Craft Fair and Books

 First Christmas craft sale of 2025.  Sheila came by after work and picked us up to go to a nearby church where it was held.  It was fun to browse but all we bought was some food items ( they looked irresistible).  We came back home and called those our supper :)

I feel badly for all the vendors that don't seem to be selling many of their great items.  Are people more cautious with their spending?  Or do we have more than we need or want as it is and no desire for more stuff no matter how pretty? 

 I had library books to return today and while I was there I picked some more.

 

 

That's it for today. Have a lovely Sunday.

 

Thanks for stopping by.

 

 

 

This and That

 

 

My peach coloured Thanksgiving Cactus is blooming.

I found these pretty place mats on yesterday's visit to the thrift store. I had a big box to donate so I don't feel badly bringing home small treasures. These mats are not really quilted. The fabric is made to look like it though.

      *   *   *   *   *   *    *    * 

 Here is a bit of trivia that I found interesting since I give myself 30 pages to decide if I'm going to continue reading a book. Unless I see that the language is offensive in which case I can tell right away that I don't want to continue reading. I wonder how many people would agree with this.

 Ever heard of the 50 page rule? A librarian has suggested that for books, if you're 50 or under, you read 50 pages and give yourself permission, at that point, to stop reading if you're not enjoying it. If you're older than 50, you subtract your age from 100 and read that many pages before putting it down for good.

Not much is happening here. It's raining and rather dismal outside. Fortunately I have an interesting book to read.  Thanks for visiting.

 

 

Baking and a Tea Pot

 Here we are again...Monday morning. Are you ready for the new week?  

The weekend held some great walks.  I baked a Whole Orange Loaf which  was eaten in no time at all. 

 .  

 
Every year I make Chocolate covered  Peanut Butter Balls and every year I have trouble forming the balls. The mixture ( which contains PB, butter, icing sugar and Rice Krispies) does not want to stick together and form the balls which then go into the freezer to be dipped in melted chocolate once frozen.  A couple of years ago I declared that I wasn't going to make them any more. Youngest Son took over the job and yesterday was the day he came over to do that. Maybe the ones he made were not quite as uniform in size as these from the internet but they were made. This morning I dipperd them in melted chocolate and froze them in cookie tins for the coming season. We usually start the Christmas goodies in Advent, which will begin on November 30th this year.

 

 

I saw this gorgeous tea pot on Pinterest. Isn't it a beauty? It almost matches my tea cup.

 

That's it for today. Thanks for coming by.

 

 

 

 

 

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.

 

Thanks for visiting

 

 

 

 

 

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.

Thanks for visiting

 

 

 

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.

 

Thanks for coming by