It was another beautiful day, just as perfect as yesterday.

Chappy was so impressed with the pictures I took at the farm yesterday, he suggested going today to buy some corn for dinner. Such a good idea, don’t you think? So this morning, he, Mom, and I walked up to the farm to get some. (Sorry, Amy, but they’re still selling it here in New Jersey.)

You’d never know, looking at the farm, that there’s a major highway just on the other side of those trees, huh? Or a suburban development within walking distance? Not only that, but it’s right next to a historical-landmark farm. In fact, back in 1988, it was used for filming some farm scenes for a movie with Matthew Broderick and Harvey Fierstein.

Actually, did you see Stephanie’s post last month, about “Kinnearing?” Not only did she invent a great new verb for the discreet photographing of celebrities, but it reminded me of when they were filming it. Mom and I were going out on some errand or other, I was driving, and she decided to bring her camera to get a picture of the movie-making. But, no, heaven forbid we should stop the car. Or that they should see her pointing a camera their way. No. What she did as we were driving by was, with her eyes straight ahead as if she had no interest in the camera crews and lights and all that, to quickly lift her camera up to the car window and snap! a quick photo through the glass. All without glancing their way. All without letting them see
what she was doing. All in the space of about 15.3 seconds as we drove past. I laughed SO hard.

Speaking of gems, my Little Gem has been goofing off this week–it hasn’t spun anything since Tuesday. It sure looked pretty in the sun this afternoon, though. I tried to capture how very neon-green its driveband looked in the light, but couldn’t quite do it . . . but it looked pretty just the same, huh? In fact, as soon as I finish this post, I’ll be pulling her over to my little stool and take her for a spin, she looks so enchanting….

In knitting news, you’ll be glad to know that I finished my Autumn Rose ribbing tonight. Phew! So, tomorrow I’ll be starting the colorwork . . . which means I really need to decide whether I want to tweak the colors.

Oh, and my book? I made an online submission to a literary agency last night, and printed out two today which are sealed up, with postage, and will go in the mail on Tuesday. So, you know, I said I would, and I did! I’m not getting my hopes up . . . I’ve lost count about how many times I’ve sent it out in the last 10 years or so, but I do still have faith in it, and that’s what matters, right? (And, how much faith do I have? Well, just for the hell of it, I just registered the domain name of the title-dot-com . . . assuming the title doesn’t change, and that anybody would ever know the title and bother to look for it, but, you know! It’s a gesture of confidence, right?)

Okay . . . off to the wheel! Have a great Labor Day tomorrow, for those of you in the U.S. And for the rest of you? I hope you had as wonderful a weekend as I did.

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