Quiet

Last week my iPod disappeared.  I last had it Monday evening after a walk; next came to want it on Friday, and it was nowhere to be found.  I've decided to do without...and then extended this idea of disconnecting just a wee bit farther.

Since Sunday evening, I've been online only three times a day.  Facebook?  Looking, lurking, "liking" only if it meant something, answering messages and making no comments.  E-mail?  Reading and responding as needed.  Blogs?  Reading most of the ones I follow regularly but again, commenting only if I really have something to say.  Radio?  Off.  (And as most of you Gentle Readers know, I haven't owned a television in five years...)

The results?

Domestic bliss.

The weather has been glorious, and I've spent the better part of the last three days outside, till it's so dark in the evening I can no longer see to read.  

I've been able to manage a good jog early every morning, and I managed to get a load of laundry out drying on the line.  Monday was "a good day on clothes!"

I've harvested seed pods:

Cosmos seed head

Hollyhock seed pods

and herbs

Basil, dill, thyme, mint, oregano

I've begun my Christmas knitting;

Pretty blue socks

and finished some dishcloths to replace my shabby ones:

I baked some cookies:

Hermits

to go with the rhubarb I harvested and stewed in the slow cooker:

Getting ready for stewing

I finished those two miniatures I started last week.  Lest you think they're familiar, I've made similar ones before, but never for the gallery in Olds where I hope they'll have only a brief stay before finding new homes:

Sailor's Delight

There's One in Every Crowd

 I put together two rows of the first section of the Japanese Taupe Quilt:

Top 2 sewn together; bottom row prepped for sewing

and I finished the applique of the last two (of four) fan motif blocks for the centre of the same quilt.

I've kept up my stitching on MOB.

I finished two books and am well along a third,

and

I finished a tiny embroidery and am well along another (both will be gifts).

I've written two "real" letters...and now this blog post.

Mostly, I'm mulling, as September draws ever nearer.

More later.  :-)

P.S. Enough WIPs in here that I'll like this to WIP Wednesday on The Needle and Thread Network.