Day 301 of 2024

Web on Bridge 

Fireball opted for an outdoor adventure for his birthday. 

It was a grand day.

 

Day 300 of 2024

It feels so late when the sun sets so early.

 

Day 299 of 2024

One of my two favorite trees in fall. 

I think I take at least one picture of it each year. 

Later it will be all yellow and take my breath away.

 

Day 298 of 2024

My goal for the day was to finish this cute hat. 

Check that off my list.

 

Day 297 of 2024

It's been about ten days since my last photo of this dahlia. 

It has made great progress and will probably open much more, 

but the weather is about to get colder again

 and I'm not sure this one will get to full bloom. 

So I'm sharing this today in case progress stops.

If it doesn't, expect more pictures of the same flower. 

Upon inspection, I can see that I might have

 three more buds on different plants. 

If they make it, I'll show you those also.

 

Day 296 of 2024

Pileated Woodpecker.

This is the first time I have seen one at the feeders. 

I have only ever seen one in the woods before. 

She is huge.

 

Day 295 of 2024

I assembled some festive string lights. 

I need to figure out exact locations, 

but the two strands that I have will adorn our dining room...

I think.

 

Day 294 of 2024

Someone famous is coming to town soon. 

The city is preparing by putting her image onto the side of a huge hotel. 

I can see it from the stadium where I am at a football game today

 and she will be performing in November.

 

Day 293 of 2024

Update on the Spooky Hat:

I finished the pumpkins and moved on to the ghosts. 

The ghosts were finished this evening 

and I'll be moving on to moons and stars next.

 

Day 292 of 2024

Harvest Nights at Newfields is fabulous. 

It would be so hard to describe so I'll just say 

that there are so many pumpkins and surprises throughout. 

I'll leave you here with carved pumpkins

 hanging in trees with firefly lights. 

If you're in town, 

it's definitely worth the visit.

(Another One Big Adventure)

 

Day 291 of 2024

One Big Adventure. 

Fireball and I went to a show tonight. 

Marc Scibilia. 

It was really good.

 

Day 290 of 2024

I started knitting this for Fireball a while ago. 

I must have gotten distracted because here it is unfinished. 

I guess it's time to get busy and finish it.

 

Day 289 of 2024

97% waxing gibbous.

Tomorrow is the full moon, 

but I could not pass up this shot of tonight's moon.

 

Day 288 of 2024

Bubbles are always a good time.

 

Day 287 of 2024

I've got another dahlia getting ready to bloom. 

I believe this one will be different than the other two. 

My first bud took 3 weeks to fully bloom. 

The second one took only a week. 

I'm eager to see how long this one takes.

 

Day 286 of 2024

Today was a successful cooperative IKEA building day.

 

Day 285 of 2024

This has always been a very favorite note pad. 

It occurs to me this is true because 

I love the color combinations included in the artwork. 

I have saved this photo in my "color" album on my phone. 

That is where I go for inspiration

 when planning a quilt or knitting project. 

It is good to know that when the notepad is gone 

I will still have the opportunity to experience the joy it brings me.

 

Day 284 of 2024

Early voting has opened up downtown. 

Fireball and I voted and then had a midweek lunch date.

 

Day 283 of 2024

We finally ordered the newest Fiesta dinnerware color, sky. 

They didn't tell us when it was coming 

so it was a pleasant surprise when it arrived today.

 

Day 282 of 2024

33% waxing crescent

 

Day 281 of 2024

It was too beautiful today to not sit out on the deck. 

The critters were out too.

 

Day 280 of 2024

I have dealt with eczema on and off for years. 

 Historically and currently it has been confined to my right hand. 

This morning I woke up with a blister and breakout ton my left hand. 

This doesn't make me happy so it's time

 to get consistent on the application of some relief.

 

Day 279 of 2024

Wait. What?

 

Day 278 of 2024

I had an errand downtown today 

so I had the opportunity to see Fireball 

for a quick break outside his building.

 

Day 277 of 2024

The project that needs to get done today is to clean the fan. 

I had only intended to take the grill off the front to get to the blades, 

but one thing lead to another and I disassembled the whole thing. 

Each piece has been washed and set in the sun to dry before reassembly. 

I am anticipating better sleep without dust being blown in my direction.

 

Day 276 of 2024

The day started out at the dentist where he was unable to get my mouth numb 

(My right jaw is quite sore from all the attempts)

and the procedure I was scheduled to have had to be scrapped. 

In the afternoon I noticed that something was missing. See photo. 

The rest of the moments of the day were not all bad 

so I can't call it a bad day, just a few bad moments. 

I do hope tomorrow will be without incident though.

 

Day 275 of 2024

I would ask "what is it?" for this item, but I looked it up today

 and thought I'd tell you what I found out. 

It measures about two  inches square-ish. 

It is a powder compact with a small mirror. 

It appears to be pre-1930 

so it is likely to have belonged to Fireball's grandmother. 

There are two wire loops near the top 

which seem to be for putting the compact on a chain 

to wear around the neck. 

The pink paint on the back is fairly chipped up 

so I suspect it was well used and loved. 

If you have any more information on pieces like this

 or have one of your own, I'd love to hear about it.

 

Day 274 of 2024

Since I've been working on my closet, dresser and the rest of the bedroom

 I have made significant progress. 

