Pumpkin Sunrise

  How are you doing today?  I'm doing okay, the Canadian wildfire has messed with the air quality which is messing with my breathing and my dry eyes even when I am wearing the scleral lenses. I tell you what, it is always something for me. Yesterday we all went to my dad's house to celebrate his birthday. We had a nice time. the grands (his great grands) were there and he had a potato digging event. The little ones loved it, they even had little garden gloves in which to dig into the dirt once the potato plants were emptied into the wheelbarrow.  Later on we had a lovely lunch on his screened in porch. In other news, I started another sock - don't be fooled I went outside for this photo and then came back inside due to the poor air quality. What's new with you? How is your air? 

  How are you today? Well I'm doing great and I'm thrilled to share with you my finished pair of socks that do not match. I am a very matchy matchy girl so this is unusual for me, but you know what? It is freeing to have them not match. I finished this pair over the weekend and they are for my husband. I immediately cast on another pair of socks for him right afterwards. I need easy knitting when I'm watching tv at night. In other news, it's hot again and I am hiding in the AC waiting for the hot humid weather to pass me by. What are you working on this week?

  Good morning! How are you doing today and how was your weekend? My weekend was fantastic in that I did nothing exciting at all. I read, I knitted, I sat on the back patio watching my birds and relaxing. I am feeling restored and rejuvenated. Oh and guess what? I heard the cicadas for the first time this weekend. We are in mid-summer now.  I have been feeling wonderful! Yes you read that right, I am feeling so good these days and feeling like myself. I've been on the new immunosuppressant for eight weeks now. It will not be in full effect for six months but I'm enjoying feeling the beginnings of it working. The other fact that makes me feel good is that I do not have a doctor's appointment for a MONTH. Whoop!  So far in the past year I have had doctor appointments with PCP, Rheumatologist, Pulmonologist, ENT and Cardiologist. Then I've had so much testing done by all of them. I am basking in my one month of no doctors.  Because I'm feeling better I am also feeling ...

  Good morning! How are you?  Well the weather is much more manageable this week, phew! I found it interesting that when it was super hot the birds didn't visit my feeders much. They were probably dying from the heat too. Anyways, I am grateful that it's just regular hot. Today is the first day I wished it was fall and that is the fastest ever. I haven't even made it one month into official summertime. I have a long long way to go. The title should be non-knitting news this week. I was recovering from a cold virus so I didn't knit much and when I did I worked on the second sock . I doubt I will be knitting much until Friday. We have the grands sleeping over tonight and they take all of my energy!! Do you like my cellphone in the photo? My little granddaughter (almost 3 yo) will say 'hang on, this is an emergency' and answer it. Ha ha. So cute. What are you working on this week? Are you ready for FALL?

  Good morning! How are you doing? How was your week? Happy Fourth of July a few days late. We had a family gathering that day and I am so very grateful for the helping hands that made my work less work. I paced myself and delegated and yet I was still exhausted. I miss the days when I had endless energy when I was younger. Anyways, I was excited to get an email from the local farmer's market that their corn was in!! Wahoo! Their corn is superior to any store bought corn. Just saying.. Yesterday after Mass, we offered to watch the local grand kids for an hour or so while my son and his wife did boring errands. My granddaughter played 'hospital'. That's the hospital in the photo above. I must say she is a thorough doctor and made everyone feel better. My grandson was building cars from my son's old brio set. Because of my virus battle (still winning!) I had low energy and did minimal knitting. However I did sit on the back patio when it wasn't sweltering hot and ...

  Good morning to you all, how are you doing today? Are you in this crazy heat wave? I am so very grateful I have AC and can sit inside my house and ignore the weather. Thank you for the well wishes, I am feeling better and I believe the cold is mostly gone which is a miracle. I am slowly building up my stamina again.  My knitting has been slow but I have been knitting. I snapped this photo yesterday on the back patio and am pleased you can see the color changes better. I am half way through the last chart of this gift shawl . As I said before, I might cast on another one when this is finished. I tend to be a knitting repeat offender, ha ha. What are you working on this week?