Month: March 2025

A few years ago, shortly after moving here, I made a pair of forearm warmers.

I used some leftover yarn that was soft, and were warm colors for autumn. I have found them again, and am already using them this season. I absolutely love them. Here’s a photo of them.

I don’t know if they’re exactly the same because I usually mess something up when I “knit by instinct”, sort of like cooking by the seat of my pants. I don’t really care, however, because they turned out really nice.

I’m still working diligently, (not so much), on the perpetual shawl, but haven’t’ gotten much further than the last time I showed you, mostly because it’s too hot to knit with wool in the summer. I’m going to get started in the very near future. It’s cool enough now to start again, and have it keep me warm as a bonus.

Until next time, stay safe.

You know how much I love Amazon.

Well, here’s another great product I discovered the other day. In fact, I bought 4 of them. They are the only oil spray dispenser that I have used that actually works. Let me show you.

THESE ARE AMAZING. Obviously not a paid ad, but I have to tell you, if you’re considering buying an atomizer for your oils, vinegars, etc., consider this one. There are several sellers on Amazon, of course, and I did happen to buy one from one seller, and the other 3 from another, (the one was a flash sale), and they are identical in every way. In fact, 2 of the 3 boxes from the above seller Yarramate, contained sleeves with preprinted labels for different oils, and sauces. Great.

Until next we meet, enjoy the best of what the US is now able to offer you.

Recently, I ordered what I thought was an order of 3 boxes of 200 cotton tipped applicators.

What I actually ordered was 3 pairs of 2 boxes of 200 CTA’s; 1200 CTA’s in total. I guess I won’t be ordering those again. Ever.

The ones I ordered have bamboo sticks, 3” in length, with the tips in cotton at each end. Let me show you.

Unfortunately they’re made in China. Come on USA. Get going. We’d really like to stop our dependence on China for things that you can be making in the US, probably for less, allowing folks in the US to have a viable living.

Enough of that. The ones I had purchased in the distant past were 6” long, made of wood, and broke while using more often than not. Scared the boohoo out of us both.

These are sturdy, ecofriendly, biodegradable so we can put them in the compost bin. Win-win.

Until next time, stay safe.

A few weeks ago we had the most unbelievable rain, thunderstorms, and hail.

The whole business lasted over 4 hours with only a few short periods of quiet. I thought for sure we’d lose electricity, but nope.

We went to the grocery store the next day, and there were very large standing puddles everywhere we looked.

No trees down in the neighborhood, thank the good Lord, but I have no idea what happened anywhere else near us.

You know how much I enjoy a good thunderstorm. This is the rainy season here, though we’ve more than made up for our earlier drought. It’s rained almost every day, or evening since the end of June, beginning of July.

Until next time, stay safe; wash your hands.

Post script: a few weeks ago, we were rudely awakened by the alarm on my iPad screaming “ALERTA SÍSMICA”, which translates to a seismic alert, or AN EARTHQUAKE! It lasted about 2 minutes, and we went right back to sleep.