It was raining hard. She cried to go out. She has a biggest mouth of any cat I have ever had. So I let her out. She just sat there. After a few minutes, the wind changed and she was blown off her perch. She screamed to come in. And it was all my fault.
I’ve been working on these since June. There’re not the only thing. I knit four others at the same time. Socks are something to carry when I sit and wait. That way I don’t bite anyone. The pattern is from a kit. I made other socks with the yarn in it. I’ve knit five pairs of sox with Taiyo. I make them a little big since they shrink a bit.
It’s starting to feel like Autumn. The sun no longer hits the deck in the afternoon. My lovely aqua umbrella has been put away until Spring. With the cooler weather and frenzied neighbors, there are very few days that I want to sit out there anyway. The dreaded Winter is coming.
These are in a low spot in my side yard. They pop up just about every year. I should look them up. They cover a large area and are quite pretty. The flowers may be dying, but I still have mushrooms to look at.
It’s a Lucy Neatby pattern, but I don’t know the magazine. I usually remove the ones I think I will make and put them in a binder after a few years. I don’t know the name of the dyer either. Ruth ran off with the label. It’s probably under a bed in 20 or 30 pieces.
This is Ruth. She may look the innocent, but she isn’t.
I was surprised to see a red-winged blackbird on the porch early this morning. I see them in the trees and the feeder that hangs off the deck. But this was definitely a first.
I didn’t think it was a vulture. It was too sleek. Sorry for the poor pictures. I was inside and it was a bit overcast. By the time I got outside, he was gone. I didn’t even get to see him fly off. Maybe next time, if there is one. They usually travel in large groups.
Now, I want to thank my brother, Bill, for sending me ‘Birds of Maryland & Delaware’. I’m putting it to great use.
It looks like another nice day. I believe I’ll go out and enjoy it.
When it’s freezing outside for several days, I just want to hibernate. I must have been a grizzly bear in my last life. Sweetums almost had to drag me out of the house to walk the dog.
I finally knitted a nice bow for Mrs. Tittlemouse that I like, but I don’t feel like sewing it up and stuffing it. I got out my dinosaur mittens pattern and found some good little boy yarn. And there’s enough for a hat, too. I felt a lot better after making (and finishing) this hat! I still have to make those mittens!
Due to my “fragile” skin, I had to leave the bandages on for 48 hours rather than the standard 24. I decided 48 hours meant when I entered hospital. Sweetums thought after surgery, but his arm wasn’t going insane. He let me use his eczema cream. My skin feels so much better now. There is no bleeding and no warmer than the rest of me. My hand still looks fat, but one knuckle is starting to show.
By the way, what happened to the snow?
I am trying to knit Mrs. Tittlemouse from Beatrix Potter. I think Alan Dart has made every character except her. Unfortunately she is my daughter’s favorite, so I am trying to use others like Hunka Punka to make her. I couldn’t find a basket I liked so I came up with this one. It seemed to need something so I knitted a little napkin. It is leaning against my laptop glasses for size.
Up a Creek in Lower Slower Delaware 