Pumpkin Sunrise

  Good afternoon! How are you? I’m doing pretty good. We finished a whirlwind trip to see our daughter and her family in the Boston area. It’s going to take a few days to recover. I loved seeing our littlest grandson, so sweet! Can you believe he’ll be a year old soon? I cannot.  It’s going to take me a few days to get caught up with the laundry and other duties so I hope to visit you soon.  I took these photos before I left. I am more than ready for fall. Summer is rough for me with all of my health issues. However I do enjoy crisp AC air that is abundant inside buildings! I started another shawl for the trip and did not knit one blessed stitch. My intentions were there though. 

  Good morning to you! How are you doing? I'm doing okay, the air quality is improving. My knitting is the same and there is progress on the shawl! After finishing the lacework I had more yarn left over so I decided to add garter stitch ridges and some simple eyelet rows in between. I call it knit doodling and it was easy and fun. The sock  that I started last week has had little to no attention! I hope to switch that up this week. What are you knitting and working on this week?

  How are you doing today?  I'm doing okay, the Canadian wildfire has messed with the air quality which is messing with my breathing and my dry eyes even when I am wearing the scleral lenses. I tell you what, it is always something for me. Yesterday we all went to my dad's house to celebrate his birthday. We had a nice time. the grands (his great grands) were there and he had a potato digging event. The little ones loved it, they even had little garden gloves in which to dig into the dirt once the potato plants were emptied into the wheelbarrow.  Later on we had a lovely lunch on his screened in porch. In other news, I started another sock - don't be fooled I went outside for this photo and then came back inside due to the poor air quality. What's new with you? How is your air? 

  How are you today? Well I'm doing great and I'm thrilled to share with you my finished pair of socks that do not match. I am a very matchy matchy girl so this is unusual for me, but you know what? It is freeing to have them not match. I finished this pair over the weekend and they are for my husband. I immediately cast on another pair of socks for him right afterwards. I need easy knitting when I'm watching tv at night. In other news, it's hot again and I am hiding in the AC waiting for the hot humid weather to pass me by. What are you working on this week?

  Good morning! How are you doing today and how was your weekend? My weekend was fantastic in that I did nothing exciting at all. I read, I knitted, I sat on the back patio watching my birds and relaxing. I am feeling restored and rejuvenated. Oh and guess what? I heard the cicadas for the first time this weekend. We are in mid-summer now.  I have been feeling wonderful! Yes you read that right, I am feeling so good these days and feeling like myself. I've been on the new immunosuppressant for eight weeks now. It will not be in full effect for six months but I'm enjoying feeling the beginnings of it working. The other fact that makes me feel good is that I do not have a doctor's appointment for a MONTH. Whoop!  So far in the past year I have had doctor appointments with PCP, Rheumatologist, Pulmonologist, ENT and Cardiologist. Then I've had so much testing done by all of them. I am basking in my one month of no doctors.  Because I'm feeling better I am also feeling ...

  Good morning! How are you?  Well the weather is much more manageable this week, phew! I found it interesting that when it was super hot the birds didn't visit my feeders much. They were probably dying from the heat too. Anyways, I am grateful that it's just regular hot. Today is the first day I wished it was fall and that is the fastest ever. I haven't even made it one month into official summertime. I have a long long way to go. The title should be non-knitting news this week. I was recovering from a cold virus so I didn't knit much and when I did I worked on the second sock . I doubt I will be knitting much until Friday. We have the grands sleeping over tonight and they take all of my energy!! Do you like my cellphone in the photo? My little granddaughter (almost 3 yo) will say 'hang on, this is an emergency' and answer it. Ha ha. So cute. What are you working on this week? Are you ready for FALL?