Names, finally

Well, I finally have named my finches. I was just calling them Thing One and Thing Two.
I wanted something "English" since they are English zebra finches but I was not coming up with anything I liked. Then I was looking up books by Charles Dickens and I hit upon some names. I named the smaller one, Pip, from Great Expectations and the larger one, Oliver, from Oliver Twist. Perfect.

Something New

My but zebra finches are so entertaining. How am I supposed to get things done, like knitting, when they are flitting around and making such cute noises!

Thanksgiving

I like Halloween but I am excited for Thanksgiving because Heather will be able to come home for a few days. I cannot wait!

One has flewn

Well, my oldest daughter is off to university. I took her on Thursday. I hope she is doing well, I am not.

Time of Year

This is usually such a nice time of year. The garden is producing nicely, the children are back on a reasonable schedule and the weather is great. I like the hot days and cool nights. Then the trees start to turn such lovely colors. I will have to think about what projects I want to knit this fall and winter.

Games

I learned a new card game this summer. It is a kind of solitaire called Jailhouse. It is rather addicting. Marva taught it to me and her grandmother taught her.

Seattle

I took 3 teenage boys up to Seattle for the day. What a hoot. We went to the EMP/SFM museum. I had never been there before, it was a lot of fun. The EMP reminded me of the music history museum in Vienna. We did not get to Pike Market though (my favorite place), the boys were not interested. I should have told Thomas that there were lots of girls there, he would have gone in an instant! On the drive home they played a game where they tried to get people to wave to them by waving first. They think they are so cool but they are really just little boys playing :) The summer is drawing to a rapid close and I think I am ready for a change of pace. I have really enjoyed this summer as compared to last year. I was not ready to change to fall because I felt I had no summer.