Good Morning!
Despite Fletch having CNN on last night, I have not watched any of the returns. Head in the sand and all that (don't judge - there is comfort in that). When I went to bed (early - like 10 p.m.) Fletch said that things were looking good. When he came up to bed around 1 a.m. he said things do not look good. Count me as being a bit dumfounded this a.m. and I sure as hell hope I am wrong. Enough.
It's Wednesday, so time to link up with Kat and her Merry Band of Unravelers. I don't have a whole lot to show or talk about BUT...my Tapped Maple Socks are finished. Woo-Hoo.
I finished the second one on Sunday and they are now tucked away in Fletcher's sock drawer. I have not picked up a needle since then (knitting OR stitching!). Life has been busy. Or I have been scattered. Or something.I have things to work on - my Semplice Shawl and my Hitch on the Move are just two of them. I had also chosen yarn and put it in a project bag with the needles to make a Baby Vertebrae, but that has not been started. And, for once, I don't feel like making socks! What is up with me??? This could all change in an hour or two, time will tell.
As for reading, Fletch and I are continuing to listen to "The Mind of the Raven" by Bernd Heinrich. It's good, though at times it sounds like a lecture rather than a book. I did finish "You are Here" by David Nicholls and enjoyed it very much. It's a charming and funny love story. Now I have started Brooklyn and am enjoying it a lot. I'm roughly a third of the way through it and already know I will be requesting "Long Island" which is the sequel. As I'm reading, I keep remembering reading "A Tree Grows in Brooklyn" and how much I loved that book.
Well, time for me to get moving. I have an appointment at 9 with the audiologist (just a follow up where I will most likely be scolded for not wearing my hearing aids on a regular basis). I need to dry my hair and put something in my stomach.
Take it easy today and be gentle with yourself and others. We will get through this.
I woke up and looked at the news and am in a state of shock. I don't know how we will get through this and think we're headed to a very bad place, though certainly being white and in a good place economically, my family isn't going to feel it as much as others.
ReplyDeleteYour (or, rather, Fletch's) socks look lovely -- and Mabel approved! She looks so tiny in that photo!
I can not imagine what the country will look like in four years, but we're going to have to figure out the best way to get through it. I feel terrible for the next generation and hope he doesn't get to appoint any more Supreme Court justices.
ReplyDeleteBut your socks are really beautiful and I also wondered if maybe you got a new kitten because Mabel looks so little. Maybe the socks are just large (but lovely)!
It is good to be in this mess with people who knit beautiful things.
ReplyDeleteThose socks are quintessential autumn! Beautiful Vera! (and I have no clue what the hell happened...)
ReplyDeleteLovely socks! I do like that colorway.
ReplyDeleteI tried to not look at the news but when I opened my iPad up at bedtime the notifications all hit me right in the face. I've been up all night. I couldn't sleep so I went outside and built a fire in my stove, drank coffee and stayed there burning stuff up and ranting to the stars until the sun came up. For a supposedly Christian country, we sure know how to elect very unChristian men.
Beautiful socks. The color is great and it also shows exactly how tiny little Mabel is. Piper wore a pair of Mandy's socks, (that I made her), to school today along with the sweater I just finished. Yesterday she wore the green one I made. Mandy said her outfit was a "made by Grandma day!" See what you have to look forward to with your new grandbaby? Now I need to make another pair of socks for Christmas!
ReplyDeleteBlessings and hugs,
Betsy
Beautiful socks! Beautiful cat!
ReplyDeleteLife goes on...
ReplyDeleteThe new pair of socks are superb; nice addition to Fletch's sock drawer!
Beautiful socks.Dumbfounding with you.
ReplyDeleteTapped Maple socks with Mabel. It's almost a poem. Sending you a hug.
ReplyDeletesuper cute socks and a lovely model that is sitting pretty!
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