MISSING - "One Ginormous BRIGHT & SHINY OBJECT"!!

LAST KNOWN LOCATION - The SKY...?

HERE's an "Interpretative" CROCHETED Rendition of *IT* - as Described by various Witnesses... THOSE who Reported ITS Disappearance remain Distraught over yet, *another* Dreary, Cloudy Day of Absence...

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'TIS The SEASON...

FOR CRAFT SHOW BOOKINGS...

And I've now BOOKED My "Spot" for My Other Regular SHOW at The GOOD SHEPHERD CHURCH in BLACKBURN HAMLET - [SEE The SIDEBAR] - for NOVEMBER 5TH...

I'm going to have to get BACK to CROCHETING! I have some WASHCLOTH "Inventory" to Top Off... And, a Birthday SCARF for a Friend by Month's End.

But, First... I need to finish My "Viewing" of Season-1 of "The BORGIAS"!
-- Picked IT up at COSTCO earlier Today... I didn't watch IT when IT was Televised. Wanted to see the DVD Version... Still have a Disc left to get through. LOVING the COSTUMES!!

Anyway, I'm going to Post THIS and get Back to IT!

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*THANK YOU* to Those Who Are "WORKING" Today!

IN THE MEANTIME, THE CLOUDS have been putting in a DOUBLE-SHIFT! As for The SUN... I'm suspecting that MR.BRIGHT & SHINY has "secretly" been a Founding Member of The CELESTIAL
BODIES UNION! And, is no doubt, spending the LABOUR DAY Holiday Scorching about some *Southerly* "Vacation Spot"!! -- Because, the TEMPS have DROPPED Here!


Well... I decided Today, to take a Temporary Break from "PLAYING" with YARN, and instead, to do some READING of "YARNS". -- The OTHER Side of the BRAIN needed a bit of a Workout, whilst the WRISTS needed a Rest...

Besides, between the Dark-Dreary-Cool-Dampish Weather and *lack* of SHOPPING, it was a pretty much BORING Day! -- In fact, the ONLY "Interesting" Event was when a rather Large and quite Colourful MOTH was trying to get through the Porch Window!! - [MUST have Heard about My YARN Stash!]

-- I was reading The Paper in the Kitchen when IT caught My Attention... For a Second, I thought that "IT" was One of the HUMMINGBIRDS that frequent the Porch Feeder..? - IT was the *same* SIZE! Almost Flew like One, too... However, as soon AS I grabbed MOTHER's nearby Camera, IT took OFF!!

I've never One like IT before, and *doubt* that I will AGAIN!

-- At least, until the NEXT TIME that I'm in NEED of BLOOG Material!

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The LABOUR DAY WEEKEND "Entertainment" Auditions

THE CONTESTANTS ARE...

• THE WEATHER
  -- Hot. Muggy. Nasty Isolated THUNDER STORMS - [I unplugged My Computer JUST in Time at 3am!]. RAIN. Cloudy. Dreary. Suddenly SUNNY. Hot. Severe Thunder Storm WATCH. Still partially Sunny... Hold on! There's a spot of Rain... Okay, the Sun's out again.
• LAUNDRY
  -- The usual Sunday "Favourite".
• MR.FIX-IT-NEIGHBOUR
  -- High UP His Front Yard TREE with a Chain-saw... IT's a Good-Sized-Older-Than-I-AM-Bit-Of-FLORA! He began after Dinner Yesterday...

And, spent MOST of the Morning CUTTING IT down, Piece by Piece!

• THE ELDERLY PARENTAL-UNITS
  -- Observing the afore-mentioned Proceedings from behind the Front Window Curtains - [Now that *We* NO longer have a Tree IN the way, "Spying" is much Easier!]. MOTHER's Camera has already gone through *several* Batteries!
• CYBER-SURFING
  -- Where IS Everyone?!
• THE GATINEAU HOT AIR BALLOON FESTIVAL
  -- I truly hope that These Guys make enough Money On-The-Ground, as there's ALWAYS seriously Crappy-Non-Flight-Clearance Weather GOING ON!! -- It would be NICE to SEE THEM *FLY OVER* at least ONCE!

CHOICE, CHOICE, CHOICE...?? -- ..hmmm...I need to Confer with THE HOOKS...

