High Fiber—Progress on All Fronts

We've had some progress on all fronts here. First, we finally got our first snowfall of the season. This was my back yard:

The resorts are happy. Now if it will stay cold enough, maybe they can keep some of it to form the base they will add to when they make snow. (All of our local ski areas made it into the top 10 ski resorts this year.)

The cold weather, even temporary, is hard on our wildlife. Not that Squeeky is wild. He depends on his "welfare check" to get him through times when food is hard to find. We have watched him put some aside, though, just in case. His favorite handout is peanuts, which come pre-packaged in squirrel take-out boxes.

We were glad to have our bathroom remodel progressed to the stage where we don't have to worry about ventilation or being warm enough to dry out the materials. The tilework is almost done. The grout still has to go in (today), but you can get an idea of how it will look.

The floor of the shower is pebbles, so we will get a nice foot massage while we shower. The old shower stall was smaller than the shower in our little trailer, so this is an improvement.

The political campaigns will be done soon, too. I'll be glad to be free again to knit, quilt and spin! (Once I get the house cleaned up, though.) I completed my mail-in ballot on Friday. Rocky made sure I filled it out properly.

If you haven't voted yet, be sure to do so, regardless of the candidates you support. The important thing is to inform yourself and vote!

You may have noticed Rocky's sweater. I finished it for him nearly a year ago, and he has been enjoying it tremendously! It's great that it can go through the washer and dryer and still look nice when it's done.

The pattern is Biscuits and Bones by Patons. The yarn is Knit Picks' Swish Worsted in "Hollyberry."

Progress has also been made on my Dogwood Blossoms cardigan:

In case you're seeing this project for the first time, I made some changes to the sweater. I threw out one color and added several others. I also changed the design to drop-shoulder. You can read what I did here.

The grandkids are coming for the Christmas holidays, so I will be cleaning up and getting ready. Both grandsons are expecting to see moose! Here's Soren's request, received Saturday:

Then Zachary seconded the motion on Sunday:

We're ordering salt licks!

Everyone who's in Sandy's wake, please stay safe!

What's on my needles: Dogwood Blossoms.
What's on my wheel: Full Circle Roving in "Pigeon."
What's on my iPad: Just finished Odd Apocalypse by Dean Koontz, from Audible. Great book, as usual!
What's in my wine glass: Charles Shaw (Two-buck Chuck) Shiraz. One of our favorites!

Note: This blog post was produced entirely on the MacBook, using the iPad for photo processing. No other computer was used in any stage of composition or posting, and no Windows were opened, waited for or cleaned.

Tags: BiscuitsAndBones, DogSweater, DogwoodBlossoms, Swish, babies, bathroom, remodel, snow, squirrel

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Comment by wendy on November 2, 2012 at 9:46pm: The babies are adorable, as usual. And the sweater is really coming along very nicely. Snow = yuk! Too early for me. Picture is pretty though.

Elaine - I've been wondering how you were, and am glad you're fine. I've been wondering about others out east as well, and hope they are fine too. Has anyone heard from Frances at all?

Comment by Peggy Stuart on November 1, 2012 at 9:27pm: Elaine, we're glad you're safe. Fingers crossed for the MD home's safety!

Comment by Elaine Wenger on November 1, 2012 at 1:34pm: Dogwood Blossoms look fantastic! We were fortunate with the Sandy event. Both of our houses made it through. Our house in PA just experienced lots of rain but not as much as forcasted. We plan to travel to Ocean City MD this weekend to check on things there. Our place sits on a canal off Assawomen's Bay. A neighbor stayed and said the water did come over the bulkhead and about six inches deep on our back boardwalk. Sounds like no water got inside (hope! Hope!) We are planning some remodeling, glad we didn't start that yet.

Comment by Peggy Stuart on October 31, 2012 at 8:46pm: I'm going to be canvassing for Obama campaign. Let's share phone numbers by PM!

Comment by Phyllis D. Wright on October 31, 2012 at 7:37pm: Would you like to meet to do lunch in Golden. I could meet you there if I had resturant address for my gps : )

Comment by Peggy Stuart on October 31, 2012 at 5:15pm: I'm coming to Denver on Friday. I think we may be staying in Golden.

Comment by Phyllis D. Wright on October 31, 2012 at 11:06am: Glad to see things are moving right along. Now in Denver and had my first light snow. It was gorgeous. Dogwood Blossoms looks great.

Comment by Peggy Stuart on October 30, 2012 at 11:56am: LOL! Peanuts, in the shell! Squirrel or Chipmunk take-out!

Comment by KnitWhich? on October 30, 2012 at 8:43am: Great blog, as usual. The snow is beautiful, but it can stay there...don't bring it here! Susan, I feel for you, getting snow this early!

The bathroom is looking good. So is the sweater. I love the way it is coming out. And Rocky looks so handsome in his sweater!

The boys are super adorable! I envy you having Christmas with little ones!

Now, please enlighten me: what are squirrel take out boxes?