Marigolds have joined the ranks of taller than Boud! Here's this morning's first view
On other important issues, the bursitis is so much improved from the icing. Why didn't I do that before! Ice is not in my vocabulary. I don't use it in drinks, doesn't occur to me to apply it. It takes a doctor with multiple credentials to tell me to do it.
I was thinking about people's approach after yesterday's neighborly chat. The shouty neighbor is one I hear from when she wants something. Information, an egg, a cup of sugar, name of my powered milk, name of plumber etc.
My oldest, lifelong bully, sister was the same, except she'd call, once in a while, to tell me what she'd just acquired. Or to say she'd waxed the floor, had nothing better to do, so she called me. Never asked about my family, not interested, seemingly. Same idea.
I didn't like this for many years, why not just visit or call to ask how I'm doing, anything, you don't need an excuse.
Finally it dawned on me that they want to be in touch and feel they need to provide a reason. Oh. More benign than I'd realized. Not able to be casual. Maybe it's a bit of shyness. So now I'm not so ready to criticize. I'm a bit slow at times.
Today is about knitting, I need to finish a second pair of socks, maybe gloves, to send off.
Top, first spiral sock of the pair, bottom, the other style, with the patch toe, this pair complete. Same yarn, different looks. I always try on to make sure they're comfortable.
Small finishing job on the woven vest. More postcards to voters -- handwriting is tough on my neck, don't want to go back there -- and another Horowitz audiobook.
I googled Horowitz to check on books and got a lot of references to the pianist. Forgot about Vladimir! Have you seen his keyboard style? It's weird, very flat hands, not what my teachers taught me, but clearly it worked dramatically well for him. Giant hands, too.
Happy day everyone, play life your way, never mind the convention
And here's yet more black eyed Susans
And more fungus veil, decorated with fallen Russian sage flowers
And for the brave folks who tried it, here's the Haggard Hawks puzzle solution
