She was so proud of herself, she wanted to bring it in to show everyone. We wouldn’t let her in, so she played with it for a while on the sandpile. I don’t think she ate it. Too much fur.
And now for the obligatory goose baby picture.
I managed to get about half of my flowers planted on Saturday. Yesterday, it rained, and I had knitting group. I’ve been working on my Red Bird socks. As usual, I am thoroughly enjoying these socks.
There will be no restaurant critique this week. We didn’t go out last night and our neighbor was too tired to on Thursday. We will probably only go out every other week during the warmer months.
It was unusually hot today so I decided it was time for the annual washing of my socks. A couple didn’t get washed. I need to repair them which I hate to do so it’ll be a while. Maybe they’ll get washed next year. I’m not rushing into these repairs. I deliberately hung them on the clothesline. It seemed the perfect opportunity for a photo op.
Olive was pretty hot today. She wanted to go out, but it was too hot for her. She spent the day sleeping in her bowl on the dining table under the ceiling fan. She’s still a baby.
Once the sun went down, she went out. She’s been running in and out. We probably won’t be able to get her in until midnight.
Thursday, I decided to go shopping in Rehoboth and Lewes. I hadn’t been over that way for a while and I didn’t dare go over the weekend. I rode down to the beach at Lewes. It’s always so pretty there, but it was really windy making it hard for me to walk. At least I remembered my camera this time. 
Lewes Cape May Ferry
It should make a fun pair of socks. I got some other stuff for a purse. See this shawl? I often lay it over my legs on cold evenings.
What’s that sticking out?
Why it’s the undercover kitty!
With the beautiful weather, we felt it was time for Olive to venture outside. We left the screens open at little cat width and before long she tried the great outdoors. She was very nervous and never left the deck. She went in and out several times, but only for a few minutes each time.
Zip, on the other hand, had a great time. It was so very nice not to have snow squishing between his toes with every step.
He checked the neighbor’s shed. He can’t resist an open door.
Remember last Tuesday?
Check it out now.
We went there last night expecting to have another great meal like we had last month. Boy, were we surprised! Actually, I now wonder if the place was sold. I think the cook used to work at MacDonald’s and it must have been the waitress’s first day. The crab-cakes were more filler than crab-meat, the shrimp and scallops were overcooked and too few for the amount they were charging. We were half finished our meal when the waitress got around to bringing the seafood and tartar sauce and Worcestershire. And she never asked about dessert.
Today was an absolutely beautiful day. I spent all afternoon sitting on the deck and knitting. I took lots of pictures, but I put them on the other computer and then deleted from my camera. You’ll have to wait until tomorrow, maybe. It was Olive’s first time outside. So, I took a picture of my sock progress just for you.
I was going to blog yesterday. Really. I was all set. I had new pictures. But the internet said no. I don’t know why. It’s really been a nice Internet. Maybe it knew that I was still being grumpy and it didn’t want to have anything to do with that.
For the second day, the creek iced over. It was so cold, I didn’t even go out to walk the dog. I did get a lot of sewing done and the finished the baby socks.
I had plenty of help.
Olive pinned. Maude sewed. Zippo ironed.
And the Sacred Wiener Dog supervised.
We FINALLY put the tree away! Ive had everything else packed up for the past week. At first, Doug wanted to leave it up for a while because Olive enjoys it so much. I was able to convince him that it’s not good for her to be doing all that climbing, especially since she pulled out all her stitches.
I hope this isn’t too gross for anybody. Well, actually, I don’t really care. This is my blog. It’s not red, swollen or weeping so I’m just going to keep an eye on it. She is much more active today so I think she will be all right.
I set up my cutting table this afternoon and started to pull out appropriate nightie fabric. I going to make two or three or maybe four. I like these the best. I’ve got two cut out so far. I might as well go for four.
I finished one sock. The yarn is great, but the pattern isn’t. The sock is a little too wide, but not unwearable. I’m beginning to wonder why I even try these patterns. I have plenty of my own. If the yarn they send wasn’t always so nice, I’d stop getting it. I should be getting my Red Bird kit some tine this month. Then, I’ll be happy.
She’s not very happy, but she’s getting around well. Her stitches are on her side rather than her belly which is something I have not seen before.
Olive went to the vet this morning to get tutored and Zippo is starting to miss her. He is trying to lay on my chest right now so typing is difficult. He started calling for her this afternoon and now he’s a real basket case. Actually, Doug is being a real pain, too. I can pick her up after 10AM tomorrow and he will probably be pushing me out the door at 945.
Perhaps, tomorrow, I’ll take a picture of the sock I’m working on.
Olive watching the Pixel Pixies.
Maude trying to sleep.
Up a Creek in Lower Slower Delaware 