Unraveled Wednesday 12/4/24

 Greetings My Friends,

December 4th:  Mailing's due date!!!  No baby yet.  Mailing's birthday is less than a week ago; Colin's is next Wednesday...hoping the baby will come in the middle somewhere.  Each morning I look at my texts first thing to make sure there was no rush to the hospital, but nothing so far.

And it is still chilly here.  This morning my phone says 16 degrees!  The thermometer on the patio is sitting right at 20.

I receive notices when the ISS goes by our neck of the woods.  Often it is at 4 a.m. or some other ungodly hour.  But yesterday it was at 5:10 p.m.  I suddenly remembered that and ran outside.  Sure enough, there it was.

I so enjoy watching it fly by and wondering what those inside are doing.  It feels like a miracle each time I see it and it makes me feel like a little kid again.  Nothing wrong with that!

Another thing I am enjoying is giving peanuts and other stuff (stale bread, old fruit) to the deer.  I found a bag of hazelnuts that was old (like at least a year) so I took those out.  Gone quickly!  Next I found a partial container of raspberries in the fridge that had seen much better days.  There was a doe in the yard when I took the berries out and she did not move!  She just waited for me to come closer.  I'll admit I was getting a little nervous (they are BIG creatures)...but she finally backed off and I could put the berries on the table.  I turned around and walked back to the house and when I looked, she was already going at the berries.  We've seen a couple of very young bucks in the yard too, but they stay pretty far back from the house and are more nervous about coming close.

Meanwhile, it's Wednesday!  Time to link up with Kat and her Merry Band of Unravelers to talk about making and reading.  If you read my post yesterday, you know I have been stitching, but some knitting has been going on as well.  Sock #2 for Colin now has the leg finished and it's on to the heel flap and turn.

I'm dreaming and scheming of what to make next...when really I should attempt to finish some of my lingering projects (hello Hitch on the Move and Semplice shawls).  Time will tell.  Of course, I have a boatload of sock yarn from The Farmer's Daughter waiting for me to cast on...but I keep thinking that I might want to knit a sweater.  Who me?  This could all be foolish behavior on my part, but we shall see.

Reading has been good.  Fletch and I are still working our way through listening to "The Mind of the Raven" by Bernd Heinrich.  I think we are now under 3 hours left (yay).  This past week I read A Quiet Life by Ethan Joella.  I think I mentioned this book last week.  There are three main characters all of whom have lost someone and despite the sadness of that, the book is full of hope and (of course) all of these main characters intersect and impact each other.  An easy and comfortable read.

Enough from me!  Head over to Kat's and check out what everyone else is making and reading.  I guarantee you will be inspired.  Now I've got to dry my hair (cold head) and pour another cup of coffee.  Happy Hump Day!