Books and a Puzzle

 After a day of heavy rain we're enjoying a break in the weather.  9C with some clouds but no rain in the immediate forecast.

I often read more than one book at a time. Here are my current choices.  A Year in Nature is an almanac which I've begun reading for the month of November ( I just picked up this book from the library yesterday)..I'll see how far I get in the 3 weeks I'll have it ( or I may renew it then). The author is Marty Crump.  Shadow of the Solstice is a mystery, and The West Country is a Garden ( my own book) is full of beautiful paintings of wildflowers and sketches of buildings and places that she has traveled to in the UK. It's a wonderful book that I treasure.

 We finished another puzzle. We each work on half and as you can see once we were done we didn't bother actually connecting the two halves. It was a great puzzle to work on with lots and lots of detail.

 

 That's all for today.  I hope you have a lovely weekend.   Thanks for coming by.

 

 

 

Full Moon

 

 

 Tonight the Beaver Moon will be shining and we have clear skies so we'll be able to see it in all its splendor.  Of course I have to add some trivia...   from the internet.

The November 2025 full Moon is a supermoon, which means it's a full Moon at the closest point to Earth in its orbit.This occurs because the Moon's orbit around Earth isn't a perfect circle. Instead, it's elliptical, or slightly egg-shaped.

 

 My Gloxinia has three new flowers and several buds.  I can hardly believe my luck since mostly I buy  either a Gloxinia or an African Violet in bloom and once they finish blooming that's it.  I can never manage getting them to rebloom. 

Our temperature this morning was 0C and there was ice on the truck windows.  Clouds are moving in tomorrow and will bring slightly warmer days but very wet.  Walking this morning was lovely. I wore a scarf for the first time this season. It's beginning to feel like winter.

 

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The Weekend

 On Saturday we had so much rain that when we went walking at Willband  on Sunday the water level was really high.  At some places the path was under water.  Nevertheless we had a lovely walk.

 

 By walking close to the trees on the left we got by this puddle.

 

Seven swans flew low over our heads. ( This is a picture from the internet but looks exactly like our swans. *smile*) 

 Sunday usually means a game of Dominoes but we changed things a bit and played Scrabble. That was fun too.

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Time Change

 

 

 Did you know that one of the earliest calendars came from Egypt?   It had 12 months  of 30 days .  Each month had 3 weeks, and each week had 10 days.  This has absolutely nothing to do with the time change. 
Just another bit of trivia.

 

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Last Day of October

   

 

Not much happening here on this last day of October.  Rain all day, in fact rain all weekend. Any children out trick or treating tonight will get drenched.
In October we lost one hour and 44 minutes of daylight.

 Creations that my sister made for Halloween. Are they not cute? (the base is a sugar cookie).

 

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More Thrifty Treasures and National Cat Day

 DH had things he wanted to do in the west end of town ( where there just happens to be another thrift store. Actually 3 more.) He dropped me off and I spent a lovely hour browsing happily. I found these nice plastic tubs that I hope to fill with Christmas treats eventually.

 I saw this cute little purse? obviously home sewn. It has a main compartment and on each side  another  compartment  with flaps that fasten with an elastic and a button.  It measures 7 by 9 inches. The fabric has Autumn leaves and dragonflies 💛. I have no idea what I'll use it for. Any ideas?

 Granddaughter Kate told me that today was National Cat Day so here's my Kitty.....

 

 ....and Kate's cat who is Miss Kitty's son.  He was the only kitten of the 5 that looked like her.

 After my busy day I'm ready to sit and read for a while before I head for bed.  

 

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A Trip to the Thrift Store

 

 Another wet day. We walked anyway. If rain was going to keep us from walking we wouldn't walk often between now and next April or May. After we came back we headed for the thrift store. DH found some folks to chat with while I browsed. I was looking for (and found)  a King sized bed sheet in pale gray $4 . 
It's in perfect condition too.  A few more items jumped into my cart.  The reindeer cushion cover is just the right size to fit over the cushion I had that had pumpkins on it. Having stuffed the Pumpkin one into it I might as well leave it as an early ( very early) Christmas decor.
  I couldn't resist the pretty reusable bag for .75. I can always use another one. Magazines are so expensive if bought new but at 2 for a dollar who cares if they're not this year's latest.

 

Just in time for Halloween....

 

How widespread are superstitions around the “unlucky” number 13? More than 80 percent of high-rise buildings in the United States don’t have a 13th floor, and nearly all hotels, hospitals and airports avoid using the “cursed” number for rooms or boarding gates. Most airlines skip row 13 on planes, too.  

That’s because an estimated 10 percent of the U.S. population and 14 percent of people in Britain have a legitimate fear of the number 13. (In Asia, 4 is considered the unluckiest number.)  No stats for Canada.

 

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