Unraveled Wednesday 10/16/19

Good Morning!

It is a grey, damp day here in Eastern PA.  It's not raining yet, but heavy soaking rains are forecast beginning around Noon and lasting about 12 hours!  I may need to build a boat to get home.

As I mentioned in my post yesterday, a bit of unraveling did occur this week.  In my defense I was not feeling well (the tooth issue and a cold?  or allergies?) when I started Colin's blanket.  The pattern is North of the River and instead of starting with the bottom border I skipped those rows completely and jumped right into the set up rows.  LOL  I have since re-started.  The border (seed stitch) is almost complete:

That is a bright yellow!!  This is a bulky yarn (using a size 11 needle).  The pattern calls for Super bulky yarn and a size 15 needle, but I think that would ruin my hands...so instead I am adding pattern repeats to make the blanket a good size.  I'm hoping to make a bit more progress on this tonight.

There was no knitting at lunch yesterday (working straight through these days), but I'm hoping to sneak in a little bit today on the socks for my sister-in-law.

Now that it feels like Fall has finally arrived, I changed out the runner on our buffet and am back to lighting candles at dinner time.

The vase is holding Beauty Berry - so pretty.  We don't have that on our property, but Fletch was at a client's on Monday and brought some home.

We do eat by candle light each night now that it is a bit darker.  The little tray with gourds, candles and pine cones just about blends into my Fall tablecloth.  The gourds are some Fletch picked up before we went on vacation and we had them on our table in the camper.

I'm between books right now and have been too tired at night to start something new.  Fletch and I did finish Tom Sawyer while on vacation and are now reading "Tender is the Night" by Fitzgerald.  I had read this years ago, but am enjoying it once again.

Linking up with Kat for Unraveled Wednesday.  Hop on over to her blog to see what she and others are making and reading.

A Quiet Evening!

Hello All,


I'm happy to report that last night was Quiet!!


Fletch did talk with both the police and the Township Code Enforcer (who was called at 4 a.m. after Fletcher's initial complaint).  The contractors were/are well aware of the noise ordinance.  When the police arrived the other night they had just poured concrete and, therefore, couldn't stop their work.  Our guess is that they have/had some kind of a deadline to meet in order to achieve a bonus...and the bonus far out-weighed any fine they might be slapped with for "disturbing the peace."


I did leave work early yesterday - by 3 p.m. - but when I got home I didn't feel all that tired so I cleaned the bathrooms, threw a load of towels in the wash, did a workout, got a shower and then had time to sit on the patio with Fletch and enjoy a beverage before dinner.  We walked out to the garden and yay!!  Spinach and red leaf lettuce are both ready to pick for salads.  Soon the garlic scapes will appear and we'll trim them to use and (hopefully) the garlic bulbs will grow and grow (we have 6 different varieties of garlic this year).  Rhubarb is going crazy as are our onions.  Sugar snap peas are up and growing, but our green beans are slow to appear this year.  The tomato and pepper plants that Fletch put in after vacation are thriving and getting big.


Yesterday I did a little more knitting outside at lunch (and after dinner).  I'm on the home stretch with sock #2.  Only about 8 rows to go before the toe decreases, so I should easily be able to do that today at lunch...and maybe even some of the toe.


It's a little foggy/overcast this morning, but is supposed to hit 78 by the afternoon with a possible thunderstorm this afternoon or evening.  Colin is coming over for dinner and Fletch is grilling steaks.  I'm hoping for a walk after dinner if the rain holds off.


Nice to be on the downside of the work week and I'm looking forward to the weekend.  We have plans to go into Philadelphia with Colin and Mailing.  We have reservations for brunch at Whetstone Tavern and then plan to go to The Museum of the American Revolution - a relatively new museum in Philadelphia and one that Fletch has wanted to get to.  Colin and Mailing are planning to grill dinner (hot chicken) for us at our house that evening.


Hope today brings you all something to enjoy!