Little Crochet Time

No completed project this week, but a work in progress which is about 75% of the way done.  

Must get the outside work done. I only have two smaller areas in the front of the house that need to be cut back. Then I just have leaves to worry about. First the leaves must come down from the trees and they are very slow to do so this fall. 

I did spend an hour blowing off the worst of the leaves under the maple trees. If I get motivated tomorrow I may mow that section of yard to get the grass shorter. The leaves will blow off easier. Depends on how my back feels.  

Project Feeder Watch has also started for the winter. Citizen science at work reporting bird sightings and numbers. Helps track migration, population numbers and such. I need to get the extension cord hooked up to the water bath. It was frozen Thursday AM when I got up. Wasn't paying attention to how cold it was going to get! 

Mostly my yarn fills my closet. I haven't gotten so bad that yarn has taken over the house. I haven't purchased any more yarn since May when JoAnn's was in their final clearance days. I still look at things in catalogs and online, but don't actually buy anything.  

 Happy November!

Wonderful Wordy Wednesday

Less reading time and more outside work. Tuesday was less windy so I could get some of the leaves blown to the curb. Also hauled some of the stuff I cut down last Friday off. Much of this stuff is woody so I might just wait and leave this stuff for the spring brush pickup. 

My perennial garden is a mess and I have thought I could use a flamethrower to kill things off. They actually make them for home use! I was thinking I would have to get a small propane welding type thing, but no! I won't do anything until spring. I have turned off the outside water faucets and I won't do this unless I have a way to kill any fire!

I still have the smaller front flower beds to work on, then just leaves and mowing. Not too bad, plus the maple trees still haven't shed their leaves yet.  

Halloween was busy, way more people than usual and not little kids either. Max number in the past was around 30, this year 70-75! I came in when I ran out of candy.  

State of the Onion is the first of ten books in the White House Chef Mystery series. Olivia "Ollie" is an assistant chef at the White House and is a candidate to take over the top spot as executive chef. She helps foil an intruder into the grounds, but now her life seems to be in danger. Plus there is a new Etiquette Affairs person who is sticking his nose into everything to deal with. 

Murder is Binding a small New Hampshire town recruits people to come and open small bookstores. They do, but then things change when one of the bookstore owners is murdered. Did a local or a fellow store owner do it? I personally couldn't get into the author's style of writing, won't be reading more. It is an active series with the author writing more. 

Once Upon a Spine Brooklyn is finally meeting her in-laws to be. Also trying to figure out who is spreading graffiti on some of the local businesses. When a local store owner is killed and another seriously injured, Derek and Brooklyn come to the rescue. 

  Happy Reading 

Dona Nobis Pacem

 

Joining with many around the world in blogging for peace. 

Twenty Years! - Happy Blogversary!

Hard to imagine that twenty years ago Derby dipped his paws into the blogosphere. Here is his intro post from back then. It took a few days to start getting comments, but in time a whole big gang of cats formed. Sadly all of those cats are now at The Bridge. The parties must be crazy!

Oh the fun our furkids got into and then we humans joined in. Ducky has retired from blogging since he says all he does is eat, sleep, pee and poop!

Derby - my sweet but sassy boy. An angel for over 10 years now.  

 Ducky - sweet and a love bug with me, shy with strangers. 

 

 

My favorite joint picture. 

Happy Blogging!

Crochet Time

 Happy Halloween. 

Trick or treat locally is this evening. I have my goodies purchased, but have to actually get them ready. I always sort through what I buy to see if there are any pieces that are opened. Maybe save a few of the goodies for myself. 

World Series has another game Friday evening. If the Blue Jay's win it is over. I am hoping for a Blue Jay's victory. 

Latest blanket I finished during the marathon baseball game on Monday night to early Tuesday morning. Plus with Packers playing on Sunday evening I got a lot done then too. 

Blanket yarn is Big Twist Value, Roller Rink is the color. I did a blanket of this color last year. Nice, bright and cheery.  

 Ducky is doing OK, got some nice pictures of him sunning himself in the front window. 

If you are in the US, don't forget to find that hour in the clocks you hid in spring. I have all but one clock reset that I have to do manually. I started with the car on Thursday as that is the one I usually forget. 

 Happy Halloween!

 

Wonderful Wordy Wednesday

Ha! Monday was interesting. Trivia night and we did very good, second place with 74 points but only three teams this week. So everyone got a gift certificate! Nice of the bar manager to be generous. 

Came home to watch the last few innings of the World Series. It was the 7th inning about 9:30 when I go home and the game lasted to the 18th inning and ended just before 2 AM. Yes I stayed up, hope the Tuesday night game doesn't last that late. I should have taken a nap this afternoon, but instead I finished reading a book. Game time was 6 hours and 39 minutes!

What I found out was that the local station that had the game on actually had their news staff stay and do a live news report at 2 AM. Crazy.  

Weather is good, slowly getting outside stuff done.  

Grace Under Pressure is the first of a series called Manor House Mysteries. Grace is the newly hired assistant curator at a manor house which serves as a museum and high end hotel. When the curator is killed she is suspected of killing him to get the top job. In trying to figure out who did the murder she finds out someone has been trying to blackmail the owner. Interesting book but not enough to make me want to read the rest of the series.  

Paper of Wreakage is the story of the New York Post over the past 40 -50 years which corresponds to ownership by Rupert Murdoch. The Post is the longest continually published newspaper but under the Murdoch ear it was turned into a tabloid paper. Authors gather comments from people who worked at the paper during these years. The authors also worked there. Not knowing the paper that well, not being a reader this book didn't do much for me. 

 

Happy Reading. 

Crochet Time

Fall is really here, freeze warning was out this past day. I am not worried about keeping any plants alive and blooming any more. My few mums that are in the pot are good until I dump them. I pulled my annuals out a few weeks ago. Still mowing the lawn, chewing up leaves or pushing the heavier piles of leaves into the street for pickup by the village.

Saw the orthopedic people this past week and my hip pain is bursitis, not the hip joint failing. They gave me an injection of cortisone and things feel better. Good thing, sleeping better, less pain.  

Got this blanket done last week during one of the last Milwaukee Brewer's game. They lost all four games to the Dodgers to are out of the baseball playoffs. Not really that interested in watching the World Series although I might watch part of a game or two.  

This blanket is Big Twist Rave yarn, Lava Lamp is the color. I think I used to have a lava lamp with these colors! 

I finally have all of the yarn I had in bags on the shelves. If I counted correctly I have enough yarn here for 23 blankets!

 

Happy crochet time, Happy Weekend.   

Wonderful Wordy Wednesday

Ah yes, I forgot to add in the intro! Too busy doing something else and being off the computer. 

More fall like weather, cooler, rain showers. I do need to mow the back yard but not when it is wet. 

Watched F1: The Movie at the library on Tuesday. Not bad watching Brad Pitt and racecars for a couple of hours! On a rainy afternoon!

 

Fur Love or Money the gang at the Second Chance store is working to find out how and who killed Ian Stone. Seems he faked his own death a few  years ago and took off with the millions people had invested with him. Suspect list is long!

Books of a Feather the tenth installment of the Bibliophile Mysteries. Brooklyn and Derek are back in their remodeled loft. Derek gets a visit from an old school chum and Brooklyn is buried in work, all having to do with birds. 

 

If I didn't keep adding more books every month I could probably be caught up in about a year. I read 10 and add 12! Never to be caught up! 

Happy Reading.