Knitting Peek

I am lucky I took a picture quickly of the leaves on the lawn, because The Gardeners have already mowed and mulched them into invisibility! BUT......

Here is a look at the nutmeg colored vest I'm working on. I am doing the two fronts at the same time on a straight needle---which I had to borrow from Saint Bev, because I don't have size 9, straights.

I must have 20 size 8's. What's up with that?

This is an ideal project for football season. I can be a couch potato, yet feel like I'm accomplishing something. Plus it isn't too boring to work on, if I keep switching from back to front.

I'm easily bored and I'm blaming it on hanging around computers. (Even if it isn't their fault.)

I finished Cutting for Stone and I enjoyed it very much---in spite of having to read it off my computer screen. (Insert sad face here.) I loved it for all the grisly medical stuff, so I have to admit it isn't everyone's cup of tea.

Good Guy is busy planning for his annual trip to NYC and I have a busy week planned here in his absence. He has a great time, and I enjoy being here and spending a few days with my sisters at a quilting retreat while he's away. When he returns he's such a welcome sight!

Yesterday I was checking his cell phone, deleting old voice mails, etc. when I came upon a voice message from my Uncle Earl who died in June. I couldn't bear to delete it. He was just "checking up" and I'm happy to listen to it once in a while and think he's still keeping track of me.

I'm looking forward to spending some time with his family this weekend when they come to deposit his ashes where he requested they be placed. There is a bible camp where he was both a camper and a staff member years ago, and I understand that it is also where he learned he was a member of the family---when he was a teenager. (My grandmother died when he was an infant, and my grandfather had his hands full with six older children. So he was adopted by family friends who were childless.)

Anyway, he was a wonderful part of our family, full of fun, loyal, kind, patriotic, conservative, loving and usually pretty healthy. We all miss him and believe him to be in a better place.

In an abrupt segue, I must confess that our amazing warm fall weather has given way to rain. Actually, we are happy to have some because the fire danger was pretty high over the weekend and it was scary when the winds came up, too. But we had a nice rain and it's still cloudy. It isn't cold, though.

I wish you a happy Wednesday.