It's been raining heavily for much of the past week so I continue with my decluttering. Actually I haven't been decluttering so much as I've been posting my decluttered things for giveaway and arranging for people to pick things up. I took the photo of the sky and trees a few days before Halloween just before the heavy rains started. I love the colour of the leaves and the blue of the sky peeking out above the clouds.
I also finished the other afghan I shared in my last post (the gray and gold one below) but didn't take a photo of the finished project yet. The third afghan I am currently making is the same colour way as the gray and gold. I must have been getting too tired as I ended up ripping out almost one third of it today. Actually it is the 3rd rip out I've done in 2 days due to mistakes I didn't like. I don't usually make a lot of crochet errors but lately haven't been getting enough sleep. I really love to crochet. I find it very relaxing and gives my hands something to do during long, dark, rainy nights.
Last week I was decluttering and this week I was posting stuff for giveaway and communicating with people to arrange pick up times. The big balls of yarn I gave to a missionary ladies group that I've donated to before. they have a large group of industrious woman who are always making things and sending them abroad to Asia and Africa. I love knowing that things will be put to good use and benefit others.
In future I will not be buying so much yarn in advance of actually needing to use it. I thought I was saving money by buying yarn on sale but it takes too much room to store and if I haven't used it in 3 years then it's not likely going to be used soon. My new approach is to buy one or two skeins at a time for projects I am currently working on though I also still have a stash of smaller skeins in a few colour ways. You will likely see some of them on this blog in a future project/s.
The photos below show other things I was able to give to others. After buying velvet hangers for my closet I had 70+ plastic hangers in a variety of colours to give away. Someone gladly took them off of my hands. I also had various tops and jeans, shower curtain and bath mat and an artificial Christmas tree (not in the photo) to give away. I'm still waiting for someone to arrange to pick up a few smaller items at a mutually convenient time.
I meant to share the next photo long ago. I took it a year ago in October down at the English Bay sea wall on one of my walks. I stopped to buy a coffee and saw this gentle, old dog quietly waiting for his master. He was very sweet.
I took a photo of the ducks down at the same beach. I like the way the sun is shining on the water.
A week ago Friday I went to dinner with two friends, one is a missionary to Taiwan. It was really nice to chat with Cindy and find out more about her life and work in Taiwan. She has already worked in Uganda, the Philippines and Canada's far north. She's spent the majority of her time in Taiwan and it is her home now. She loves the people. I still remember the day we prayed for her at my former church as she was preparing to leave for Taiwan. I haven't seen her in many years and we had a good catch up.
Here is a photo of what the day looked like early evening Thursday on the first day of November. We have a rain warning starting around dinner time tonight and ending Saturday morning. As you can see by the photo, my plans to clean the garden up at the end of September never came to fruition. It's still a job I have to do and will try to do in the next little while in preparation for the winter months.
Good weather for one of my other main hobbies, reading.
Here are my current reads.
I found this November inspirational verse on line.
It will be a good reminder for me to remain positive as we head into my least favourite time of year weather wise.
Here's to November.
May you have a blessed and adventurous one.
Here's to November.
May you have a blessed and adventurous one.
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