Day 275 of 2025

Knitting progress.

 

Day 274 of 2025

I put terra cotta watering spikes in two of my planters yesterday. 

The idea is to put the hollow spike into the planter

 down to ground (dirt) level

 and then put a wine bottle full of water, upside down into the spike.

 This morning when I left the house

 I found one planter pushed off the porch

 and the bottle broken on the porch and the walk. 

I suspect an animal did the damage, most likely a raccoon.

 

Day 273 of 2025

My socks are on pause while I work on this project. 

I am working a Doodle Knit chart here. 

I am using a metal board behind the paper

 and magnetic strips on top to isolate the row I am working on. 

These boards a commonly used for cross stitch.

 

Day 272 of 2025

I made a quick trip into a Goodwill store over the weekend

 looking for a piece of furniture and an IU t-shirt. 

I came away with an IU shirt that may need some altering 

and no furniture that met my needs. 

In the search for the shirt I kept coming across other t-shirts 

that seemed to be suitable for another trip to Comic-Con 

if we make it there again. 

In the basket are the five shirts I bought. 

One is specific to me (not comic related) 

and the other four are more commercially known. 

Can you tell what they are? The top one is your first big clue. 

Let's number them left to right, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5.

So let's do a What Is It? 

 

Day 271 of 2025

 I'm working on something new. 

Obviously, I'll need to figure out a way to hide

 the battery packs and wires.

 

Day 270 of 2025

Another Saturday, another Farmers' Market. 

 

Day 269 of 2025

Fireball alerted me that it was really nice out today. 

That prompted me to go out to the deck, 

put up the umbrella, do my puzzles and have a snack. 

He wasn't wrong. 

 

Day 268 of 2025

I am finally washing and blocking my Geddy Tee. 

This rinse water was actually much darker than it appears here. 

At this point I had lost count of how many times I had rinsed it. 

I did a couple more until the water was the palest blue. 

It got rolled in a towel and stomped to get the excess water out...twice. 

It now sits blocked on a pop-up mesh drying surface.

 

Day 267 of 2025

I'll be prepping a lot of meals tomorrow.

 

Day 266 of 2025

Knitting and an audio book is my happy place.

 

Day 265 of 2025

I am inspired to do some fall cleaning. 

Part of that today included washing a small throw rug. 

The machine did not want to spin it sufficiently on the first cycle, 

so a separate second spin was in order.

 

Day 264 of 2025

GB#2 is officially taller than her aunt, R.

 

Day 263 of 2025

My neighbor's flowers are lovely. 

Not all the flowers in the neighborhood have been so lucky lately.

 

Day 262 of 2025

I'm comparing my current sock with a favorite sock

 that I made previously to see if I can stop

 or need to continue a little further. 

I've decided to bring the second sock up to the same point 

and then decide whether I need to knit a little more or not.

 

Day 261 of 2025

It's Thursday Puzzle Update Day. 

I got it finished today. 

I really love this one as it gives off major autumn vibes. 

I'm not sure that I can keep up the puzzle a week trend, 

but if I do, I'll be sure to update you here.

 

Day 260 of 2025

I've been collecting these items to donate

 to a specific organization for a while. 

They are beginning to take over. 

I guess it's time to drive them to their destination.

 

Day 259 of 2025

Both cuffs are done and I've started the main yarn. 

I did not know I was going to love it so much.

 

Day 258 of 2025

I started a puzzle. 

I'll post an update on Thursday.

 

Day 257 of 2025

l.

Today's football game was a crazy one. 

A quick recap of the ending goes like this: 

We missed the opportunity to win.

Time runs out.

We  got another chance to win. 

Colts win.

Oh, and the walk back to the car was beautiful.

 

Day 256 of 2025

I am loving this great farmer's market sunflower find.

 

Day 255 of 2025

Biscuit making for me is a messy venture, 

but they sure were delicious.

 

Day 254 of 2025

I am back to my knitting which was going very well... 

until it wasn't. 

Somehow I have lost a stitch. 

I have looked and looked. 

At this point, I am done looking. 

I am moving on and if it doesn't appear when I come back around, 

I will just be adding a stitch. 

