Friday, June 03, 2022

 I’ve said goodbye to my table companions — Helen and May and Renata and Mary and Elspeth. They have been good company and I will miss them. 

We are having a garden party here tomorrow. I don’t much care for such things, and will be glad to be away before it happens. Helen says we can stop at a SUPERMARKET on the way home. I haven’t been to one for ages, what with the COVID restrictions. That will be a real treat. I’ll buy food for the weekend — and cat food, if needed — and then when I get home, lodge an order to be delivered early next week. My substitute cleaner can’t start until Friday. It will be a valuable challenge, to look after myself for five  whole days.

I’ve finished the body of the Lilias Day and started the first sleeve. It will go quickly, I think. I’ve nearly finished the second ball of Ooskit. 

Alexander and Ketki’s son Thomas needed four guesses for today’s Wordle. Alexander and Ketki and I (and Rachel in London) required three, old friend Mark got it in two. 


5 comments:

  1. Are you knitting your sleeves flat? I ask because I always knit both sleeves at the same time - using separate balls of yarn. This means that any increases happen at the same time and when they are done, they're done.

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  2. =Tamar9:13 PM

    Since you will have Helen to help carry stuff, why not buy enough for a few extra days? There's bound to be something special that the delivery order might not cover.
    Congratulations on having arrived at the sleeve portion!

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  3. A supermarket! What larks! I bought myself a coffee in a cafe last week, the first time since March 2020. Had to sit down to recover...

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  4. I had my first failure at Wordle yesterday. I had the first three letters right off the bat, but so many options to choose from left me high and dry. Today I got it in three. Finishing a cowl in Brooklyn Tweed Shelter and Arbor and I am frustrated with the bindoff. I tried my newest fave, Icelandic, but it rippled. Back to the drawing board.

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  5. Anonymous10:28 AM

    I tend to avoid large milling-around groups myself. The conversation often feels forced. But sometimes you can happen on really useful information that way. (A better recipe for kimchee for instance.) So when I have to I try to look on it as an opportunity - all the while planning for a quick exit. Sorry you will be deprived of your table companions, it’s a nice way to start or end the day. Chloe

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