true. Tonight it could have been the pesto on penne and the apple plum one crust pie. Instead I went to an old folder. You probably didn’t know there’s a Sock Monkey Exhibit in the Midway Village Museum in Rockford IL. Mary and I went when we were visiting family. The Rockford socks are no longer manufactured in Rockford but by Fox River Mills in Osage Iowa. I have made a few sock monkeys in my day. People have feelings about Sock Monkeys.There is a convention called Sock Monkey Madness in Rockford. They call the monkey Nelson after the man who invented the knitting machine that made the socks.
