A Bomb Cyclone and Two Finishes

As you may have heard on the new, the weather here has been a bit crazy. They called it a bomb cyclone. Our power was out for 2 days, and there are still areas that are out. So it's been chilly and extra dark lately.  However, I finally have a couple of finishes to share.

Jeck is the name of this pattern.  I matched them up pretty well, but I have no idea why they look like two different sizes.

I really love this pattern for mitts and have made it several times! It's called Love Bug Mitts.

That's all for now! We have our fingers crossed that the wind storm predicted for today won't cause so many outages and at least allow people, whose power still is out, to get their power back!  Happy Friday!

Our Crazy Trip!

During the long wait for our plane to leave Seattle, we got to see a beautiful rainbow. You can't tell from this photo, but it was really a double one!

We took a nice hike in a park directly across from our sister's new condo.

On the walk we saw lots of turtles. Can you see them on this log?

We got to see our nephew's newly renovated 100 year old house and our great niece's team win a soccer game.

Enroute to Illinois to see our older daughter's family, we visited several interesting state parks and saw a dinosaur at the Wisconsin Dells! 

We saw lots of Canadian geese at the little lake by our favorite motel.

And we got to see the progress on the dam that feeds the lake in our daughter's neighborhood and spent more time with her dogs than our grandkids because we had COVID.  Thankfully they have a nice porch, so we were able to visit outside.

All in all, despite the challenges, we had a nice visit and are now completely healthy! And I got to do lots of knitting.....

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Have a great week!

 

 

How Did It Get To Be November So Soon?

Thanks for your kind comments the other day! We took our most recent October walk on Thursday when it wasn't raining here. One of our favorite places to walk is Coulon Beach, a waterfront park in nearby Renton, Washington.  

You can probably guess why these statues were dressed this way then, but they usually change their outfits every holiday, and some days aren't wearing anything!

A huge flock of black ducks was swimming in the lake.  There must have been over one hundred of them!  I'm not sure though what kind of ducks these are; does anyone recognize them?

We always see lots of Canadian geese there, but this time a few of them were sleeping on the path and didn't even flinch when we walked past them.

There were a lot more cormorants also; they are such interesting birds!

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Have a nice November! I'm working on a bunch of unfinished projects. How come I am so much better at starting than finishing them?!