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~ Two of my favorite things are knitting and reading and I love sharing my projects and current reads here. I would love for you to join me every Wednesday to share a single photo of what you are knitting (or crocheting) and reading too! Share your photo on your blog, on Instagram (#yarnalong), or on Flickr. Leave a link below to share your photo with the rest of us!~
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I am almost finished with Bea’s cape! I really hope it fits well. I do think that a poncho-type cape will be more practical and wearable for her than a shawl (she asked for a blue shawl.) I’ve been able to mostly keep it a secret, though she has figured out that I am indeed knitting her something blue.

I got about 150 pages into The Big Rock Candy Mountain and decided that it was too much of a downer, and didn’t want to read another 450 potentially depressing pages. I loved Stegner’s Angle of Repose, and enjoyed Crossing to Safety, but this one is not for me right now. Instead I am reading something outside my usual reading realm. A friend of mine recommended The Bees a couple of months ago, and then Dona mentioned it in a comment recently, offering to send me her copy! So now I have it, and I have read the first couple of chapters. The story is told from the perspective of a honeybee worker, and it has a sort of sci-fi feel to it. We’ll see if I can stick with it! I have been having a hard time staying focused on books lately.  So far, this one is intriguing.

 

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Ginny

I believe that when you slow down and savor the small things, you don’t have to wish for a different life; you can discover beauty in the life you already have. {Find out more here...}

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  1. kathy b says

    November 19, 2015 at 3:37 pm

    The cape!!! Love it. I dont link up but I read almost everyone on the list thanks to yOU!

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  2. Conny says

    November 14, 2015 at 5:55 pm

    Hello Ginny,

    do you know the book “The Bee Who Spoke: The Wonderful World of Belle and the Bee”…… ? Perhaps for Larkspur or Bea…. 😉 I bought it for Christmas for our kids. I love it.

    Beatrix will love her poncho. It´s a great idea!!!!!!

    Best regards
    Conny

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  3. Amy Caroline says

    November 13, 2015 at 11:09 am

    Oh that pattern is lovely! I’m adding it to my queue!

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  4. Place Under The Pine says

    November 11, 2015 at 7:06 pm

    I feel the same about shawls and ponchos.
    Also like that you stopped a book partway through. I’ve done that so many times over the years and always feel ‘guilty’ about it. For some reason there is the idea that if you start a book you need to finish it.

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  5. Kwizgiver says

    November 11, 2015 at 3:38 pm

    What a lovely cape.

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  6. Gina says

    November 11, 2015 at 3:26 pm

    Ginny, the cape is a gorgeous blue! Your book sounds interesting. I’m trying to imagine beekeepers in a scifi sort of way. Have a lovely evening!

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  7. Pom Pom says

    November 11, 2015 at 1:53 pm

    It’s actually Island of the World . Sorry!

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  8. Isabel says

    November 11, 2015 at 1:34 pm

    Beautiful photo!

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  9. Rebekah says

    November 11, 2015 at 12:20 pm

    Big Rock Candy Mountain took me a year because I put it down for the same reason– it was sort of a downer. But it picks up, and by the time I finshed it I absolutely loved it.

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    • Ginny says

      November 11, 2015 at 12:30 pm

      That is what I needed to hear! I won’t abandon it all together then. Thank you for sharing!!

      Reply
  10. Debbie says

    November 11, 2015 at 11:47 am

    that’s such a beautiful blue and i love the pattern!!!

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  11. Tonya says

    November 11, 2015 at 10:47 am

    I started reading Big Rock Candy Mountain some time ago and had to stop as well.
    Thanks for hosting this Ginny!

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  12. Kelly J. R. says

    November 11, 2015 at 10:44 am

    I think my mom would like that book. I’ll have to keep it in mind for Christmas.

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  13. Heather says

    November 11, 2015 at 9:15 am

    A poncho! What a great idea! And one that I am ashamed I haven’t ever thought of for my kiddos…that would certainly be better than a shawl that seems to fall off my girl easily.

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  14. Kristin says

    November 11, 2015 at 8:55 am

    What gorgeous texture on that cape! Love it!

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  15. Pom Pom says

    November 11, 2015 at 8:51 am

    Hi Ginny! Bea’s cape/poncho is going to be so cute on her. I just read a book you would LOVE. Island in the World by Michael D. O’Brien. He’s a Catholic writer and this novel is BEAUTIFUL. Have you read it?

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  16. Tracey says

    November 11, 2015 at 8:06 am

    I may have to knit a cape for Emerson, I think she would like one and I really do admire the one you are making for Bea.
    I’m having a hard time with books myself, I blame it on the time change.

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