The Girdle of Melian

rafts! I'm knitting a baby blanket and a pair of Our Flag Means Death mittens and suddenly also have an excuse to knit a cover for a hot water bottle. Cosy knits in the current damp weather! I also tried to knit a little sailboat on something -- and made a frame for an Our Flag Means Death print I coloured in! Are you crafting anything new?

elp! Things are busy, with work, family, etc. Right now, my favourite time of day is the time I get to snuggle in under my new electric blanket, and reread The Lord of the Rings . What are your comfort reads?

ooks! I can't keep up with the documentation anymore! We now have a house full of readers and it's getting harder to keep the records accurate. I still have my own full list on the Books Read page, but even there, a few of the regular books aren't listed. Here, then, is the third photo post (post 1, Books Read 3 July 2024 ; post 2, Books Read 30 October 2024 ) showing a pile of books read by me and the kiddos in the past couple of months. Also added to this list: Read by me: On Winter's Margin by Mary Oliver (poem) Levels of Life by Julian Barnes Margery Allingham's Mysterious Knits by Kate Davies The House in the Cerulean Sea by TJ Klune That Christmas by Richard Curtis Max in the House of Spies by Adam Gidwitz Willow by Katherine Applegate Odder by Katherine Applegate Wishtree by Katherine Applegate The One and Only Bob by Katherine Applegate The One and Only Family by Katherine Applegate Read by D: All the 13-Storey Treehouse series up to 156 ...