Monday, November 24, 2025

Overcast & Dreary

It occurred to me that I feel and do much better when it's sunny out. Today it was not sunny. I didn't have a lot of oomph today. The only birds I saw were these Sparrows on the square green feeder. I hoped to see a woodpecker but no luck. I didn't even see a squirrel or maybe all the interesting wildlife showed up when I was on this morning's Zoom with cda or when I was doing the afternoon school run or writing today's words.

 


While waiting for the school bell to ring, I knitted on Car Knitting Washcloth #19. I even managed to knit wearing fingerless gloves. Usually I'm not talented enough to do that but I did it today. This yarn is skinnier than usual washcloth yarn so the cloth is smaller than usual. That's okay, I'll just knit more rows to make it bigger.

 

cda had a lot of good suggestions and ideas about the next Seaview Series book. I sent her the first 7 pages last week to critique for today and she caught the fact that I needed to clue the reader in as to time and place and relationships. Stuff I didn't think of when I dived into writing this story. Writing went a little easier today than it has the last few days. That felt good.

 


LC baked pumpkin snickerdoodles for her Girl Scout event tomorrow and gave me a few to take home. I had to sneak one at a red light on the way home and they're delicious. I'm trying to save them to make them last. That may not work out. They're so good.

 

That was my day. I didn't draw or do a gratitude journal page. I watched Antiques Roadshow after supper and knitted a few rounds on Llama Mitten #2 but not enough to warrant a picture. Tomorrow I need to bake a batch of onion bread so it'll be ready for Thanksgiving dinner on Thursday. If I bake tomorrow, it'll be cool and stable enough that I can use the electric slicer on it and not have it fall apart.

According to my phone it's supposed to rain tonight, snow on Wednesday and again on Saturday. I guess that means I really have to move the snowblower from the shed to the garage and put the lawnmower in the shed. I wish I had someone young and strong to do it but there's only me so I guess I'm it.

--Barbara 

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