Knitting update: The Women's Cardigan by Lea Petäjä is coming along. This is the cardigan for which I bought yarn at Fitting Knit Shop in LaCrosse, Wisconsin, when we were visiting Karen. I bought two skeins, just as a souvenir, when we were there in December, although I didn't know what I was going to do with it. I liked the yarn, and after I got home, I found the pattern. I called them and asked them if they could get me more of the same dye lot. They were willing to ship it to me, but I had other things I could work on and was going to be there again in April, so I arranged to stop in and pick it up. Peter and I stopped there while we were out running errands on our first day there.
I'm now beginning the pockets. The pattern doesn't have them, but I like pockets in cardigans. I made the top ribbing for the pockets and when I got to the point where I wanted them to be, I worked across the stitches at the top of the pocket, put those stitches on a waste yarn, put the pocket ribbing onto the needle, worked across to the other pocket, repeated that and then worked to the end. When I get to the bottom ribbing, I'll pick up the stitches on one of the holders and knit down to where the ribbing starts, combine the live stitches and repeat with the other side. Then I'll make the bottom ribbing.
We are having an election this week, tomorrow, Tuesday, May 19. Some of the items on the ballot are candidates running in primary elections (one Senate seat, one House seat), and some are candidates for local positions. We had one ballot measure to vote for and a bunch of judges, who were all unopposed. I love that we get our ballots in the mail ahead of time, and we can study the information provided by candidates and people in favor of the ballot measures in the relaxed atmosphere of my own home, discuss anything we're unsure about, give it some thought and then fill out our ballots. We took our ballots to the drop box nearest to us when we were done.
While we were filling out our ballots this past Tuesday, we had dinner. We had lasagne, a tossed salad and some of Trader Joe's Fougasse Olive Bread. What's in my wine glass? That's a Madroña Vineyards 2023 Grenache. Delightful!
This reminds me, I need to check and see if my ballot was received.
Dusty and Sandy were groomed a little over a week ago, but that doesn't stop them from rolling in the dirt. I think something must have died at this spot. They instinctively roll in something smelly (to them) to hide their own scent. I've read that they did this in the wild so they could sneak up on their prey without being detected. That squeaky toy in front of Dusty won't even expect an attack, when Dusty is getting through rolling in the dirt.
I asked Charlie to get some regular tofu––the kind that comes refrigerated––awhile back, and he came home with a big Costco package with four blocks of tofu in it. I told him that I hoped he liked tofu. Fortunately, tofu freezes well and freezing even improves in texture. I squeezed the moisture out of one of the packages of tofu, marinated it in a mixture of soy sauce, oil and garlic, then cooked it in the air fryer. It was great with stir-fried vegetables and brown rice.
I still think it's Jupiter that we see in the evening. This photo was about 15 minutes earlier in the evening from last week's photo, but I think the position has changed anyway, because planets are always on the move.
Saturday we went to the last concert of the season by Central Oregon Symphony.
Here's a look at the program. The music was familiar to me, and "The Dance of the Hours" was familiar to many in the audience. They either knew it from Disney's "Fantasia" or from watching the many cartoons we used to watch in the movie theater before the feature.
I took my knitting and got a few rows done before the concert started and during intermission. However, I discovered that I had apparently stopped in the middle of a row, put my knitting down while attending to something, and then started back across the row in the wrong direction. I haven't done that in years. I can't believe I made that mistake. I had to tink (knit backwards) for about three rows to get to where my mistake was. Then I got to have all that fun again. (Ha-ha!)
I didn't look at the manuscript of the new book this week. I really like to take a break from my own writing to give it some time to seem like something new to me. I find that it's easier to edit if it seems like someone else wrote it.
Speaking of writing, Johan wrote this poem for school. I thought it was interesting. He's going to be 12 in July, and I think he already has the 12-year-old thing nailed down.
I was able to get some photos from the Wisconsin grands' dance competition. Daphne and Zachary are both on the far left in this shot.
Have a good week!
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What's in The Doll's Storybook: Billy and Charlotte come back from walking their dogs. They had to go out early, because it's supposed to rain. They know we need rain, but they don't understand why, if the earth is mostly covered with water. Mandy explains by using a laboratory exercise.
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