Squirrel...we have a squirrel that visits our yard. Now if we were in the country, that would be expected, along with a multitude of other wild life. But this fellow or gal (I hope it isn't female) lives in the back yards of four properties. We live in a suburb, houses on every side, traffic everywhere.
Our neighbor has a Russian olive tree, the squirrel loves to eat the olives, we have a peach tree, and he loves the green peaches, we also feed the birds, so we offer a second helping of goodies. The other two yards provide habitat for this critter. 
I hope he doesn't eat the peach pit...On the Knitting front...I have again joined the SAM (sock A month group) this round is the 8th round. We have to complete a pair of socks each month for 6 months. Post it to the SAM website. We receive kudos and pride in accomplishment of a finished pair of socks. Six of us will get a gift from one of the sponsors. However, it isn't about the gifting...it is about the achieving our goals. We are received as sock knitters, and we love to see the socks that everyone is knitting. We love fiber. We offer love and encouragement to all.
My esty store is open, I have hand dyed roving, (for those that like to spin or felt,) stitch markers, and hand dyed sock yarn.
http://www.dandycreations.etsy.com
Other matters and concerns...do I still have freedom of speech?
I have been away from blogging for a very long time. It has been a year fraught with problems and concerns. It takes time to realize that Life is just Life and it is what we make of it that makes it's quality of "life". If we wait for someone to make us happy, or satisfy our needs, then shame on us...We are the masters of our own destiny. "Sort of"
The worries of all the government spending money that we (as a country) do not have and need to borrow from other countries is a problem. The money that has already been taken away from us (we live on a small pension and social security) We have lost $1500.00 a year so far from the government gifts that need to be repaid. It is all so confusing...so thanks for the extra debt. We paid into social security for over 50 years...and now at our age we expected to have that wonderful security. What a laugh...I feel that our new president, and congress, wants to rid the world of anyone over 60. What we do need is no more career politicians. Politics should be a service, and not a career. Attorneys should stay out of the white house. They should not be in the senate or congress. Their views on what is right or wrong has pushed this country into socialism. We have lost our democracy.
A stimulus package was delivered to big businesses...they have hoarded it, spending it on themselves...making promises that they never intended to keep. A better plan would have been to gift the stimulus package to every tax paying citizen. A gift of $25,000. That money then would have gone to pay off debts, freeing up the spending of the citizens, that money would have gone right back into the economy. The deluge of Jobs would not have been lost. We still would have had a heck of a loan to pay back to China or whatever country the USA had to borrow from...but our country would be in a state of recovery...and not still heading to the depths of hell. I have lost faith in our president, I think he is in over his head. He is making things worse and not better.
Still, Life is Life, and we need to make our own way through it.
Ok...that is all the complaining that I will do for now. Go forth and be happy...smile at the world around you and hope for better days.
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