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Monday, November 6, 2017

Weekending

It occurred to me while I was writing this that it might be a little odd to backtrack and tell you about my weekend when I've already shared posts on Saturday and Sunday, but I will tell you about all the other exciting bits of my weekend besides a sunset and soup.


It began with some very warm weather (76°!) for November. Because it was much warmer outside than in, I opened all the windows and put my non-budding Christmas cactus on the windowsill in hopes that it would be encouraged by some sunlight and warmth to develop a few buds. 

 I trimmed the roses back a bit several weeks ago, but with temperatures running at least 10-15° above average, quite a few new buds have developed. 


I decided that I deserved these more than our neighborhood deer, so they are now gracing my kitchen.



And these are the brazen grazers, just hanging out in the municipal parking lot in the middle of the day.


The remainder of the weekend was spent posing the eternal question, "Shall I read or knit?"



Luckily, the answer was, "Both." I hope your weekend included time for lots of things that you enjoy!
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15 comments:

  1. CaroleNovember 6, 2017 at 6:39 AM

    Those roses are lovely! I have some that are still blooming as well.

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  2. Juliann in WANovember 6, 2017 at 7:46 AM

    Aren’t we all having the craziest weather? We got snow in Seattle this weekend!

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  3. KymNovember 6, 2017 at 7:51 AM

    My dogs went CRAZY yesterday at sunset . . . because there were the deer . . . nibbling what's left of my hostas. Right there. In front of the dogs. Barking loudly and fiercely. I don't think the deer were alarmed in any way. . . (And . . . my hostas have NOT turned to mush yet - despite it being November - because we haven't had a frost YET.) Crazy weather. And those roses are really something! Just lovely. XO

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  4. AsKatKnitsNovember 6, 2017 at 8:14 AM

    The deer must be plenty hungry here because they are eating "deer resistant" plants like my yarrow. And, they are trying like mad to figure out a way to get behind the garden fence to eat our roses. Fortunately, the roses remain untouched.

    And, I spent some time reading and knitting too this weekend! The best of times!

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  5. kathy bNovember 6, 2017 at 8:51 AM

    I LOVED that book. Winterdance....Read it years ago

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    1. BonnyNovember 6, 2017 at 10:07 AM

      I'm loving it so far! Gary Paulsen is wonderfully descriptive.

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  6. margeneNovember 6, 2017 at 9:57 AM

    Are the deer the same sweet fawns who hung out in your yard a few months ago? Very happy to hear you saved the roses for yourself. It's been chilly here, but my neighbor still has a few roses on her bush. Reading and/or knitting...either is a perfect way to spend that extra hour!

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  7. Vicki KnitoriousNovember 6, 2017 at 11:43 AM

    Brazen grazers...
    Perfect weekend.

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  8. PattyNovember 6, 2017 at 1:12 PM

    When I read about your deer I do wonder...I have a huge hosta that goes around a tree and could be easy picking for the deer I know are there...but they never come near it. Maybe we are rural enough that they are getting enough in the woods? I love the roses...something to smile at each time you walk by.

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  9. Becky R.November 6, 2017 at 1:13 PM

    Almost 80 yesterday, 60 today. It's been like that for the last month. I still have roses, too, and my camellias are blooming like crazy. Today is really our first fall-like day; it is rainy, dark, and cool. You do have brazen grazers! What the heck? A day of reading and knitting sounds like the perfect weekend to me!

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    1. BonnyNovember 6, 2017 at 2:03 PM

      It would be nice if fall would settle in for real here. We still haven't had a hard, killing frost yet (about a month late so far) and it all makes me worry even more about climate change. The deer seem to have formed a herd of about 20 that stay mainly in our little town, eating things and causing accidents. We used to peacefully coexist with the deer 20 years ago, but now there are so many that the town is trying to figure out how they might be able to control them. I'm wondering what plants I'll have left after a winter with hungry deer! (But they were here first, and I guess we'll have to just adjust to deer doing what deer naturally do.)

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  10. MaryNovember 6, 2017 at 7:50 PM

    oh my, roses in November! and I thought it was warm here - whoa! I'm finding lately that the toss-up is between knitting and blogs (and obviously I let the knitting win for most of the weekend ;-)

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  11. JaneNovember 6, 2017 at 8:35 PM

    Wow, roses in November. I may have to revisit Winterdance. Good idea.

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  12. kmkatNovember 7, 2017 at 4:46 PM

    Are you reading Winterdance because I mentioned it?

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  13. karenNovember 8, 2017 at 7:56 AM

    I'm cool with the weather because now it's cooler :) Love the deer, we have them too but I haven't been able to get a photo yet!!

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