A friend’s husband died. He was a good man. It happened over three thousand miles away so I wasn’t able to hug her, hold her hand or wipe away a tear. I started to think of my own loved ones that died too young. I needed to do something for my friend. I picked up my needles and knit all weekend.
Archive for October, 2009
It was a Sad Weekend
October 16, 2009They’re Finished
October 10, 2009
I had a good laugh this morning. Diana commented. Yeah!
New Cat on the Block
October 9, 2009It was almost too cool to sit on the deck and knit today. I am almost up to the toe. Maybe I’ll finish them tomorrow. I’m a little depressed today. A friend’s husband is not doing well. I’m trying to be non-committal here.
I decided to call Agnes and invite her to Girls Day Out next month. We had a good chat and I felt much better for having called her. She is going to meet me at my house in Reisterstown. Hopefully, June will be able to come, too. Since Diana reads my blog(and NEVER comments), I won’t have to e-mail her.
This guy has been coming by the last couple of days. Well, he may be a her. At first I was thinking abandoned cat, but when Gus barked at him, he headed for the recently rented house. I felt better. He seems to be fascinated with the water. He likes to go down the steps at my bulkhead at low tide. He stays down there for several minutes. I’ve never seen any of my cats do that.
OK. Back to knitting. I am hoping to wear them tomorrow evening.
Cat Toys
October 7, 2009Doug got out the ladder to clean out the gutters and get the big piles of leaves that had settled in the corners of the roof. After he was finished, the roof inspector came.
After a long and hard look,she deemed it satisfactory. Her assistant also had a look around, but she refused to be photographed. Inspecting the border fencing was her level of expertise.
And the supervisor did what supervisors do best.
Swing Swagger Drape
October 7, 2009This is a great book. I spent so much time going through it that I had to rewarm my coffee twice. I love the way each pattern shows several variations. I really enjoyed the Process and Practice section. I seldom see so much information in one book. I believe I could happily make everything in it.
My yard is turning into a mushroom farm. Every year I get the most interesting looking mushrooms here.
I’ve got to get back t my socks. I’m about halfway through the second one.
One Sock Completed
October 5, 2009I’m hoping to get the other one finished by Friday.
Halloween Socks
October 3, 2009
I’m hoping that I can finish them tomorrow.
Found It!
October 1, 2009I knew I had bought sock yarn for Halloween. I went looking for the next, but had no luck. This morning, I went into the yarn room, opened a drawer and there it was. I hate it when that happens. So I put away my orange and pink sock and started these.
Onancock
October 1, 2009Say that three times fast. Leslie and I went down to check out a yarn shop in Onancock VA calls. It’s only 83 miles from here so off we went. We had a good time. The shop was small, but they had a good variety. It was far superior to Kitschy in Rehoboth. I even bought a few skeins of yarn. Then we headed down to the end of the road to the river. There’s a ferry to Tangier Island. Leslie was NOT interested. As a matter of fact, this was as close as she would go to the water’s edge.
It was a very pretty area.
We were getting hungry, but there wasn’t anything that we were interested in town. We headed back up Route 13. We started cutting over on old business routes and enjoyed lots of old houses and buildings and even a little railroad museum. We finally found a family restaurant that looked good. We were not disappointed. And they had the best coffee. We stayed for over two hours. Everything was delicious and we ate every bite. It’s called Parksley Family Restaurant on Route 13 in, where else, Parksley, VA. Yeah. We had gone along other little roads and wound at a place on the main road. It didn’t matter. It was a nice day. We were having a good time.
Up a Creek in Lower Slower Delaware 