Yarn & Suds

I got a text yesterday afternoon from CS asking if anyone might be interested in getting together to knit at Zambaldi this afternoon. I quickly replied with a resounding Yes! Unfortunately no one else could make it so it was just CS and me today but we had a nice 3 hour knit and chat. She had a beer; I had root beer. I got a few rounds added to one of the Christmas projects. Maybe I'll make the deadline after all. Oh, I almost forgot to mention that CS brought me a little box of her special Thanksgiving leftovers casserole. I had it for supper and it was delicious. Thanks a bunch, CS!

It was colder overnight. See the glacier growing in the birdbath? I went out to top it up again so that the warmer water would melt the ice a bit. I don't know where all the water goes. Maybe it evaporates in the cold and wind. However it goes away I have to make sure to have the heater covered as much as possible so that the heater does its job.

This squirrel figured out how to get some bites of the suet cakes. It hung there for the longest time shifting this way and that looking for the choicest bits of the fatty, seedy treat.

Today's drawing is called Traffic Jam. I'm not sure how it got that name since it's just a pile of boxes all crammed together. It was kind of fun to draw and figure out how to slant the eyes in each one. I enjoyed the shading too, especially around the eyes which made them look like they popped out of the surface.

The watercolor wildflower today is Cowslip. I don't think I've ever seen it but it was fun to paint although I don't think I made the higher flowers big enough. That's okay. It looks fine.

And I drew a gratitude journal page for today too. Again I managed it on the day rather than waiting until the next day. I might be getting the hang of this again. I probably shouldn't say that because that's a sure way to skip a day or two.

I put fresh sheets on the bed and fresh towels in the bathroom today. I did a bunch of other house things too, like put the jingle bell wreath on the front door and carry up the clean laundry. I didn't fold it yet but at least it's on the same floor as my dresser.

Did I tell you I caught a mouse in the basement the other day? I went down to get something from the pantry shelves down there and I noticed that the glue trap had moved. I looked more closely and there was a little mousie stuck to it. Ick. So I got some gloves, swapped in a new glue trap, carried the old one out to the trash and while I was at it I replace the empty Decon tray in the garage with a new one. I know it's almost impossible to keep mice out especially this time of year but... ugh.

--Barbara