When Knitting Was a Manly Art

Pumpkin Ridge – NW Oregon
7:00am – Overcast – Current temp. 37.8F(3.2C)

Max 46.9F(8.3C) – Min 37.8F(3.2C) — 0.12″/3mm precipitation

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Pumpkin Ridge – NW Oregon
6:30am – Overcast – Current temp. 38.8F(3.8C)

Max 49.6F(9.8C) – Min 38.8F(3.8C) — 0.55″/14mm precipitation

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Blogrolling, everybody’s favorite blogroll application, has been purchased by Tucows.

All the right words are being said, but as a paid subscriber, I’ll just wait and see if and when the changes happen.

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Except for a couple days on the Dubblemossa, no other knitting accomplished this week. The poor Aran hasn’t been touched in nearly a week.

Yesterday was a visit to Eileen’s elderly father. His memory is deteriorating rapidly and they needed to get together to go over documents, plans, etc. – only child and no other family except equally elderly brothers. A boring day for me and I never even thought about taking something along.

This morning I overslept for the first time in ages – none of my furry alarm clocks seemed to be working this morning. That meant that my usual free hour was quickly disappearing and in the end was eaten up by other morning needs. Another wet and chilly day and I’m expecting a ton of grass hay for the horses – if the farmer can find a break in the rain to load up and deliver.

Tomorrow is the Yard, Garden and Patio Show at the Convention Center in lovely downtown Portland. As we’ve just joined OAN (Oregon Association of Nurseries), we got free passes. OAN is one of the sponsers and it’s a terrific show, not only for the public, but also us new nursery people. A good way to see what’s new this year and what the public is interested in. And, for plant geeks, it’s amazingly fun. Lot’s to see and too much to buy, so we’ll be leaving early in the morning and once again, no time for knitting. Maybe Sunday.

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Pumpkin Ridge – NW Oregon
7:15am – Light rain – Current temp. 39.4F(4.1C)

Max 42.6F(5.9C) – Min 39.4F(4.1C) — 0.43″/11mm precipitation

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Pumpkin RIdge – NW Oregon
7:00am – Showers – Current temp. 39.4F(4.1C)

Max 45.9F(7.7C) – Min 37.8F(3.2C) — 0.87″/22mm precipitation

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There seems to have been a problem with comments over the past few days.

A plugin to control comment spam seems to have gone haywire and was blocking all comments – spam or not.

I’ve removed the plugin and comments are now working again and I’ve got an email to the plugin author to see if he can help.

Sorry

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It’s been raining most of the day today, along with occasional thunderstorms, which only increases the amount of rain coming down.

Spent the better part of the morning potting up a bunch of trees that won’t get into the ground this year. FInished about 1pm, wet and dirty. Now with a nice hot woodstove and 1/2 a bottle of Mead in me, life looks much nicer. A turkey breast roasting in the oven smells nice and I’m looking forward to a quiet evening.

A final day on the Dubblemossa this morning before I get back to the Aran. Quite a few rows completed since Monday, and now I can put more work into the SOA without feeling guilty.

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Pumpkin Ridge – NW Oregon
7:00am – Rain – Current temp. 37.8F(3.2C)

Max 44.4F(6.9C) – Min 36.7F(2.6C) — 0.63″/16mm precipitation

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Pumpkin Ridge – NW Oregon
7:00am – Showers – Current temp. 41.2F(5.1C)

Max 49.8F(9.9C) – Min 39.6F(4.2C) — 0.16″/4mm precipitation

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