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Broken leg get it?I thought about all the titles that I could have used to talk about the socks I am working on.. “I’m so Baroque, it ain’t funny” especially because it’s tax season.  “If it ain’t Baroque, don’t fix it” the sock is going along splendidly.  Anyway, enough of the corny lines, but I do have a quick update on the progress.  I started the second repeat of the chart for the first leg.  This pattern is slow but the yarn and pattern are pretty and it is keeping my attention.    Now that I understand how the cables work they aren’t as painful to accomplish.  This is not the most difficult pattern I have tackled but let’s just see how I feel after the entire sock.

Spring is sneaking into the North East Ohio region and it has given me a chance to do some much needed yard work.  My husband and I replaced an electric 1800 psi powerEWWW! washer that died last year with a 2400 psi gas powered one.  Man does this kick a$$.  We have been cleaning the driveway that has been encrusted with grunge from before we moved in 3 summers ago.  Here is a side-by-side shot of the cement.   Our driveway is about 75 feet long so this is taking more than one weekend.  We have plans to epoxy the floor in our garage and reseal our deck that is quite large as well.   A couple of weeks ago we realized that a raccoon had taken up residency in our downstairs fireplace chimney.  This mama had 5 babies, that’s a lot for raccoons the most they usually have is 3-4.  The trapper once saw a mama with 7.  They are all gone now and we will be investing in a coon proof chimney cap.   Here is a picture of Darth Kitty enjoying the nice day.

OO!  OO! I thought of another one Baroque-in leg.. get it?  Oh my I’m a dork.

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