Didn’t go half as far today. Even at 11am it was too hot and humid. Tomorrow we need to walk far earlier or evening.
Instead, I thought I’d better capture the greenery while I can. We are green usually only early Spring. But here we are nearly July when yellow and hot dust is the norm for the desert Outback of Oregon.
Looking south. The hay barn has the first cutting of alfalfa.
Looking south-west.
The sagebrush is taller than me! But still green.
I don’t know if this is edible but it looks like wheat. All similar plants are green.
Looking northish. Just enjoying the green scenery.
Looking west towards Table Rock mountain. So green!
Another looking northish. Sky blue with green fields.
The yellow butterflies from the beginning of summer have faded away. Now we’re getting white ones. This one has spots and is showing off!
The science says this proves the high moisture in the air. But I’ll accept love and promise, too. But really, the humidity is part of why we had to cut the walk short.
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So, I think I know what I want to wear for my daughter and her fiancรฉ’s October costume wedding.ย Crone witch! I can make my own hat and cape! The crone part is built in!๐คช
So at the beginning of the weekend I was working with Scarlett Royal’s loomknit witch’s hat. But I learned there would be a lot of sewing.ย
I had socks on the Flexes so I transferred by way of a skinny set of ChiaoGoo Red-lace Circular Needles. I had started on the 12 pegย loom for the brim and the 36 peg for the hat. That was when I noticed I’d have a lot of sewing ahead.
In the past, I learned I could do a nice decrease using the Flexees. But for this witch hat I needed to get a good point. I didn’t feel I could figure that out. Here’s her YouTube if you want to try.
I have made a couple hats by her including a beret I was quite proud of. And I do love the picture of this hat.
I think this next one by PleasantSeas may do the trick. After tinking and frogging all weekend, I found and started working on it.
I read the pattern featured on the YouTube page. That I can do. I told myself. It starts similar to my Toe-up Two At A Time Socks. So I followed the pattern about 17 rows in. Then I noticed that it seemed the author got the numbering wrong. Once again, my tracking was off. Still I was liking how it was turning out.
Here’s what I should have done:
But here’s what I have at Row 17.
Yeah. I’m stuck with the Knitter’s Pride Royale circular needles. See how the cord coils up? Ugh! But all my other needles are in use.
Anyway, I think I’ll continue as I am going until the “wearable” part of the hat gets close. Then I’ll increase faster as PleasantSeas does. I think I want the point high or curly. We’ll see how that turns out.
Meanwhile, the socks I pulled off the Flexee looms, looks like this:
Two more inches before the Fleegle Heel. These would fit me right now. But these are for someone else.
Sadly, the Flexees are empty. Back to just needle knitting for now.
But now I need to drop the needles and hop on the stationary bike to see if I can make up the mile(s) we missed this morning.
The name Mindy Kelly didn’t ring a bell. I still am not sure I have ever seen her in shows. But the book was recommended on one of the morning shows, and I thought I’d look it up. Luckily Libby had the audio version. Mindy reads her autobiography quite well.
Ms. Kelly’s life was nothing like my own. I felt awful for her for the things she had to survive as a child and teen. But I do appreciate her spirit to try to live properly and healthily. She is an inspiration in how she looks at life now, and her attitude seems to pay her well.
If you read this, keep the Kleenex handy, as the end parts are very touching. I highly recommend listening to this book. There is a lot of knowledge and power packed into her life and her story,
Your Friday prompt for Stream of Consciousness Saturday is โstarts with โabโ.โย Find a word that starts with โabโ and use it in your post. Enjoy!
I absolutely love the sky out here. Especially the sunsets.
I feel like the absent minded professor right now. I can’t seem to think of what to write about. Sometimes my brain goes to the absurd and I don’t want to abstain from writing but find myself absorbed in the many abiding abilities and lack thereof calling to me. Too bad the prompt isn’t ADD. But that is just an abuse of a good prompt!๐คช
Well, look at that. Something besides knitting! LOL!
Then again, I did a bit of that, too.
Ready for the heel. Cotton. Of the cotton yarns, this has been nice.
Ready for heel. Fun on Flexee Fine-gauge looms.
These colors are more beautiful than the picture. And this is a wool mixture. But my hands aren’t happy with the fine yarn and skinny needles. So these might take a bit longer.
Decided to make a leftovers hat. I love this yarn. It feels like butter.
I have added and edited more. I’ve nearly met my goal. Yay!
I’d love to say I’d hit more piano than one song, but I still feel happy that I did what I did. Trying to keep it fun so I want to go back.
It’s soulful and pretty.
We just hit our 20th year married, 30 together. That should be considered an accomplishment! Still in love and laugh a lot!
First of all, this is someone’s diary. Who can judge? It’s the part of his life he wanted to notate. That said, I admit wishing I was finished listening/reading less than halfway in. I did learn more about writing and reading my memoir aloud. So there’s that.
This is LGBTQ month, so it was fun to ponder Andy Cohen’s life in 2014. That part I didn’t mind. I did get tired of the name-dropping of all his friends. But like I said before, this is his diary. It gave him good feelings to know and remember later.
What I did enjoy was his pup. I loved hearing about someone enjoying receiving and living with a dog. I miss my Kali so much. But Andy loves his dog so much that he gave him an Instagram account. I may have to look that up. Wacha! What a cute name.
Rebecca Lowman (Narrator) made this story come to life so much so that I forgot to turn off the Fire and go to sleep. I remember it being light outside as I made myself put the story away.
Here’s the blurb that grabbed me:
We all have stories we never tell.
Before Owen Michaels disappears, he manages to smuggle a note to his beloved wife of one year: Protect her.
Despite her confusion and fear, Hannah Hall knows exactly to whom the note refers: Owenโs sixteen-year-old daughter, Bailey. Bailey, who lost her mother tragically as a child. Bailey, who wants absolutely nothing to do with her new stepmother.
As Hannahโs increasingly desperate calls to Owen go unanswered; as the FBI arrests Owenโs boss; as a US Marshal and FBI agents arrive at her Sausalito home unannounced, Hannah quickly realizes her husband isnโt who he said he was. And that Bailey just may hold the key to figuring out Owenโs true identityโand why he really disappeared.
Hannah and Bailey set out to discover the truth, together. But as they start putting together the pieces of Owenโs past, they soon realize they are also building a new future. One neither Hannah nor Bailey could have anticipated.
It wasn’t a murder mystery, but it kept you wondering if Hannah was foolish in trying to find her husband. And you wonder if her step daughter will ever accept Hannah.
It was fun, and I enjoyed a new kind of woman. She was strong and had her own life but was open to caring for her stepdaughter with a full-blown love of her own.
I was lucky to find this on Libby to borrow. Hope you like it too.
Working on my series: Haven.
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Hi! my name is Sebastian (You can call me Seb!) ...welcome to my Blog. I'm a photographer from Worcester, Worcestershire, England. Thanks for dropping by! I hope you enjoy my work.
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