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While herding cats this evening Hubby and I spotted this doe with her very young twin fawns. In the valley down below the loud fireworks were booming and it was scaring this momma. She was running back and forth not able to get away from the noise and protect her babies. I had wondered in the past what the wild animals thought of all the noise and hoped they interpreted it as thunder but obviously it's more like the sound of gunshots to them. Good thing the Fourth is only once a year.

Pattern: Vanilla Socks with Fish Lips Kiss Heels Yarn: Schachenmayr Regia Tweed Color Colorway: 7493 Herbstlaub Needle Size: US Size 1

I finished my third annual Stash Dash Sock Leftover Afghan and am happy with the results. What a lovely way to use up all the sock yarn leftovers! Pattern: Make a Long Story Short by Wanda Sowizdrzal Yarn: Leftover bits and bobs of 80%/20% sock yarn Colorway: all sorts of colors!! Needle Size: US Size 4 Pattern: Vanilla Socks Yarn:Schachenmayr Regia Twed Color 4fadig/4ply Colorway: 7495 Winterzauber Needle Size: US Size 1 Total as of today: 6,661.8 meters

We had another fun Friday on zoom with the family. As always everyone thought the picture of grandpa and grandma was "the hardest yet."   (Above is this week's winner.) In the 1930's and 40's muscular men were known as "beef cakes" and cute little gals were called "cupcake" or "sweetie." Obviously the husband still sees himself as a real beef cake!

Last December I picked up a couple of cans of pumpkin for pumpkin bread and pumpkin curry soup. The family loves to have a slice of pumpkin bread toast in the morning with their coffee or soup for a quick lunch. But when I got home it was pumpkin PIE FILLING and into the pantry the cans went. The next time I stopped by the grocery store, I bought several more cans of pumpkin only to get home only to find they too were cans of pie filling. In the end there was no bread or soup for the family. We are not a pumpkin pie family so they've been sitting in the pantry gathering dust. These days of Covid and trying to staying home as much as possible, I've been trying to use as much of the existing stored food as possible. I found this recipe, and  feel it's good enough to share.  Pumpkin Muffins  (makes 24)     1 ½ cups whole wheat flour     1 ½ cups all-purpose flour     5 teaspoons pumpkin pie spice     2 teas...

This week's art challenge was my choice. I thought we'd chill and produce a still life. I was impressed by everyone's artwork. Still Life With Apples (1893-94) Paul Cezanne  Above is this week's winner. Some artist's grocery orders arrived late, others went to the store but didn't like apples and bought tomatoes so there would be no waste, others just went to the store, bought the apples and will eat them whether they want to or not!

Yesterday it rained all day and gave us an inch of moisture! No better way to spend my afternoon than to finish the quilt I'd started weeks earlier. This quilt was made from leftover fabric from the puppy dog quilt, nice but not a favorite. It will keep a baby warm someday!