Let's face it, it will be down on my foot 

where no one will ever see it but me anyway. 

 

Day 253 of 2025

My intention for today's picture 

was to be a shot of the second cuff for my pair of socks. 

I worked on them all day 

but ultimately had to tear them back and start over. 

As a result, I have no picture of said cuff. 

I bought this tiny puzzle in Seattle 

and put it together a week or so ago. 

I'll be putting it away so a picture is in order. 

Maybe I should bring back Thursday puzzle updates from 2020.

 

Day 252 od 2025

My first cuff for the new pair of socks is done. 

I like to work both socks one step at a time, alternating socks. 

That means since this cuff is done, 

I am ready to work the second cuff. 

This assures me that both socks will turn out the same. 

It also means that once the first sock is done, 

the second one is very close behind. 

There will be no second sock syndrome.

 

Day 251 of 2025

I went downtown for a birthday lunch date with Fireball today. 

We walked from his office to the restaurant and just as we arrived, 

I saw the building that I posted about yesterday right in front of me. 

It really is huge.

 

Day 250 of 2025

Today was the first football game of the season. 

I frequently take a skyline picture. 

Today I noticed that since the end of last football season 

our skyline has changed dramatically. 

Below is a picture I took a few years ago for comparison.

 

Day 249 of 2025

Happy Birthday to GB#4.

 

Day 248 of 2025

I have begun the next pair of socks. 

It feels a bit confusing at this point, 

but I have done another round and a half since I took the picture 

and feel like I am on the right track.

 

Day 247 of 2025

It feels like fall today. 

I'm getting ready for the next pair of socks which also has a fall feel.

 

Day 246 of 2025

Coasters. 

One benefit of being season ticket holders.

 

day 245 of 2025

I forgot to flip my calendar yesterday, so 

Hello, September, 

one day late.

 

Day 244 of 2025

I had Fireball pose as my stand-in model 

as I tested camera settings and camera position 

before asking him to take pictures of me in my new sweater. 

It worked well but I did notice that our height difference 

made a difference in the final pictures. 

 

Day 243 of 2025

I just rediscovered another of Mom's hand knits. 

This one will be going to a new home soon.

 

Day 242 of 2025

I did my nails today. 

 

Day 241 of 2025

I participated in a baking session today

 and came home with a loaf of banana bread 

baked in my vintage Blue Cornflower Corningware bread pan. 

It was fun and delicious.

 

Day 240 of 2025

Three more tails to weave in and this project is done. 

Well, I should probably block it. 

Then it will be done.

 

Day 239 of 2025

It was our pleasure to go watch GB#3 run 

in his middle school cross country meet tonight.

 

Day 238 of 2025

On our last morning before our flight home, we headed to the water again. 

This time we followed a previously unseen path. 

It took us under the drawbridge we have walked across all week. 

This is the Montlake Cut that connects Portage Bay with Union Bay.

Day 237 of 2025

It's definitely still summer on Alki Beach.

Day 236 of 2025

Today is baseball day. 

Go, Mariners.

Day 235 of 2025

Heart rocks are great but leaf hearts are pretty great too.

Day 234 of 2025

Seattle street art.

Day 233 of 2025

The Museum of Flight was fascinating 

and more than one can take in with just one visit. 
We will definitely have to return.

Day 232 of 2025

We packed a lot into the day, 

but Fireball is in his favorite spot at the end of the day. 

The view is of Portage Bay, Seattle, Washington.

Day 231 of 2025

Fireball and I are off on another adventure and, as is customary, 

I've taken a photo of Fireball in the shelter 

where we wait for the shuttle 

near where we parked our car.

Day 230 of 2025

Hey, I made a shirt. It has elbow patches.

 

Day 229 of 2025

Finished. 

At 500 pieces, this one was a quick and fun one. 

I will definitely do this one again.

 

Day 228 of 2025

Today seemed like the right time to start another puzzle.

 

Day 227 of 2025

I think it's been a while since I've posted

 some of my backyard critters. 

I just happened to look up from my paperwork 

and out the door 

to see this chubby little chipmunk resting on the deck.