Well, Sandy did ask . . . .

She’s asked for pictures of Saturday Skies to liven up blogland, and well, anything I can do to help!

The thing is, it’s not that pretty a sky today. In fact, it’s downright miserable. Here in northern NJ, it’s been raining pretty much all day. Some breaks, sure, but also plenty of periods of heavy rain. Blah. You can’t really see in the picture, but trust me, it’s raining. See how droopy the trees are? I took this picture from under the roof at our front door (thereby protecting my camera from water damage). It’s not much of a photo, but it IS the sky we’ve got!

I’ve spent almost my entire day doing the ideal rainy day activity–reading. Sure, you’re going to tell me that knitting is perfect, too, and believe me, I know how much it’s got going for it. But the thing is, enjoyable and soothing as knitting can be, it’s still a little bit of work, for your hands if nothing else. Whereas reading is easy–the only effort is turning the pages.

And so far today, I’ve turned a lot of them. I finished the book I was reading, read its sequel, and have since polished off two YA books, including the 2001 Newbery Medal winner, “A Year Down Yonder” by Richard Peck–a slim little book, but oh, I really enjoyed it!

Other than the reading, so far I’ve . . . um . . . well, I ate breakfast. I did write my blog entry describing yesterday’s fun. And I’ve spent a lot of time petting Chappy . . . but, well, yeah. Reading’s about it so far for today!

Hope your Saturday is a little more lively. And . . . I’m so glad Cara found an indoor spot for her Spin-out! If the weather over in Manhattan is anything like here . . . they’ll have needed it!

Oh–and look at this interesting little article on husband-training from the New York Times . . . ah, the beauty of positive-reinforcement! It’s what clicker training is all about.

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