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**HAPPY NANI-W DAY**!!

NORMALLY, I WOULD INCLUDE The "B-Word" in My Sentiments... *However*, My very Dear Friend - NANI-W - has apparently been Expressing Her DISLIKE of "B-Days".. So, as My
"Gift" to Her, I will NOT "Use" The "B-Word" Here Today.

Meanwhile, if Anyone is looking for an Excuse to PARTY..? Then, MARK "This FACT" on Your Calendars to Celebrate at a Later Date - *I-Did-NOT-Spend-ANY-Money-At-Yard-Sales-And-Or-Thrift-Shops* Today!! OR, on YARN!!

..YES... It was rather Micro-Economically Tragic! Although, do *not* DESPAIR! A teeny Monetary Dent was dinged into My "Budget" and several Retail-Personnel shall remain Employed over this LABOUR DAY Weekend...

Soooo... WHAT did I GET..?!!



..well...

Despite, being extremely Hard-Pressed to FIND a *PLACE* to Store IT, at the massively On Sale Price of $19.94 - I just *couldn't* Resist!

...Besides, IT's nicely Designed, and USEFUL! I'm certain that I'll be in NEED of IT at Some Future CRAFT SHOW...







[122x65x70cm]



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"..We Interrupt This BLOOG..."

"...For a DISNEY-MOMENT..."

You know... *just* WHEN I start wracking My Brain to Find *ANY*THING to BLOOG about, FAMILY MEMBERS always seem to COME UP with "Something" of WORTH! -- For Which, I am *most* GRATEFUL, as - well, let's face it - I have NO "Life"!

IF I'm not ONLINE, then I'm BUSY with CROCHETING - [and recently, Knitting] - and/or "Buying" YARN and increasing My over-varied "Collections"..! -- So, when an Item of Interest comes My Way, I enjoy "Sharing"...

BABY BRO and His Gang have just recently taken a little Vacation to one of the Numerous "Resort" Towns of the BRITISH COLUMBIAN Interior for a few Days... He sent THIS "Drive-By" Sighting of The RUDOLPH Fan Club!

I'm thinking, that those Plastic Lawn Ornaments "Sales" aren't so profitable in that *Neck-of-the-Woods*..? Eh?

Meanwhile... OUR Front Yard was sporting THIS Bit of Colour... I snapped this "Holiday Souvenir Pic" for Mr.Monarch before He heads Home to MEXICO in a few Weeks.

Well... I have My "PROJECT" to get BACK to! -- I'm finally starting BALLS 3 & 4 now... Those First TWO actually went much further than I had expected. I may *yet* manage to keep THIS THING under 6 BALLS!

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YES, I *DO* COUNT...

...THE CONTENTS OF MY "ORDER"!!

Really..? -- Did "THEY" actually believe that I wouldn't "notice"? That I wouldn't CHECK and COUNT **EACH** Item in My Order? -- Oh! And, don't think that I also didn't *observe* that "The BOX of 500" was never Designed to *actually* Hold 500!

I am now the proud "Owner" of TWO *500-Size* BOXES of BUSINESS CARDS... MINUS "43"!!

yeah, yeah... Colour Me "Picky"... BUT, *What IF*, IT had been Something Else that *had* to BE the FULL Order COUNT..? Huh? -- It just strikes Me as being POOR Business QUALITY... you know..?

-- IF, I have the Time, I'll have to check out Their Website... Read the FINE PRINT... "Maybe" get a teeny bit of a Refund...?! - [..yeah.. That'll happen!]

ANYHOO... After THAT "Errand", I headed to THE MALL. -- Had LOTTERY Tickets to Buy, a Craving for My Fav "Junk Food", Photos that MOTHER *wanted* DONE!

Hey! LOOK... The Grocery Store has some Instant-"Contest"-Really-Cool-Looking-Huge-Touch-Screen-Thingy... SWEET! -- Okay. So, I DIDN'T Win any FREE GROCERIES... ALTHOUGH, I *did* get a Chewy-Chocolate-Chip-Snack-Bar and a Soft-Flexible-Transparent-Plastic-Shiny-Red-RULER just for
"Participating"!

WOOHOO! -- *ALWAYS* Love FREE STUFF!!

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