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It never made it past 19F yesterday. I am looking forward to this weekend when they say it will get up in the high 50s. I am a bit skeptical since they haven’t nailed a high in the last couple of days. :). 10F at the moment.

You know that knitting mag I bought the other day? I went stash diving last night and came out with 12 colors of Knit Picks ( Read more... )

I am glad that I didn’t plant out the vedge plants yesterday. Frost hit last night. This morning we have a stiff breeze and overcast skies and its 47 degrees. Occasionally you can see the blue and the sun. They have issued a freeze warning through Tuesday morning ( Read more... )

Our hummers are hovering at the window this morning. The rain has diluted the feeder’s syrup and they want it changed. It still looks like it is going to rain some more today so I will just put in a small amount of syrup to hold them over ( Read more... )

You know, there are some real “_ _ _ holes” in Congress. Yesterday the Senate Environment & Public Works Committee was scheduled to vote on the nomination of Gina McCarthy as new head of the EPA,. Instead, they boycotted the procedure, thus the committee did not have a quorum in needed for a vote. Obstructionism, paid for by big business, plain and ( Read more... )

Our raptors have been cruising the gardens lately. They are such magnificent birds.

I put Jocelyn’s Garden up on the Quilting Gallery’s Show & Tell this week. Go give it a vote please ( Read more... )

Are you registered to vote? If not, what are you waiting for ( Read more... )

Up early this morning but at a more reasonable hour than the last time I wrote about it. :)

Here’s a quick pictorial update on the Onopordum acanthium - Wha daurs meddle wi me shawl. This is just as Round 75 was completed and shows the bottom part of the thistle.


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Up before the sun this morning looking out upon shining driveway pavement. It has rained and more is coming.

I finished the first sock of the 2nd pair last night while we watched our movie selection and got the second one underway. Dearest is sleeping at the moment - lucky boy - so I will get a picture after he gets up.


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Stormy looking skies here this morning and from the looks of the weather map it won’t be long before we get rain coming in from the mid-west.

Denying Science: Conspiracy Theories, Media Distortions, and the War Against Reality - one of the first reviews of Dearest new book ( Read more... )