Look at these lovely buttons!

I got them from the Buttons by Lars shop on Etsy. He’s the son of one of the Juniper Moon Fiber Farm “aunties” on Ravelry and makes these wonderful glass buttons. (In fact, Susan posted about them the other day.) He’s putting the money toward college and, well, these are just beautiful buttons, just over 1/2″ wide, and perfect sweater-sized buttons. Because, you know, glass buttons that are too big can be too heavy for handknits.

And, these? Perfect. And I absolutely adore the topaz color. (And it doesn’t hurt that it’s my birthstone, either. It never hurts to be prepared.)

Oh, and here’s a look at my sweater. Just because.

So, Chappy and I went visiting tonight. I brought some brownies over to our neighbor Hillary tonight. Her husband was late coming home from work, so we sat out on her patio and chatted. Frankly, I’m a little jealous of her patio–much cozier and shady than our glaringly bright deck in the back. She’s got trees and grass and chipmunks running around, it’s all very appealing. We just have a hot wooden deck two flights above the ground and no way to reach the grass. Not nearly as inviting. Chappy says we really need to visit her more often–he really enjoyed watching the chipmunks.

Actually, he was such a good guest, that even though he could easily reach the edge of her patio to get to the grass at the edge, he waited until we left her house and were on the way home before he relieved himself. Isn’t that polite of him?

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