I’m tired tonight. It’s been so hot and steamy lately (though not, thankfully, as hot as elsewhere in the country), Chappy hasn’t been getting his regular walks, and I’m missing them, too. I think it’s one of the reasons I’m tired–not enough exercise.

Or, it could be that, on top of a fairly busy afternoon at the office, I played with Chappy in the yard, twice, gave him a bath, cooked a pot of food for him for dinner . . . I basically didn’t get to sit down to relax for more than about 3 minutes until about 7:30–which for me, is late. Usually there’s at least a chance to relax for a little while before supper, but not tonight. (Mom’s making dinner earlier all the time, I think, and anyway, with all those other things to get done before supper, it didn’t leave a whole lot of extra time. Like, those three minutes I mentioned.)

But, here’s the way my book-loving brain works. When I finally DID get a chance to sit down to actually relax, did I sit mindlessly in front of the television? Flip through a magazine? Knit? No. I read. A book. And not some light, fluffy fiction. Oh, no. I, being apparently the bibliophile I am, opted for a history of wine and a California/France taste-testing in 1976 . . . a subject I know nothing about. So, tired though I was, there I sat, reading about the different wine-making regions in France in 1855 . . . For whatever reason, I can read almost anything, even when tired, just so long as I don’t have to DO anything more strenuous than turning pages.

I did read through that new knitting book, too, Annie Modestitt’s “Romantic Hand Knits.” I ordered it ages ago. I admit to not being as impressed as I’d like to be. While some of the patterns are nice, I don’t think there’s a single thing I feel compelled to knit, and there are too many things with novelty yarn like ribbons, which I don’t like the look or feel of. And there are definitely a few color choices that I think were . . . misguided, although I think the patterns “under” the colors were decent enough. But still, that’s the chance you take when you pre-order, right? And I don’t regret it, either–what with the author being at the Mayo Clinic with her very-sick husband . . . I don’t begrudge the purchase and her royalty payment in the least.

You may have noticed some knitting in that photo? While trying to find the right pattern for my Sublime yarn . . . and, um, waiting for this to arrive . . . I’m making a Ribby for myself. I liked the one I made for my niece so much, I wanted one. You’ve seen the yarn before, in the Felted Doctor’s bag I made last fall.The blue–which I absolutely love–is color 4009 “Aporto.” It’s such a bright, clear color, while being a deep, medium shade of blue (a little darker than in that flash-photo above). Love that. I figure Tiffany’s sweater went fairly quickly, so this is a relatively painless project that will give me something simple (i.e., not lace) to work on without being as huge a time committment, as, say, the last two sweaters I’ve made!

Okay . . . tired now!

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