Dawn Brocco's Life & Design Blog

I spent the weekend working on the next Gazette issue - retaking a few of its photos, redoing some charts, and making all the changes the copy editor suggested. The issue is mostly buttoned up, except for its needing a proof copy printed to check colors and photo clarity, BUT I can't do that until the repair guy with the new print head comes.

I also worked up that cabled front band - easy knitting that didn't require my brain to be all there! Today I need to slip stitch it on, finish the edges and do the other cabled cuff. I found large brass-tone clasps, in the JHB catalog, that I think will suit it fine. I prefer pewter clasps, but not with an ecru white garment.

There was an article in today's paper about tomato blight travelling across several of our cool and wet states, NY included, so I'm gonna keep an eye on them. I almost always buy heirloom seed varieties, and haven't had a problem with any of my veggies getting any diseases, in the 9 years or so that I've had a garden. But, ya never know. I do have them off the ground, in cages, and offset from each other (not in rows), so the airflow is better around the plants. Should go extricate the pea vines from the tuteurs and weed that bed - as soon as hubby returns from errands, so I won't miss the printer guy's call.

And then, as it's a cool enough day, I should do more attic cleanout/reorganizing work. But, we'll see. It's lunchtime and I haven't gotten to the peas yet - lots of mail to tend to!