AND, I finally finished my shawl. I love the color and the texture this broken garter sttch provides. It's nice and warm, and since the weather has indeed turned; I've worn it several times so far.
We had some nice color, but it didn't last long. This was taken Nov 2, right after voting and since then we've had lots of windy rainy days, so the leaves just simply didn't last long.
It seems like people do more decorating for holidays these days. When I walk I noticed far more than Christmas Decorations, which is really all I remember until recent years. I saw lots of Halloween decorations. I posted about them on my travel blog, click HERE. Have you noticed more decorations? Do you decorate for holidays beyond Christmas? I never have, so am curious.
Continued my lighter reading/listening with this series of 4 books, Bride Ships Series by Jody Hedlund. They are historical romances. This is book 1, A Reluctant Bride
Let me know if you've read/listened to these and what your thoughts were.
As always, please leave a comment so I know you were here and I will happily visit, read and comment on your blogs. Thank you.
You really do have some beautiful color there! And I love that big ole turkey! I've never read these books but they look good! Enjoy your day! Thanks for visiting me too!
ReplyDeleteThank you Lavender Dreamer.
DeleteYour shawl looks lovely - perfect for the autumn and winter. We still have some nice autumn colour but we are due some frosty weather next week so I expect it won't last beyond that.
ReplyDeleteBest wishes
Ellie
Thanks for the nice compliment, appreciate it. Enjoy your fall color while you can.
DeleteI do love that shawl.
ReplyDeleteI don't decorate for any of the holidays.
It is lovely to see another post from you, and to know that you are still with us.
Thank you, nice to hear from you again as well.
DeleteLove your Shawl,the colour is beautiful.
ReplyDeleteI use to decorate alot but I have cut way back now.
Christmas I do more but , again cut back a little .
Have a lovely weekend .
Like you, I don't do as much at Christmas as I used to. Thanks for the compliment on the shawl.
DeleteLove that stuffed turkey ( no pun intended).
ReplyDeleteAnd regarding the web at the top of my post...not in our yard - out in the wilderness!!
Thanks for visiting!
Thanks for the follow up about the web. Nice to see you here.
Deletei love the shawl.
ReplyDeleteWe used to decorate for Hallowe’en and Easter when our daughter was young. Just Christmas these days and the grandkids do that.
Thank you for dropping by my blog. I will follow yours.
Nice to see you here Maria. Thanks for the compliment on the shawl. It's nice to see who does and doesn't decorate.
DeleteYour shawl is so pretty.
ReplyDeleteI to have noticed a lot more decorating for ALL the holidays. I don't though. I just enjoy having my collections out around the house all the time. :). I do decorate for Christmas but not a whole lot.
Thanks for the visit and info on your decorating. I'm glad I'm not the only one that doesn't go all out for all the holidays.
DeleteIt seems like everyone has started Christmas decorating really early this year, although we're getting to the point where it's not so early anymore. Nice shawl.
ReplyDeleteGood to hear from you Liz. Thanks on the shawl. I've not started any Christmas Decorations, but have begun to think about it.
DeleteThanks for dropping by my blog. I have never read these books. Hope you have a nice week. hugs Lynda Ruth
ReplyDeleteGood to hear from you Purple Pixie. You might enjoy them, they are entertaining, and given the state of so many of our lives right now a little entertainment is a good idea.
DeleteFirst of all, your shawl is beautiful. I love the color. I hope to dig into the genealogy thing as well with the new year. It is time to compile and make a family book for the kids. I don’t decorate outdoors for anything other than Christmas, but I have noticed a lot more decorations too. I did put out some colorful plastic eggs from two trees in the yard when the kids were young for Easter.minuses ribbon to hang them.
ReplyDeleteNice to hear from you Sandy. Hope you enjoy doing the genealogy as much as I do.
DeletePlanking is fun! I really like how your shawl turned out. Genealogy is more my hubby's thing. He's helped fill out my paternal side of the family tree. It's all interesting stuff.
ReplyDeleteGlad your husband has been able to do that for your side, you do indeed find out some very interesting stuff. I've taken a couple of days off from planking and need to get it going again.
DeleteHappy Thanksgiving! Love your shawl. I rarely read fiction now. I like non fiction! The Wright Brothers by David McCullough! Best thing-there was a lot of the letters written by the brothers themselves, they were so intelligent of course but did you know that we're great writers? See the things you learn from non fiction? I'm going to bring you over from the fiction side!'LOL! Take care.
ReplyDeleteSame here, I took a break from some heavier reading of non fiction. Will make a note Kay about that book.
DeleteOh, my gosh I love your shawl. Do you remember how many stitches you cast on your needle. I've been looking for an easy neck warmer to make.
ReplyDeleteI've gotten lost in genealogy research many times. It's so easy to do. And we have reading romances in common, too. Glad I found your blog or I should say you found mine first.
Thank you for the visit and sweet comments. I'll get in touch regarding the shawl pattern.
DeleteThanks for making the extra effort to visit my blog. Your shawl is lovely. I do decorate for more than Christmas, but I am paring down. I hope you got my email to your yahoo.
ReplyDeleteThanks for visiting. My yahoo is just a placeholder because word press is so annoying it won't let me use my real email, wants me to log in. I've not had an account for probably 10 years. The fact that I deleted it, it seems odd they want me to log in.
Delete"The historical fact is women did travel to marry men they did not know in many places around the globe. It often help settle frontier areas."
ReplyDeleteSounds better than modern dating. 😂
Nice to meet you, Sandy. I was happy to see you over on my blog.
Nice to see you too Sandi. I will get you added to my blog log. I agree modern dating isn't for me. Thank God I'm old enough to be past that.
DeleteHello, your book selections sound like good reads. :-) Let us know how you enjoy them.
ReplyDeleteHappy December!
Carla
I did enjoy them, thus posting so others might too. Thanks for the visit Carla, will add you to my blog list.
DeleteHi Sandy
ReplyDeleteI am at last back to blogging so thought I would pop over and say hi as you have been checking in on my blog to see whether I have resurfaced. I am going to endeavor to try and keep blogging more often this year so please pop over when you can and I will pop in you too to see what you have been up to. I love the shawl and pin they compliment each other beautifully.
Mitzi