"What are Mickey Mouse boots?" you are probably thinking.
If you are in the military you probably already know.
Last Wednesday I said snow was on it's way.
The forecasters got it right on Thursday, but two hours behind. Snow was predicted to start at 9 a.m. It started around 11 a.m.
It was warm enough the snow didn't want to stay on the solar panels.
Thursday evening I decided to start a couple projects up.
Sweatervest Weather by Lindy Stitches,
And I cast on a vanilla sock. The photo is from when we went to town on Sunday. Isn't the blue fantasstic?
One of the gals (redheadedstitcher24) I follow on Instagram decided to do a No New Starts November and I saw this as a great opportunity to really focus on my One Piece project. However, I also wanted to work on Sweatervest Weather in November, too. So I decided to start a couple things right before November when she reminded me of the start things early work-around.
Then on Friday there was blue skies ... and snow ...
Saturday I woke up to a beautiful day.
Crazy how that happens sometimes. I was, however, eager to see the snow melt. No snow until Thanksgiving, I say.
Like I said, it was a beautiful day. Wet, but beautiful.
My husband and I spent a good chunk of the day working on the wood project. He was cutting and stacking, I was splitting. I took a look at the pile, with the early morning sun shining on it, and thought it was a pretty shot.
Back to the Mickey Mouse boots. They are a wonderful invention
They are a military boot. They are probably one of the best things to have if you live in colder climates.
I pulled them out of storage this weekend so my feet would stay warm and dry while we were working outside. Hopefully I won't need them again until December. One can hope.
After supper I opted to go out and split more wood for an hour and a half, or so. ... When I was done, I shut off the log splitter, turned around and may have gasped when I saw the sunset.
Sunday I woke up to a dreary, grey day.
And also to my husband insisting I go outside and have a mini photoshoot and that it didn't matter that I was still in my pajamas.
I split 99 percent of the wood in this round stack (holzhausen) and he wanted a record of it. This was the first time we tag-teamed on the cutting, stacking and splitting of the wood and got this round stack done in a week. It's a four-cord pile and a year's worth of heat.
Yes, I just posted a photo of myself in my PJs on the Interwebs. ... I look cute, though.
Sunday afternoon we wrapped up the round stack and we had our son come out and take a few photos of us. I think my husband was really proud of how much I contributed to the building of this round stack. Bonus: I never once whined!
The stack is 12-feet around and 5 feet tall. It's our biggest one! In three to five years it will be ready to burn.
Look! Mickey Mouse boots!
And then to wrap this one up, one of the new stitchy friends I've made recently loves chickens! Yay!
She was happy to see the video I posted last week of the ladies working on their jack-o-lantern. I pulled together some video clips I took over the last few weeks and loaded them to the YouTube.
