The binding is finally on the whole-cloth quilt, and I just finished sewing it down on the back.
There are a few basting threads to be removed, and then it will need a good wash to get rid of the marking for the pattern. I still don't know what I'm going to do with it. I have no wall space that's accessible for displaying it.
The Gentle Spirit Tee is almost ready for the bottom pattern. One inch to go, but I'll put it onto two circular needles and try it on to be sure of the length.
I had to order soybeans online because I couldn't find them in the stores.
They came this week, and I made my Curried Soybeans and Peanuts recipe from Diet for a Small Planet. It has chopped apple, yoghurt and raisins in it and is served over rice.
I have some other soybean recipes I've used over the years. Years ago, when the price of meat became no longer affordable, we started cooking soybeans as an alternative. Lately they seem to have become démodé and so hard to find in stores. With our soybean farmers having a hard time financially because of the tariffs, I've decided to use them more.
Now that the truck has a new battery, we were able to put the R-Pod away in the driveway. It was surprisingly easy. Charlie is getting used to backing up with it. It's very different from our old fifth wheel, much more responsive, he says. It helped that we picked time of day when there was very little traffic in our neighborhood.
I was hoping my books would ship out this week, but (oops!) I neglected to position the barcode on the cover. Either it didn't give me the prompt or I missed it. I fixed that, but we lost a day.
We're planning to fly out to Wisconsin to visit Karen in early November, so we were looking for a place to board the dogs while we were gone. Dusty has stayed with Jim when we were gone, back when he lived in Bend, but Sandy has never been left without us. We had a couple of recommendations from friends, but one of the places had a waiting list for boarding. We went to visit the other one on Friday. (Photos are from their website.) It looked like a really good setup. The dogs get to come out and play with each other several times a day.
The owner had all the dogs put away when we came, so Dusty and Sandy could run around and check things out. We will get a discount for having the two of them share an enclosure.
Saturday was the big No Kings event. We were encouraged to wear yellow. I had some yellow fleece in my fabric stash, so I made jackets for the dogs. I sewed on labels that can be removed easily if I want. The jackets say "Undercover Police Dog" on one side, and on the other side is either "I have papers" or "I poop on ICE."
The dogs got a LOT of attention and were photographed many times. Several people asked where they came from, including two people who had adopted poodles that had come from the puppy mill that was raided recently and a large number of dogs rescued. They both said their dogs had issues, and they remarked on what good temperaments Dusty and Sandy have.
We arrived at the event too late to get a spot where we could see the stage.
We tried to move up, but many people had also brought their dogs, and our dogs wanted to play with their dogs, not a good idea when everyone is on a leash. We saw quite a few people wearing those new inflatable costumes that are so popular. The first one we saw was a tyrannosaurus rex.
Our dogs' personalities came to full view when they saw the huge dinosaur. Dusty backed off, barking, and Sandy went up to it, wagging his tail and then sniffed its butt...or where that would have been if it had been a live creature. I guess we have a good idea of which dog would have a better chance of survival if the two of them suddenly found themselves in the Jurassic Period!
There was some kind of program, but we were too far away to be able to see anything or hear much. After a while, everyone began the march to Peace Corner.
The dogs soon learned that there were human beings inside those fat creatures, so they stopped reacting. Unicorns were popular.
We only saw two Cookie Monsters from Sesame Street. Despite what the sign says, bits of cookies can be seen on the Cookie Monster's tongue.
Frogs have become a thing, so of course, there were a number of them. This one posed with Charlie for a picture after we got to Peace Corner.
A cow began playing an instrument I didn't recognize, and I think they had help from a couple of other creatures or actual people, but it was a zippy tune, so I recorded a bit of it, while we swayed to the music.
Shortly before it was time to leave, we decided to stop at Bend Brewing, which was on our route to where our car was parked. Lots of other people had the same idea. We couldn't take the dogs inside, but there's lots of room outside under the trees or on the decks.
There was a woman in a pink shark inflatable costume who got a lot of attention from a bevy of little girls, who were dressed up in long dresses that looked like a style from a different century, presumable getting ready for Halloween. The woman offered to let one of them try on the costume, so we watched as she helped one of the little girls get into the costume and then showed her how to inflate it.
When it was inflated, the child couldn't see out, because she was't tall enough.
She didn't seem to mind, though. Two other shark costumes appeared (presumably belonging to the other people this lady was with) but in different colors, so the other little girls got to try one on.
Meanwhile, Dusty and Sandy decided to take a nap.
While they napped, we finished our beer.
For some cuteness, here's Daphne, dressed in her band costume, at her school's homecoming celebration.
And here are the Portland grands at the pumpkin patch. That's their mother, waving, and the other two kids are their cousins.
I'm hoping to get word today that my books have shipped.
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What's in The Doll's Storybook: The story for this week is Composing Compost, Part Two. In it, Mandy explains to Emil how the garbage gets broken down and turned into soil.
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