We've had warm weather the past two days. Last night when I came home I opened the sliding glass door and the front door to enjoy some fresh air. Unfortunately this morning Portia let out her hunting meow as we walked to the living room. She was pawing between my knitting bags and sniffing to beat the band. As I turned, I saw something run into the kitchen out of the corner of my eye. A mouse!
Portia was still hunting for it between my knitting bags. Joel removed the stove drawer, and I asked him to pick her up and bring her to the kitchen as I moved things around, wondering if the mouse would dart out. No luck. So this afternoon I baited mouse traps. Portia is on mouse patrol now, watching for something to come out from underneath the stove.
Joel and I were going to vote this morning, but we decided to wait. A good thing, as I understand there were long lines at polling places all over Kansas City. When Joel came home from work, we went and I had NO wait at all! Joel had 3 people in front of him. I even brought knitting, just in case I had to stand in line, but all the knitting I did was while I waited for Joel to complete his ballot.
And what am I knitting? The Tesserae Sock by Anne Hanson. I'm using Steinbach Wolle Strapaz in color 44, a lovely navy with a white strand twisted into the plys. These are for Joel. However, I'm a little short on the toe (making a little longer cuff), so I've ordered some Louet Pearl in red for the toes!
Ah, and last night while the glass door was open, I thought I heard a cat hiss outside. I got up to see if it was one of the strays we feed, but instead I noticed that my neighbor's deck light was on. Three deer, all does, were standing in our backyard. They turned their heads toward me, and I froze. Eventually I moved back, but I'm always entranced when I see deer. Something about their beautiful heads, liquid eyes and those teeny legs balancing those large bodies transfixes me.
I won't be staying up watching the election returns. I can't change the result at this point. I went to the polls and did what I could. Tomorrow or even Thursday we'll have a better idea of what's ahead.
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