Unraveled Wednesday 11/2/22

 Hello and Good Morning!

It's back to the early times for me.  I'm up and have sipped coffee and it is not yet 6:30.  It would have been so easy to roll over and go back to sleep, but for a change I did not.  I've got a bunch of things I should work on today, so I thought I'd best get up and at 'em!

I did manage to get out for a brief walk yesterday along the River Trail in Valley Forge.  I should have picked a different trail, as this one was very wet and muddy in places and covered with leaves.  Thus I was walking more carefully and rather gingerly at times and that ended up hurting my back.  But, because I was paying attention to where I was stepping and looking down ALL THE TIME, I spotted some tiny flowers blooming that I might have otherwise missed.

The river was moving along nicely and leaves were constantly falling!

Getting to the River Walk means driving past the chiropractor's office with the huge skeleton in the yard.  I laughed when I passed it:

He/She had been dressed for Halloween in a purple cloak long grey hair and a witches hat.  However, the recent wind and rain made her hat tumble off her head and fall on her chest.  A little disheveled looking!  And what knobby knees!!  LOL

Now it is Wednesday and time for some Unraveled news.  Linking up, as always, with Kat and others in the Merry Band of Unravelers to talk making and reading.  Two of my favorite things.  Both of which have been in limited quantities recently, unfortunately.  But, some progress was made on Fletch's 2nd sock.

I'm on the foot and about a third of the way through it.  I was working on this Saturday when I met up with Dee...finishing the heel flap, turning the heel and picking up the gussett stitches.  Then I promptly forgot all about the decrease rows.  Ha!  A little tinking occurred (just one row, fortunately) and I got back on track.  I really hope I finish this sock this week.  I'm itching to start something new and I won't allow myself to until this is finished.

Reading has slowed also.  I'm no longer reading "Graceland, At Last" by Margaret Rinkl.  Instead I downloaded it from Audible and Fletch and I are enjoying it after dinner.  (We got a little tired of the LeVar Burton podcast.)

"Bluebird, Bluebird" by Attica Locke has become a bit tiresome for me.  I'm maybe a third of the way through, but I doubt I will finish it.  While at the library I had picked up "Frog Music" by Emma Donoghue, but I can't seem to get into that.  I also picked up "The Merchant's House" by Kate Ellis, so I may give that a try.

Yesterday afternoon we booked our AirBnB in Austin for the Christmas holiday!  Excited!!!  And, the one we booked is only a 7 minute walk or so to Colin & Mailing's apartment.  Now we need to book flights.  And, our Thanksgiving plans are changing and evolving.  We may be having Thanksgiving here at our house for the first time in years!  Originally we were all going to meet up at Bonny & Zhongren's, but now Bonny is in (or going to be in) China for a month and will not be home for Thanksgiving.  I'm sure everything will work out eventually!

Meanwhile, time to pour another cup of coffee and wake Fletch.  Happy Hump Day!