I still have a couple small bins of things to find space for

 and the top and first drawer of my dresser to sort through. 

I have donated four large bags of clothing and some household items. 

I'm finding the more I go through things, 

the easier it becomes to let go of more items. 

 

Day 273 of 2024

On the walk to today's football game, 

we saw this giant version of our state flag.

 

Day 272 of 2024

What is it?

I am working through everything in my closet and my dresser. 

I came across a bin which contained some long forgotten jewelry.

 My unexpected job was silver polishing. 

I find it easier to put the cloth across my leg 

and rub the silver piece across the cloth 

rather than trying to rub the cloth on the small pieces. 

It creates quite a mess on my hand, 

but it is quite an effective method and washes off easily.

 

Day 271 of 2024

The remnants of Hurricane Helene are affecting our weather. 

It has been very rainy today 

and this evening it has gotten especially windy. 

Usually when it storms and the power goes out, 

the houses on streets to our east and to our west still have power. 

Tonight we heard a couple pops outside

 and our lights flickered and dimmed, 

but we never lost power.  

I looked outside and realized that the houses on the streets

 to our east and west do not have power. 

Our power company website says that over 60,000 customers 

are without power in the area. 

I feel lucky that we do 

but we have our lanterns ready in case that luck runs out.

 

Day 270 of 2024

Every time our recycling bin gets emptied, 

the truck operator just throws it down. 

Every time.

 

Day 269 of 2024

I worked on an unplanned job today. 

What is it?

 

Day 268 of 2024

I received my order of mums from a school fundraiser today. 

I guess it's time to swap out the tired summer annuals

 for the fall mums that are about to burst.

 

Day 267 of 2024

Update on "Alauna Clair-Obscur"

What a difference a few days makes.

Day 266 of 2024

I'll try to make this long story short. 

I'm still not feeling well. 

Fireball bought these for me to try so I can get a little relief. 

They don't taste too bad when you start chewing, 

but they are seriously nasty at the end. 

I may go look for something else at the store tomorrow.

 

Day 265 of 2024

Even the outtakes from this family photo shoot turned out well.

 

Day 264 of 2024

It's hard to get a picture when they are all at the house, 

but I was successful this time.

GB#3, GB#4, GB#2, GB#5
 

Day 263 of 2024

I think it's time for another cardinal picture.

 

Day 262 of 2024

Not my work.

My sister-in-law used to make knitted hats for preemie babies. 

She passed away in 1996 and left these unfinished 

with only seams and ends to be done.

At some point my brother asked me if I was interested in finishing them. 

I did, and today I took the donation to the hospital 

to be delivered to the NICU. 

I'm sure her gift will be greatly appreciated.

 

Day 261 of 2024

Another try. 

Alauna Clair-Obscur

I hope it opens all the way up.

 It should be very pretty.

 

Day 260 of 2024

The focus isn't right 

but I have second dahlia that appears to be ready to bloom.

 

Day 259 of

 

I heard the familiar tune from the next neighborhood behind our house. 

I came to the front door to see if he would also come down our street. 

He did but I didn't get a close look at his sign indicating what he was selling 

until he was past our house. 

If I had known he was selling shaved ice instead of the normal ice cream, 

I certainly would have made a gallant effort to get him to stop.

 

 

Day 258 of 2024

I suddenly starting feeling pretty puny this afternoon into evening.

We went out to grab take-out for dinner so I snapped this picture. 

I don't think there is a single thing in the shot that is in focus, 

so please enjoy the colors of this beautiful sunset. 

 

Day 257 of 2024

Hi, it's me. 

I cut my own hair today. 

My last haircut was approximately eleven months ago

 and I have been unsuccessful in finding someone to cut my hair

 as I haven't wanted to go back to any I've tried.

 I watched a video on how to cut your own curly hair, 

and I'm pretty happy with how it turned out

 

Day 256 of 2024

T-bone gave me a Rubik's 2x2 cube to solve today. 

I had to think about it for a bit, 

but now I realize that is the same as the 3x3 solution

 with the elimination of several steps. 

 

Day 255 of 2024

Fireball stopped at the grocery for some eggs and such. 

He also found Coke flavored Oreos and Oreo flavored Cokes. 

They came home with him. 

The cookies are not gluten free so I will not be trying them.

I'm not usually a fan of variations of an already good original food,

 but I'm looking forward to giving the Coke a little try 

just out of curiosity. 

 

Day 254 of 2024

This scarf that I started in early August 

seems to be a one step forward, two steps back project. 

I had gone an inch and a half past the marker near the needle

 when I realized I had too many stitches on my needle. 

I tore it back to the offending spot. 

The tricky part is getting the three edge stitches put back on the needle correctly. 

I think it's too technical to describe here but just know that I struggle with it 

and there are mistakes in this piece which will hopefully not show 

when I wear it wrapped and knotted around my neck this fall and winter.

 

Day 253 of 2024

I know I just posted a picture of this flower a few days ago, 

but it is filling in nicely. 

I can't decide if the lower portion is not filling out because the tuber is damaged 

or because it doesn't get as much sun being on the lower side of the flower. 

I'll keep watching it. 

I will definitely have to buy some new tubers next year 

and plant them earlier and properly. 

Hopefully that will keep the critters from digging them up 

and eating portions of them or just running off with them.

 

Day 252 of 2024

Happy birthday to me.