Friday Fill-ins

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1. The wind blew wildly and  drove some water in through the roof that "will never leak".

2.  Coming home today and meeting Mr.Z and Wolfie   out for a walk up the hill made me feel warm and happy all over.

3. The smell of  Sage  makes me  think of camping out at Big Rocks, during our Thanksgiving trip with the DDs and Timmy  one year to Joshua Tree National Monument.  TheDD's made Sage gravy, Red and green tamales, all of which were very tasty!

4. When I am feeling lazy I  first paint my toe and finger nails, grab my knitting and a piece of fruit (to eat for lunch), and watch nonstop Hercule Poirot on Netlix while knitting.

5. Brilliant  deep sea blue green is my favorite color - like the color that shows behind the wave when it breaks.

6. The door creaked a bit ago, and lazy me was joined by a little black dog that came in.

7. And as for the weekend, tonight I'm looking forward to   knitting, and movie night, tomorrow my plans include  sewing something, anything!, that can get my sewing mojo back to me,  and Sunday, I want to rest a bit, and then start a necklace for a guy, and make a small box for like my sister made for storing tiny, bit'o'nothing earrings!  That's what we call the earrings we make that are really small.

What I've been up to:

I went to see my sister's Wednesday, and we talked about DH and I helping her more. So,it looks like that's what we'll be doing. She needs to rest her back more so it can heal. She's willing to let us take over some of the jobs she's been trying to keep up with but that hurt her.

Over tea and cookies, we two also talked about turning sows ears into silk purses, and other little "tromploi" crafts that are super cheap, and give gorgeous results. We also discussed ceiling joists and rafter construction versus trusses, and ran through the secrets of bearing walls and whether some of hers were, or if the interior walls could be moved or not. One thing we learned, as kids, was how to think like builders.

We talked about the new Pope and how much we liked him, and wished him well. We would like him to be more progressive, but he's not probably going to be that. I'd been hoping for Bishop TuTu, you see.

“If you are neutral in situations of injustice, you have chosen the side of the oppressor. If an elephant has its foot on the tail of a mouse and you say that you are neutral, the mouse will not appreciate your neutrality”
Bishop TuTu