I seem to be having trouble these days concentrating on any one subject for more than a minute or two. Sometimes I wonder if that comes with age or if I was always like this. Teapot and I have begun over the weekend to study Political Philosophy with courses on DVD. We sit each evening with one class and watch the course unfold before us and it has been quite interesting. (Daughter #2 calls words like "interesting" place holders.... I'm not really sure why, but it is a derogatory term evidently.) We (that is, Teapot and I) have done courses such as this once before with a group of friends where we would enjoy a "class" and then we would have an hour to sit and discuss the topic and how it applies to us. But even though I enjoyed the course, which was a look at The Physiology of Psychology, I found the discussion group really lame, so this time Teapot and I decided to study this course on our own. We find that we speak about it more freely and are not as reserved in our comments, which is really good since you can make some pretty hilarious comments on a course that evaluates the pros and cons of cannibalism!
It has been an ideal day for the activity of listening to a professor ramble on. Yup, I think winter has finally hit. This week we are supposed to get temperatures down to -20 degrees. It has been grey and cold all day with light snow falling off and on. It has been dull outside and I'm not much better. Yet, I did have some friends come for a day of spinning. With a nice hot bowl of soup for lunch, it was a lovely chance to catch up on what they are doing too. We even had a bit of show and tell. However, now outside the window the snow looks dreadfully cold. The sheep are huddling out in the paddocks and Dreamer (the horse) will require a blanket over her at the rate the temperatures are falling.So an evening of viewing a DVD is an ideal pass time.
It seemed like a good day for a little spinning too. Last week, I started on some Bison fibre for the level 4 requirements. It is coming along quite nicely. Still today I needed a little colour in my life so I pulled out some Optim which is a merino wool which has been stretched to resemble silk. It is a lovely combination of blue, green, teal, and purple. It is very soft to work with and I'm enjoying it much more than I expected. I love spinning colour on a dull grey day like this one was. If it weren't for the trees then I wouldn't have known where the sky ended and the ground began. The electric fire place has been giving off lovely heat and a lovely glow. Makes me want to get a cup of hot chocolate. I have Annie Lennox on playing in the background. It makes for a very mellow evening.... (my feet are complaining though because they are so cold..... maybe I should go find some nice s----- well, you know)!
There was one point of excitement in my life today. Honeydew, the llama that doesn't have an over abundance of brains, got her head stuck in the fence today and I have no idea how long she was standing there trying to get her head out of the fence. I gathered my courage and held her head while separating the fence for her to get her head back through the wires. It worked and she was very mild mannered about it all in the end. I think she was rather surprised that I meant her well.
As you can see from what has been going on in my life that the grey skies have affected life around here. we seem to be waiting and can't settle on anything of value to keep us occupied. November is a month of "in between". Not Christmas yet, and after the pleasures of a colourful autumn, things seem to have graduated to a......
What am I thinking..... there's only five weeks left till Christmas and I still have two pairs of socks to knit......... and God knows how many other things I have to do..... argh! I had better make a list so I don't get side swiped again!
This errant mind of mine keeps dragging me in places I really shouldn't go.
Did you know that eating poppy seeds can show opium in your blood if you do a blood test. I just heard that on the radio ; } Shocking really.... !
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