Light and kitties

 I seem to have got into this resting. Overslept by two hours this morning, to wake to texts and Skype from Anxious Son, who hadn't had a reply to his usual early morning text. All's well, though. Probably the result of a couple of those sugary treats. I've never known why people talk about sugar giving energy. It knocks me flat.

Meanwhile, knitting continues

with evidence of other knitting in the distance, socks and afghan.

And I'm listening to another Martin Walker audio book about police chief Bruno

At least in brief bursts, when my phone doesn't lose the signal. I have two Hoopla (library app) accounts, two devices, two email addresses, two libraries, two sets of rules.

The phone has the better sound but constantly drops the WiFi signal, can't keep it long enough to download and listen without a signal. The library for that account limits usage by the daily total for the branch, so you need to search early to get lucky.

The tablet account is to a library which limits users to four books a month.  And my December ration was long since read. Also the sound volume isn't as good.  And the libraries are in different counties, different collections. Endless entertainment in just searching.

The book is intriguing, like all Walker, starts out simply, but gets into international intrigue and fraud and people not being who you assumed. Bruno also cooks, very good, local sources including his backyard and his  field (and fen).

There's now a cookbook of his food, and one recipe I've seen is definitely in the planned for January thinking, onion tart with ruff puff pastry. None of your prissy BBC "rough" puff! As if. It's a gentle old baking joke name.  Remember the BBC contributor who used to refer to whodidits? Blogistas of the jury,  I rest my case. 

I also bring you a couple of seasonal pictures, lightbringers from Karin Celestine, of  Celestine and the Hare

 

And Sandy Boynton, they want the tree, let them be the tree!

Happy day,  everyone, keep calm and party on.

Photo Lightbringer AC

Pull of the Thread, sock ministry, and flowers

Yesterday's Textile Museum and NE Rug society's joint presentation was a montage of a generation of young travelers and collectors who followed the pull of Eastern textiles, to collect and display them to Western audiences.

Aside from the cringe factor of wealthy young white Westerners cosplaying Eastern wearable art, they did undertake serious study, too, and became knowledgeable in their special interests. So that's what I focused on in my editing of a lengthy PowerPoint presentation. 

There's the usual drawback that the presenter, whose own book is the subject of the program, admits to knowing little about textiles, so we refrained from asking questions about looms, dyes and material sources. I did make a point of including all the images showing artisans weaving. And there's a lot to enjoy here, so here goes.

And back home, I finished the sunset sock, and will start the second today.

Leaving you with the last of the flowers this morning, casting their shadow in an interesting composition,  happy day,  everyone, enjoy what you can, be aware of agendas!