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It's been a beautiful November so far. It's still sweatshirt weather.

Bridget the German Shepherd dog's cyst surgery went well. We're so tired of getting her cut into though, so we're trying an over-the-counter wart/growth remover for animals that our vet approved in hopes of keeping her from going under the knife for a while. I bought her a dog stroller for me to be able to roll her up to vet appointments for laser therapy on her arthritic joints as long as it's not too icy outiside.

Samhain was quiet with low-key prayers and offerings of food and drink some ancestors liked when they were alive.

Crafting wise, I'm adding some leftover yarn to a crocheted afghan. After that, I plan on finishing a quilt I started last year.

Craft therapy update: As per my usual MO, I'm working on several projects at once. I'm getting so close to finishing the Sherlock Holmes blanket, but I took a break to start a basic black infinity scarf from my favorite pattern. I wore the previous one I made to death, and I don't like to be without my basic black accessories ;).

I tried gel plate printing for the first time a week or so ago. I have a lot to learn, but it was fun to experiment with, and I think the results will make good collage papers or backgrounds for mixed media.

I made some rustic-looking rune and other Pagan and Heathen symbol ornaments for my shop using colored pencil on wood slices. Below is the one for the Fehu (money, increase) rune. 



I have some flat reed left over that I bought for a Brigid's Cross that I made years ago. My goal is to make some small ornaments with that, but I don't know if I'll get to that until January.

I made a small, lined, crocheted bag for a relative and added a carabiner in case she wanted to clip it on a belt or something else.



Supposedly, we're going to get a light snowfall today. Bridget will be ecstatic.

I did about three hours of yard work including mowing, weed whacking, and edging around the sidewalk without too much knee pain while I was doing it, but I'm definitely looking forward to lying flat right now due to soreness. I'm glad that's done though. It'll be a busy weekend of work and I didn't want to leave it to do then.

The toddlers next door and their dog were being very friendly and talkative today. The toddlers explained how the dog jumped in their dad's truck and then did something called splish or sploosh. I'm not sure which. I think that means he fell;) Doggo looked okay though when he peeked at me through the fence.

My current inspirations are a video recipe for air-fryer crab rangoons and a journal bookbinding project I started working on recently.