I was lugging a couple of bags of potting soil through the house this morning, to fill more pots and decided I'd better take a walk immediately to avoid back issues, and it seems to have worked. I'm quite ahead of time with the pots ready for seed, as you see
Last night, one thing and another, online meetings interrupted by Gary with plant questions, I went to bed forgetting the patio door was wide open. I found out this morning when I noticed the furnace running..
Anyway my knitting friend who originally gave me the cotton bolls from which I extracted the seeds now wants to reserve one of my seedlings because hers aren't doing well. So that will happen when she says, because she's a master gardener and knows this stuff 😉
I heard the #$#$ in the White House had been manipulating the stock market again, as well as bombing, so I thought I'd check my retirement account such as it is. Hm.
I decided if I needed anything now's a good time, since my stocks are up. No, I don't sell at the top of the market, but I can afford to use a bit of my divi for fun. Thereby pulling something good out of evil doings.
Sooo I thought instead of mulling about a narrow band loom, why not just get one and make bandweaving more portable than back strap method.
So this is on its way
They market it as a beginner loom, no idea why since bandweaving isn't exactly beginning weaving, but I think it will work for me.
And I'd been having all kinds of problems with one of my tablets, dropping out of online meetings, showing no Wi-Fi even though connected when the other devices were online, etc, very puzzling despite all workarounds including the nuclear clear everything off the browser and start over. But it still balked, and it's losing battery faster. I think it's just worn out, aren't we all.
So while I was on a shopping roll, I decided on this
Not expensive, marked down, probably because a newer shinier one is coming in, and in blue. For $20 more you can have it in grey. Make it make sense.
I found it as "best value" on a couple of consumer report sites, so okay. I won't agonize over it. It's replacing one that's done fine for several years, and was also low-cost.
And I'm getting ready to ship out various art works to friends here and there, part of my deaccessioning. Posh art term for winnowing. I had to order package tape, but I can use the cardboard cases the potting soil came in, cut down, as protective stiff inserts for the packages. Waste not etc.
Oh, and the shoelaces are in action, with gold aglets.
Acrylic metallic gold paint. Works a treat.
Happy day everyone, I'm hoping for a quiet evening to read my current mystery. Living in hope.
Sez Ted and Big Ursy and Pony and Ursula
