Read a book!

Day 246

I am thankful for books!  Lots and lots of books!  I updated my "read, read, read" page today.  Oh my, I didn't realize I had so many new books on my Kindle.  I am also thankful for free and very inexpensive books.  They are now alphabetized and updated. 

Shivers has a new favorite place to sit during quiet times.  7-10 p.m. is not quiet time.

The yellow scarf is moving along.  I'm learning how to hold things and how long I can work.

Figuring out a thumb.

Day 245

I am thankful for trying something new.  I am learning how to put a thumb on a mitten.  Well, it's really a fingerless mitt but I've been wanting thumbs.   The only loomed thumbs that I've seen stick straight out from the mitt.  I wanted a "gusseted" thumb that gives more ease of movement.   I think I have the basic shape and how to knit it on the loom at the same time as the mitt.  Now I have to figure out how to attach it as the rest of the mitt progresses.  Nothing like a good puzzle!  No pictures yet.  Maybe as I construct the second mitt.

For today's pictures....yet another rose bud and another puppy pic.

Shivers has only been here two days but he patrols the yard like it's his.  He barks at the neighbor's dogs but the big golden retrievers in the house behind seem to intimidate him.  They have big barks.

And this is a surprise from my dear niece!  I have a growing collection of these on my backyard fences. 

A yard is a good thing.

Day 244

I am thankful for the yard guy.   Things get done that I don't know need doing and when I ask for something that gets done, too.  Yay!

From the yard, the rose that doesn't quit

This is my little charge for the next 3 days.   He reminds me that I do not want to have another dog anytime soon.  He's a good little guy but not what I want for myself. 

Don't forget to brush

Day 243

I am thankful for the dentist who catches the problems in my teeth when the problems are small and fixes them so they don't get worse.  I'm not so happy about the headache afterward but it's gone, too. 

This is the last of my hats for Malawi:

Here are the four sets.  I went to Walmart this morning and bought four more receiving blankets since they request specifically mentioned a lack of lightweight blankets.  We are so abundantly blessed to be able to pay so little for so much.

Summer's bounty

Day 242

I am thankful for fresh berries in a smoothie.   Yum.

Breakfast:

The last of the baby sets:

The cool of a summer morning

Day 241

I am thankful for summer mornings to go grocery shopping.  I always miss morning shopping when school starts back up. 

Yesterday's hat-finished!
I'm so happy to be knitting.  :^D

Time together

Day 240

I am thankful for a good weekend with my Sis.   Just an ordinary weekend spending time together is so enjoyable.  Thanks, Sis!

I've finished the yellow premie set and started with a blue set-not premie: