Good Morning!
It's a little wet outside this morning. I heard heavy rain during the night, but looking at my phone, it appears that the rain is over for the day. However, a sweatshirt and leggings will be my outfit today for watching Iris. I tend to feel cold when it is damp out.
The other day when I pulled out of our driveway heading to Colin's I stopped and stared. At first I thought I was seeing a wild turkey (we used to have them all around the neighborhood). But, it turned out to be a turkey vulture. Friends, these birds are HUGE! He/She was in Rob's yard pulling up something with a bone attached. He/She flew off as soon as I snapped the picture and that wing span was just amazing!
Happy Earth Day! It also happens to be Wednesday, the day I usually link up with Kat for Unraveled Wednesday, but Kat is taking a little break from blogging, so there is no link up today. I'd still like to show you my knitting and talk about what I've read.
The second Panning for Gold sock is progressing nicely. I'm a little more than halfway down the foot. Some mornings at Colin's I can knit a row or two as Colin and Iris finish up their morning walk. And, usually when they have lunch I can manage 5-8 rows. Not fast progress, but it is progress.
This sock will be finished up in good time.
Reading has again been great! I finished our next RWU book (our discussion will be in June). Good People by Patmeena Sabit is a powerful book. I wasn't sure that I would like the format, but I thought it worked quite well. Even though I would have liked to hear the voices of the family, I think the absence of those voices gave a certain strength to the novel. I'll reserve my other thoughts/comments for our discussion in early June.
Next up I read Everyday Sacred: A Woman's Journey Home by Sue Bender. I read and enjoyed "Plain and Simple" by the author decades ago when it came out and enjoyed it. The story of the Begging Bowl in "Everyday Sacred"was interesting. The book is a very quick and peaceful read. Looking in one of our bookcases, I found a copy of "Plain and Simple" and I may re-read that some point (right now I have way too many library books on my nightstand!).
The last book I finished this past week is The Sound of a Wild Snail Eating by Elisabeth Tova Bailey. Oh my! I absolutely loved this book. So many fascinating details...I almost want to find a snail of my own!! A very beautiful and thought provoking book.
As if I don't already have enough library books on my nightstand, yesterday on my way home I picked up 3 more! Two are poetry books that I'm looking forward to reading. One will go in my bag today when I head over to Colin's.
Have a wonderful Wednesday and tell me what you've been making and reading lately.
I do love those Panning for Gold Socks, and you will soon be done. Last week I looked for Twisted Owl's website and it seems as if she's no longer dyeing and selling yarn. Some of her yarn is still available from yarn stores, but alas, no Panning for Gold. I guess the moral of this is that we should buy the yarn we love when we see it because you don't know what the future will hold! I felt the same way about Wild Snail and I loved Sex of the Midwest. Strange title but I really enjoyed the characters. Thanks!
ReplyDeleteThose socks will be done very soon! I think we're going to have a great conversation about Good People -- so much to discuss!
ReplyDeleteTurkey vultures give me the creeps, LOL. I'm glad you enjoyed Good People, I do think there's a lot to talk about with this one.
ReplyDeleteI'm so glad you enjoyed The Sound of a Wild Snail Eating! I just loved it -- and I've been looking for snails out in my garden - haven't seen one yet, but I'll leave it there when I do. ;-) Enjoy your day with Iris. (And knitting progress happens one stitch at a time.) XO
ReplyDeleteI haven't seen my nesting pair of black vultures in a long while. They should be working on this year's nest out in the abandoned shed but there's no sign of them. They are the same size as the turkey vultures that come by from time to time but much cuter imho.
ReplyDeleteLove the socks! Where our house is situated, we get a lot of air patterns that the vultures love. Sometimes we'll have eight zooming around over the driveway. THEY ARE HUMONGOUS.
ReplyDeleteI remember walking to school the first Earth Day===it poured! lol
ReplyDeleteWe had 6-8 turkey vultures at our crow feeding station--they took it over!
Look at that sock! A few rows per day or even every other day makes for good progress. I'm chugging along on a baby blanket and picked up a new nonfiction book - Storm Pegs: A Life in Shetland.
ReplyDeleteTurkey vultures always intimidate me. Very scary looking. Those socks are so cool.
ReplyDeleteBlessings and hugs,
Betsy