Frogs and bands

Today's pond walk included daylilies; all those buds of yesterday are now in flower

Jewelweed in flower

Frogs galore, you see them looking at you? And circles where they just dived under

The pond was crowded, but I only saw a couple of turtles today.

Home again, and I got going on the latest band 

It's moving quickly and I'm developing some skills at maintaining an even width. I'm liking this, and I'm also liking being at the narrowband loom again.

We recently had a discussion about the saying that if a thing's worth doing, it's worth doing badly. 

My bandweaving is a case in point. I'm not yet very good at it, but it's worth doing. The notion that a thing's only worth doing if you can do it well is a false position. Even if your best isn't yet very good, it's still worth doing. 

My hill, on which I'll die!

 

Happy day, making stuff. I may make another whistle lanyard similarly. I think I have another whistle.

 

A Day in Three Halves

I went out walking after I got home yesterday from the vax shop,  because the weather was going to be much hotter today, so i seized the day. 

I saw the first daylily out, and a bed of them in bud, waiting to open.

On the way home I was surprised when a deer stepped out of the trees in front of me, studied me for a moment, then moved off 

This is a first. In 35 years of living in this development I have never seen a deer. They're in  different parts of town, but have never made it across the highways that surround my neighborhood. There are roads closed for repair and I wonder if he slipped across one of them.  

Yesterday being a COVID vax day, by evening I was so tired, usual aftereffect, that I went to bed around eight o'clock. Halfway up the stairs I seriously wondered if I should just lie there instead of struggling on. 

I did make it into bed and woke at 2am, wondering why I was hurting head to foot and shivering. Ah, yes, the vax, nothing to be alarmed about. Too tired to go down and find a snack and eventually did sleep again. 

That was part two. Got up at six feeling wobbly and nauseous and needing to sit down quick, legs gave way. This passed and I made it downstairs for a bite to eat then I slept on and off all morning.

So when the Misfits arrived -- I heard the arrival, got a picture of Jeff, and the box he left -- I was up to the third half of the day and things were starting to go better.

I managed to wrangle the box, gosh it was hot.  Also note the humidity 

And here's the doings 

Cans for three bean salad, currently a favorite, lovely yellow potatoes for roasting, must remember to keep a couple to plant, Envy apples, big ones, and they've been great lately, brown eggs for quiches, 

Bananaz to ripen in a day or two, mixed greens for salad, weather appropriate, lazy Bloggerlady bread, and yogurt for all seasons. Scallions hiding in there to go in salad and quiches.

I did manage to catch a picture of Jeff, and after my incessant moaning, the delivery map has been improved. 

They did start out saying delivery was in about 15 minutes, before 7:30am, clearly ridiculous because the driver was in Philadelphia, over an hour away at the best of times, and with numerous stops between there and here.

It showed up about 1:25 pm, about what you'd expect. But at least they've stopped giving endless updates, every  15 minutes for hours. 

And the box was reasonably cool, order complete and accurate. So I'll stop moaning. For now.

And I may continue sleeping. I do get a significant reaction to the COVID vax, which I like to think is my tough immune system saying you lookin at me huh? My vaxxed arm isn't up to much, so weaving has to wait.

Happy day everyone, try to get all the way upstairs before you nod off. It works better. Sez Ted and Big Ursy and Pony and Ursula.

Nature notes, and cake

Early morning walk, so glad I pushed myself out before the heat set in. Me and many birds and frogs at the pond. There were a lot of branches down from the storm and many more frogs, leaping into the pond at my approach, clearly approving the weather. Three drakes fussing about there, too. I wonder if the ducks are home busy with ducklings.

More wild daylilies

 and the jewelweed has started

That pocket-shaped blossom is very much like the sage blossom. I must check the name of the shape and see if it's a family.

One of my neighbors not only plants herbs, she labels them 

This is the first sighting I think I've had of rue.

On the way home, dandelions added to the daily bouquet 

Home to read These Old Shades, ancient Georgette Heyer, and bake cake, which is called bread because I bake it in a loaf pan, but who am I kidding. 

Banana bread but with pumpkin instead of banana,  crushed walnuts, dried cranberries.  Very nutritious! I used whole wheat flour. 

Perfect breakfast food. Or afternoon tea. Any time, really. With a spoonful of yogurt mixed with lemon juice and cane sugar, it's dessert. It's the Swiss army knife of breads.

Happy day everyone, enjoy whatever you're up to, hoping it's trouble, sez 

Big U and Ted