The sun's up, the air was single-digit cold overnight, and it's going to be cold all day. Yesterday new yarn arrived! It was some time ago I ordered it, and had forgotten it was expected, so it's a treat! It's a nice wool/alpaca blend, hand-dyed in misty colors of grey, blue, purple and a dusky pink. The brand is Manos del Uruguay. I think it will be another shawl. So this is the week we get ready to drive down to Phoenix. I think we'll go across Arizona to Flagstaff then south through Sedona.... Sign in to see full entry.
Sunday, January 12, 2025
Thursday, January 9, 2025
YoYo Colorado Weather!
Wind is up, and snow is dancing around every which way! Temps down in the 20s today, while we had near 40 yesterday and expect that for tomorrow. What snow doesn't blow away will melt everywhere except where it drifts deep or lies in shadows. High wind alert for the next several hours warns of winds 30-40mph, gusts to 60. The news from California is appalling... BBC reported on celebrities losing their homes, and one might sneer at that focus, but I think it humanizes people who have lived on... Sign in to see full entry.
Tuesday, January 7, 2025
Tuesday is my Monday
The day is taking its time to get going this morning. Here it is, after 7, and the sky is a solemn grey. About two inches of snow are laid on the back porch rail. which is nothing to brag or complain about considering what some of you to the east are getting these past couple of days! It is cold, dropping to 14 last night, and today's high is not expected to get over 26F. I've just had breakfast, even before my usual routine of checking the NY Times for any news that they consider fit to print,... Sign in to see full entry.
Monday, December 30, 2024
yoyo weather
It has been a mostly quiet day, if you don't count 20 minutes of jackhammer out in front of the house that served as a wakeup call. It's been cool, going on down to really cold tonight, they say 18F, so it will be a little cooler than that. Charlie's all raspy-voiced next door and slept most of the day away. I crocheted much of the day, finally completing a shawl/blanket that I enjoy the thought of sending to my friend Patty in Maryland. She is around my age, she's had a rough year, and this... Sign in to see full entry.
Sunday, December 29, 2024
Almost...
I was awake just after 4 this morning, managed to stay tucked up in the warm and cozy until 5:15, well ahead of the alarm set for 5:45. Had to be up In Time today! I didn't hang out in my pjs but got dressed immediately, including extra layers for warmth, and was having breakfast by 6. We had to be out by 6:30 to be where we needed to be by 7. But, alas... Charlie messaged me as I was sitting down to eat: Too windy aloft: Event cancelled. It has been on my bucket list since before that movie... Sign in to see full entry.
Saturday, December 28, 2024
The Between Times
This morning during the time between night and day, the clouds are just beginning to take on a bit of a blush, and the very thinnest crescent of the waning moon is visible behind the net of branches of a tree behind my house. I made soup last night for a low-carb meal after finishing off the pecan pie after lunch. This morning I added a beaten egg to the last of the soup to make it breakfast. Yesterday Charlie and I were up in Woodland Park at the Dinosaur Resource Center as vendors for their... Sign in to see full entry.
Tuesday, December 24, 2024
Christmas Eve Shenanigans
To start, it was only yesterday that it really sank in: Christmas Day is Wednesday, not Thursday. An d that meant today is Christmas Eve. For years now I've done the heavy cooking on the Eve and we've had the feast, slept full and content, and on Christmas Day Mom was not relegated to the kitchen while everyone else played with their new toys, read their new books. Instead, we parents often went back to bed as we'd been up all night making the magic. And eating was picking off leftovers all day.... Sign in to see full entry.
Thursday, December 19, 2024
For animal-lovers!
Just spent a fine part of an hour listening to a podcast: The Deal With Animals. It's a very professionally produced series of interviews with people in or related to the field of anthrozoology. This one was with Sy Montgomery. She has written about various animals--"The Soul of an Octopus" was the first I read--and now she's published "What The Chicken Knows." That's what this episode of The Deal With Animals is chiefly about but this very conversational visit between Marika Bell and Sy... Sign in to see full entry.
Wednesday, December 18, 2024
Ghosts of Christmas Past
Charlie and I were talking today about how there doesn't seem to be much Christmas spirit this year, only a little more than a week before The Day. Now, after reading Pat's and Kabu's posts, I'm also reminiscing about my own Christmas memories. I remember what was probably my 3rd Christmas when I was given a big hardbound book--The Illustrated Treasury of Children's Literature--and was so impressed, they'd given me a real 'grown up book!' I remember my 5th Christmas when I was living with my... Sign in to see full entry.
Friday, December 13, 2024
Windy night!
Winds are kicking up fierce tonight! According to the weather station, it's only around 15 mph, maybe bigger gusts, so probably not damaging. It will be a nice background to go to sleep by! Pixie is cuddled up beside me, savoring the warmth and purring audibly. Except for a drive to the UPS store and the grocery store, I've been home working on the latest blanket which will be a big crib blanket if I stop soon, or a lap robe if I use up the rest of the yarn. It's a combination of rich yellows... Sign in to see full entry.