• We got down to freezing (32°F) this morning. I think that's our first freezing temperature of the season. (According to our digital thermometer, at least) it is consistently colder (and hotter-- let's just say "more extreme") here than whatever is forecast for our zip code.
• We had an evening fire a week or so ago. I can't even remember the last time we had an evening bonfire. This one reminded me how much more magical a fire seems at night, with the golden sparks flying against a darkened sky. We should do that more often.
• Crocheting with strips of t-shirts is kind of tiring to your arms when you've been used to crocheting with nothing thicker than worsted weight yarn. I'm finding new muscles-- and then wearing them out. I would suggest crocheting rag rugs as a upper-body-building exercise, but unless you can crochet with both hands, you might end up a little unbalanced...
• Going back to crocheting with regular, worsted weight yarn when you've been wrestling with thick strips of fabric and a fat hook is an odd sensation. The yarn is so thin! It's so slack and unresisting! Next time, if I remember, I'll go straight from crocheting fabric strips to crocheting thread, just for the "Alice in Wonderland" feeling of having suddenly grown into a giant. ;o)
• We fixed up the dog pen yesterday afternoon. (One of the posts had rotted and had to be replaced, and the pen needed a good weeding in spots.) Now it should be all fixed up for times when they can't be inside or have the run of the whole yard.
