Voted today and have my fingers and toes crossed, that issues 1 and 2 in Ohio pass. I'm tired of the government telling women what they can do with their bodies. What happens should be between the woman and her physician. The far right needs to stop with all the disinformation.
The Sherbert Baby Ghan/blanket is coming along, but slowly. Got the large center pink section completed and am now working on the mint green section you see on the far right. So, 2/3rds of the blanket is done. Been doing lots of yard work, so haven't spent much time knitting of late. But, now the fall clean up is almost complete. I don't tend to decorate except for Christmas, but do like to change out the placemats seasonally for the various holidays. Pumpkins have been out for about a month for phase one of the fall decor. Had some pretty mums on the front stoop, until just a few days ago. After several hard freezes they have gone by wayside. Too bad, they did provide some color. In my last post I posted an interesting fungus I spotted one day on my walk, here again is another one.......totally different. These, I think are far more "Normal"? Looks like Chinese writing almost on the cap of the mushroom. Another must read book. A good follow up after A Fever in the Heartland, that I blogged about in the previous blog post. This will be an eye opener for many. Even though as a young teen I saw some things on the nightly news, I did not see how truly cruel White Men in Power were. Birmingham Alabama was a very dangerous, poor city with one of the lowest literacy rates in the country. 973 children....yes children were arrested by Bull Connor in a single demonstration. Wanting to absorb a bit more of this horrible time, I watched the movie The Long Walk Home about The Montgomery Bus Boycott. It's very moving. Whoopi Goldberg and Sissy Spacek were both phenomenal in their rolls. If you're much younger than me, you might not have seen these 2 historic events during your lifetime.
My steps for October are down considerably and I'm still not doing yoga or planks due to the elbow injury. Sigh.....I did what seemed like lots of yard work, but that doesn't necessarily give you lot of steps. And now, the weather is getting cold...so, I'm not optimistic about steps increases. On a good note, I did manage a handfull of days with over 14K in steps for the day.
I'm continuing to blog about my 2 wk tour of The UK
