STALLED

I have all of the squares made for the afghan. I laid it all out on my worktable , and worked out the pattern. I still have to choose the color for the final trim and edging. There are 42 squares. I petered out. And, yes, I have left over yarn from the squares. I could make chair seat covers I suppose. the squares that appear orange, are really antique gold. The almost white squares are sage green.

As soon as I can get myself in a condition to go to the craft store, I can finish the thing. Actually it went faster than I thought it would.

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HOW DOES YOUR GARDEN GROW

I have had a very pretty garden this year. Amazing really. Hb. has been tending it regularly And it shows. The best year for the roses. This a photo of the rose: Parfait. Lovely fragrance too.

DR. VISIT

Well, I had to go see my ophthalmologist yesterday. The AMD spot kept ruptering. And the spot was moving into my pupil. Makes me kind of see double. I can see the spot when I look at a plain background or close my eyes. Dr. Kim confirmed what I saw. So, I asked, now what ? He said, it needs medicine. You have that ?
Yes.
What does it entail?
A shot right into the eyeball.
Ackk! (small scream and a shudder.)
Dr. asked, you want to come back tomorrow?
No way, do it now. That way I won't have time to think about it.
So they numbed my eyes with all sorts of stuff.
I still felt the shot when it was injected. Ouch.
But, it was quick. and over.
There was some stinging. But, I had ice in the car, because the day was warm. So on the way home, I held a compress to the side of my eye. ( that was permissable.) And before we arrived home, the hurt had faded. Just some sort of stiffness. I kept the patch on until almost morning. I took it off to clean the gunk out of the eye. So far, no complications. I see Dr. Kim in a couple of weeks.
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BLUE SKIES

nO RAIN. nOT A GOOD THING. bESIDES THE FIRE IN sANTA BARBARA, THERE WAS A FIRE IN THE hENRY COE PARK. jUST SOUTH oF US. tHERE WAS A FIRE THERE TWO YEARS AGO. nEARLY LOST THE ENTIRE PARK, BUT, THE FOG CAME BACK. Fire season begins early.
Going to be hot the next few days. We are hoping to not have to use the AC.
I left the caps lock on. Well, I'm not going to retype it.
I have all the squares made for my afghan. Now, I have to go buy the contrasting edging yarn. I'm hoping to find a soft yellow in a soft texture bulkey. I was able to crochet, even if I wasn't feeling that well.
This year our garden came up very nice. Even nicer than last year. But now the heat will shrivel everything. And my Peppermint Stripe rose bloomed the best ever.
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THE SILK SKIRT

Here is the skirt for Eithne's dress. I am working on it between bouts of IBS and crocheting afghan squares. I have Eithne standing where she can watch the progress. I have always been slow. Because I used to have debilitating migraines. They went away as menopause came on. So now I have IBS. If it isn't one thing, it's something else.
Because of my eyes and hands, I had to forego making the hand gathered matching ruffles for the skirt. So there is a lace ruffle with rosebud trim. The bodice trim will match.
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GETTING THERE

Eithne is a little perplexed as she looks over my afghan squares. There are now 35 of them. Only 14 more to go. Even though I still have to crochet a contrasting color around each one before I stitch them into the final product. Eithne is hoping It will be soon, but I tell her, maybe the whole thing won't be done before August. OH!! She is tired of the half and half thing she has on.
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SUMMER ENTERTAINMENT

Carrot Gone Wild.
Isn't this funky. See the plant in the foreground. We planted carrots last year. None developed. But, this one lasted and we have just let it grow. It is four feet tall. No, we don't expect carrots. We just want to watch it and see what happens.
Homemade entertainment. Hah, ha.
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MAYDAY

It isn't raining rain,
It's raining Violets.
Since there wasn't much rain in April.
May is giving it a try.