Fall is here

 It's been a minute since I last wrote.  September has been a bit of a rough month. Over the course of the first part of the month I've thought how I was going to write this blog post.  Events at the national and world level got me such that I shared this on my book of faces ...

and disappeared in to the woods. So to speak.  

A wonderful place to be when you want to get away from the noise of the world. 

Hunting season started on Sept. 13 and I've spent a fair amount of time out in the back 20, disconnected from social media, by choice, and thinking, knitting, listening to audiobooks and staring out at the trees. 

A little bit of the knitting while I was out there. 

Not a lot of fall colors out there yet. 

Just a lot of brown. 

I am happy to share that I have filled one of my tags.  I also had a hunting buddy one of the days I was sitting out there. 

It's hard to tell, but that is a tree frog hiding in my blind. Oh, and he was loud when he croaked. 

Then I saw this meme. I have no idea where, and decided I liked it. Seriously. There really isn't anything good on social media anymore. 

When I wasn't out in the woods I was re-watching Fr. Brown Mysteries, and even started a few books. 

Crafting slowed down.  I've barely touched my cross stitch.  I've done some knitting and crochet. 

Look at this sweet little Octopus. 

I made it for a little girl who keeps trying to sneak away her baby sister’s Octopus. The mom told me they “fight” over the one I made for her baby girl, because both daughters love it so much.

Started: Sept. 24, 2025
Completed: Sept. 25, 2025
Yarn: I love this yarn
Colorway: Sugarplum stripe
Hook size: 3.5 mm

I have a few other things I'll share on my next video. 

Soooooo ... if anyone was wondering, that's where I've been. Offline for the most part. I'm slowly dipping my toes back online.

I have been keeping an eye on the number of views/hits on my last blog post. I'm at more than 2,500 views. My friend Becky said it's probably bots. Which, is another reason to dislike what's going on with social media and the Internet. 

Anywho ... I've never written on this blog for hits. It was to hopefully meet other crafters and let family know what's going on. Unfortunately, I doubt family reads the blog, because it's not just a quick post on a social media site, and crafters are mostly on social media sites that are now too busy to make real connections.  

Fortunately, the connections I've been making with other cross stitchers and crafters has been through Youtube. Or I've already known them for 100 years. 

So this blog post ends on a more light note, here's a photo of bee in one of the garden hollyhocks. 

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