Back in my comfort zone

Ah, solitude. It restores my inner calm, especially after a week of company with fluid plans and no schedules. My ideal life resembles a two-track lane in remote country – yes, even the 'ruts' (I like routine!). My reality, of course, is not so quiet; the unpredictable schedules of the other two adults in the house, inside and outside chores, three part-time jobs, regular visits to an old friend in a care home, responsibilities at/for church, and all the things I do for 'therapy' – playing with fiber, riding my horse, agility with Poppy (when class isn't cancelled due to heat), blogging.

For now, I am enjoying having the house to myself for a short time. Rick and Brian are off ocean fishing with a friend for a couple days; they left last night and come back tomorrow sometime. 

The dogs, of course, are keeping me company while I try to get a long list of assorted tasks checked off and eat leftovers.

Poppy tends to curl up as she runs cold

Leo tends to sprawl out as he runs hot

Getting stuff done is easier to do now that I am comfortable. My right knee/hip/foot had gotten increasingly painful, so on Sunday I gave up toughing it out and starting taking naproxen sodium. Oh my; I forget how draining pain is, besides making it difficult to be on my feet by day and to sleep by night! Now I feel like a spring chicken. 😁 I've gotten the dose down to one tablet every 36 hours, and may try reducing that to one every other day. But I DO plan to stay on it!

I've got my first four skeins of homespun wound and am ready to start swatching for my Ariya Sweater:

Rick finished a Tawhai (New Zealand Silver Beech) bowl; the bowl blank was a gift from a friend:

The biggest sunflower in the garden; the herb tank; the fading lavender with a butterfly:

That's it for now from . . .