Well, clearly, I’ve been knitting lately.

It might not look like a lot of progress, but trust me, I’ve been working steadily.

From left to right:

• My socks (in Dani’s Sunshine yarn) are an inch or two past the heel. One sock is showing its silhouette so you can see the progress.
• My Not-So-Shrunken cardigan is about three inches past the armholes. It’s not going quickly, but it is moving along. This is, of course, in my handspun.
• And then my Peacock Stole–that’s about 4″, and it’s taken me 32 rows to get there. I think I’m about ready to move on to the next chart, though. The original, triangular shawl uses this pattern over about 60 rows, but since this is so much larger and more visible, I think this is about right …especially since there will be 32 similar rows on the other side, which would visually balance the original section … Anyway, I think it’s time to move forward!

Oh, my shower? It broke when I tried to tighten it because it was leaking–a lot, but the plastic screw-threads just couldn’t take the pressure and the whole thing just came off. Mom was kind enough to pick up a replacement today while I was work, but . . . that didn’t work. It should have worked, but the ball-and-socket that holds the shower at a certain position had no tension, and so the water goes straight down (or against the wall), and it’s kind of difficult to shower when you’re standing four inches away from the wall . . .

Now, take a look at this picture of Chappy. Look closely. He’s sitting under the sofa cushion. See, this is his favorite spot to sit, in the dining room window. The two pillows on the left of the photo are where Mom or I sit, but the pillow on the right, the one under the blanket, is where Chappy sits. We keep it flat for him, so he can stretch out or curl up, and still see over the the back of the couch and see outside. Except . . . he has this habit of, well, we call it “fluffing.” He dives in with head and shoulders and pushes–any pillow he can get near–and well, they end up in a heap, or on the floor, or in an entirely different room . . . you get the idea. This afternoon, he’d shoved his pillow up onto its edge, and so had no place to sit except on the couch under the pillow . . .

Interesting tidbit: Did you know that today there was the same amount of daylight as there was darkness? Sunrise was (here, where I am in NJ) at 6:06 this morning, and sunset at 6:07 tonight. Frankly, I was a little surprised to hear this, since I was under the impression that this would only happen on the Spring solstice, which of course, is next week, but, the US Naval Observatory site can’t be wrong, can it?

The following information is provided for Morristown,
Morris County, New Jersey
(longitude W74.5, latitude N40.8):

        Friday           17 March 2006         Eastern Standard Time          

SUN        Begin civil twilight       5:39 a.m.                        

Sunrise                    6:06 a.m.              

Sun transit               12:06 p.m.                         

Sunset                     6:07 p.m.                         

End civil twilight         6:34 p.m. 

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