Now that it's the second week of school, life has returned to a more normal pattern. No more feeling like I was living in frat house where everybody was up all night. While I enjoyed some of the serendipity days where we took off on day trips, a regular schedule feels good.
After the year feeling like it rushed by, August seems to be lingering. That's okay. I like having a slow down of time for a change. I am trying to get as much of the Molly book written by the end of the month when I have to let the next Crochet and Crumpet book move ahead of it.
The area in Indiana where it takes place was on my mind this week. There was a terrible storm with tornadoes that did a lot of damage in the area. The storm did a lot of damage in Chicago. There were tornadoes there as well. The whole summer has been difficult there. I get a local online newspaper from Chicago and I read how so many summer festivals were ruined by weather. At one point, it rained for seven days straight.
The next Crochet and Crumpet book takes place in the fall around Halloween. It will be the first fall weather with falling leaves that Annie Sara and Gray experience since they both have only lived in Southern California. I am looking forward to working on it and immersing myself in all the fall colors and crisper weather. I had called the book, Falling Leaves as in tea leaves and tree leaves, but I need another title. This publisher isn't into punny titles, so maybe I'll go for something like Murder Among the Falling Leaves.
Back to real life, Kitten's eye is not completely back to normal, but it seems better. Everything else about her seems normal so we are still letting things be.
I'm still working on the crocheted wave pattern blanket. I feel like I should call it the blanket that keeps me calm. I have no problem unraveling when I make a mistake since it is all about the physical working with the yarn and hook as opposed to finishing the project.
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Good morning -- I agree -- August seems to be going by rather slowly. The summer has been hot -- some really blistering days -- but not too bad. The monsoon season has been rather skimpy -- just a couple heavy rains.
I'm looking forward to next Tuesday when "Danger Looms" arrives. My project at the moment is a horizontal stripe granny blanket, using an ombre yarn called True Blue -- shades of blue ranging from sky blue to a deep navy. I usually only work on one project at a time but I'm also making a baby blanket for a friend of my son -- the baby isn't due for a few months so I have plenty of time.
My condo shares a breezeway area with neighbors. One of them put some potted plants on a low wall that divides the area but, unfortunately, the plants were being neglected. I asked her if I could repot them and would water them when I watered mine. She said that would be great. I love having lots of greenery and hate to see it wilting. I have 22 potted plants on my patio -- I had 125 at my house in Texas.
I wish the Molly book was next in the queue but the Tea and Crumpet books are enjoyable, too. I look forward to all of them.
Enjoy your routine day, your writing, your crocheting.
Whoops -- Crochet and Crumpet, not Tea!!
Patty, the blanket you are working on sounds lovely. How nice to give those plants a boost. Being surrounded by greenery is great. It's the weekend, so Jakey will be here. Enjoy your weekend.
I've made the horizontal stripes granny before using multicolored yarn but not the ombre -- the ombre is working very well.
I do miss Fall in the Chicago area. Every year we would make a trip to an apple orchard and stock up on apples and doughnuts. Here in Florida I occasionally get a good apple from Costco. Mostly they are not crisp enough. I remind myself that I am totally over a Chicago winter.
The year has gone so fast. I can't believe it. Christmas will be here before we know it.
Sally. Fall in Chicago is always nice. Funny that you should mention Midwest apples. I am going to write about them in the upcoming Crochet and Crumpet book. The year is going by fast. That's why I'm glad that August seems to be going slow.
Oops, I didn't mean to delete your comment, Miriam and there doesn't seem to be a way to undo it. I know you said you like your routines too and that you were surprised that the weather was hotter in the hills above Beverly Hills than in the flats where you live. That is surprising as it is usually cooler in the hills. Whatever it is though I bet is cooler than the 102 here in Tarzana.
I always considered fall my favorite season when I lived in the east, Betty, but it's not as exciting in California. And Indiana? We have family living there who've lost power but fortunately weren't in the worst of the weather.
Hi Betty. Your Facebook post about the upcoming Yarn retreat book brought me back to the blog. Our cat has been having a bad allergy season as well (must be something local we are in Encino). We started giving him Rocco and Roxie allergy cat treats and it’s made a huge difference. Plus he goes crazy for them.
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