Good Morning Everyone,
How are you this morning? I'm a little weary, but it is still early and I'm still waking up. It may be another hot one today, I'm not sure. On my agenda is to make some sauce with all those Roma Tomatoes I picked at Rob's over the weekend. I have an onion and a bell pepper from our garden to add as well as garlic (of course). I will most likely add some mushrooms and then some grilled hot & sweet sausage that I took out of the freezer to thaw.
Thank you all for your comments on my stitching yesterday. I haven't laid out the pink floss next to the whiskey (too tired after my day at the office yesterday), but I'm sure the two together will work and that's my plan - use them both...and on both sides. I'll strive for an update next Tuesday.
Here we are on the last Wednesday in July! Time for Unraveled Wednesday and a knitting and reading update. Damon's "Out of This World" sock (the first) is slowly growing.
This is 15 rows of ribbing at the cuff and (so far) 40 rows on the leg. I typically do 70 rows on the leg for manly socks (and mine too sometimes), so I'm a bit more than halfway down the leg. The knitting on this (K 6, P2) can be so meditative that I often find I'm closing my eyes! Trust me, this is not a good thing for me to do. I have seen folks who knit while looking in another direction and carrying on a detailed conversation. That is not me. I need to look and...at times...really concentrate. Thus, only minimal progress in the past week. Even though these are being knit for a Christmas present, it is not a race and I have plenty of time.
On the reading front, I did finish The Four Winds last week. I know that many are not Kristin Hannah fans and I would honestly count myself among them (I could not read "The Great Alone"). But, I really, really liked this book. Fletch and I also finished reading The Gift of the Deer and now I want to read another book by Helen Hoover (with sketches by her husband). but, we'll take a break from that kind of book for a little bit. The other year we so enjoyed reading "20,000 Leagues Under the Sea" that Fletch and I started another book by Jules Verne. This time we are reading From the Earth to the Moon. We've only just started (the introduction last night), so no report on that yet. On my own, I am about halfway through The Narrowboat Summer which Jane recommended and I'm liking it quite a bit (when I can stay awake long enough to read more than a page or two).
As usual on a Wednesday, I'm linking up with Kat and the other Unravelers to talk about making and reading. Whenever I say (or think) "Kat and the other Unravelers" it always makes me think of Ken Kesey and the Merry Pranksters - LOL - a blast from the past.
Cheers to being mid-week! Hope yours is going well.
Your tomato sauce sounds like it will be delicious and your sock is lovely. I only know 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea (and I really only know that one from the Disney movie), so I'll look forward to hearing about your next Jules Verne book.
ReplyDeleteMmm, there is nothing better in the summer than dinner using fresh veggies from the garden!
ReplyDeleteI am one of those people who can knit without looking, but that is why I primarily knit stockinette socks. I have occasionally nodded off while working on them, though!
I liked Nightingale but did not great alone. I've read one other of hers and enjoyed it. lovely knitting and I need to do some socks.
ReplyDeleteI am chuckling at that tie in... pranksters is right! LOL Perhaps better is enablers! Everyone always is working on such gorgeous projects that I want to cast on!
ReplyDeleteI'm without a book at present, having recently finished Conjure Women (recommended). I often have to have a break to let a book settle before starting another.
ReplyDeleteI'm envious of those who can knit while watching TV or doing other things. That would result in disaster for me. I can glance up every now and then--and must, in order to save my neck and shoulders--but otherwise, I have to watch what I'm doing.
Fresh tomato sauce sounds heavenly. Your neighbor is so kind to share.
I listened to the Electric Kool-Aid Acid Test not too long ago and I had to laugh at your reference. I need that blast from the past every once in a while to remind myself that I haven't always been this old cranky granny. I'm sure that's why I loved The Trial of the Chicago Seven and Judas and the Black Messiah so much. Times were tough back then but we still had hope we could fix the system. Apparently we can't. Not in my lifetime anyway.
ReplyDeleteFresh tomato sauce with add-ins will be a great addition to your grilled dinner — enjoy! It is still terribly smoky and hazy, but the weatherman has predicted rain by the weekend so relief is in sight.
ReplyDeleteoh your tomato p1ans sound de1icious! I'm reading the weather forecast and warnings over and over. Does that count? We are schedued to have fierce winds and thunderstorms around 0200 . Im staying up. I just don't trust the phones to te11 us . I have to wrang1e the cats and wake up fireman if things get dicey. The o1d night shift nurse in me , is kicking in. I'd 1ike to read MINE. No time for it right now between O1ympics and gardening and knitting and b10gs. :)
ReplyDeleteLovely sock, Vera. And I enjoyed The Narrowboat Summer quite a lot! I thought it was a perfect summer read . . . and now I'm ready to go and float the canals in England myself. (My sister, who also read the book and enjoyed it, wants to come with me.)
ReplyDeleteThe sock is sure a pretty work in blues! I think reading from Jules Vernes' books would be a great way to spend an evg together....
ReplyDeleteThe sock looks great. I like the variety in your reading and can so relate to the falling asleep over the page at bedtime. Right now I am reading Lopez during the day and Villette by Charlotte Bronte at night.
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