Hi Everyone,

What a beautiful day!  It was my first day of not wearing boots to school.  I stopped wearing my earmuffs last week, the same day I wore  post earrings.  I believe the latter influenced the former!

I did, however bring my earmuffs to the zoo on Saturday and was glad I did.  That wind was a little nippy! (Hiya, Steph!)

I did not grow up with earmuffs.  It was only as an adult after borrowing a pair for an impromptu walk after dinner at a friend’s house that I  felt the need to invest in a pair. And now, I swear by them.  I was even wearing them at the end of the last Gopher hockey game!

I brought them along on the advice of a friend when we visited the glaciers in Alaska in July.  I also brought them along to California two years ago in March. And I used them both times and happily kept warm because my ears were warmer.  The Californians congratulated me on my good thinking and wished they had some, too.

I love my earmuffs.

And now on to spring cleaning, which follows no boot and no earmuff days.  I opened all the windows upstairs this afternoon and proceeded to take a nap before tackling the cleaning.  All that fresh air was invigorating; I had a super nap.  It also made the cat snuggle a little closer!

I know I just started, but it was a good start today.  I even had an inspiration about getting rid of things, or rather, making them available to new owners.    🙂  They say that when doing a project that takes more than one day that it’s best to stop at a place where you’ll be excited to get back to it.  And, with that new inspiration, I look forward to working on it tomorrow.

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Sometimes I laugh out loud at crossword puzzle clues and answers.  Some of them are so clever that they tickle my funnybone.  Thought I’d share some from Really Clever Crosswords by David Levinson Wilk.

These involve color and phrases:

“Exasperated, but with some yellow”                                                                              green in the face

“Pleased, but without the red”                                                                                             tickled white

“Cowardly, but with some violet”                                                                                      brown bellied

“Jealous, but without the blue”                                                                                         yellow with envy

 

This one is historical: “The “I” in a Robert Graves classic”                                    Claudius

This one is general: ” Be a copycat”                                                                                     mimic a meower

“Is for two?                                                                                                                                         are

“Hypochondriac’s complaint (or the doctor’s complaint about the hypochondriac)

answer: pain in the neck!

“one making overnight deliveries”                                                                                     Santa

“Straight up or straightened up”                                                                                         neat

“Feels hot or doesn’t feel too hot”                                                                                     ails

“Ain’t fixed                                                                                                                                         isn’t

“Fish food in Biblical times”                                                                                                   Jonah

 

I love playing with words!!!!

Along that vein, I thought I’d include a meditation from At Knit’s End, by The Yarn Harlot.

“The universe is full of magical things, patiently waiting for our wits to grow sharper.”  Eden Phillpotts

There are many ancient stories of knitting, and there are even some that tell of knitting as a magic charm—-spells that can be wrought in the stitches of sweaters, blankets, and socks for purposes known only to the knitter.  One of these stories recounts how knitters used to knit a hair from their own locks into the  garment for another, thus binding that person to them forever.

I will accept the legend of this magic charm, both because it is lovely and because it is easier to believe in magic than to try and pick my hair out of my knitting all the time.

 

I think I’ll go knit some on my sweater.  Have a Wacky Wednesday!

Love,

Janet