Do you like Daylight Savings Time? I really do because it's lighter longer in winter. Now it will be dark by 5 pm - ugh! I tried to head off the change by setting the kitchen clocks - stove and microwave - before going to bed last night. I expected my watch, cell phone, computer, and Alexa all to change on their own. But no! My watch wasn't synched to change with the cell phone by itself. I woke up at what is now 3:30 am, made a cup of coffee, and noticed the actual time.
I guess this is good as I have plenty of things to keep me busy. Besides coordinating the Light Up the Library event, I am putting together a genealogy series for January-February at the library, shopping and sewing for Christmas, sifting through and organizing the state quilt guild's history files, knitting myself a sweater, changing dentists, and who knows what else? Still, I will probably fritter away the hour I've gained by looking at quilts online!
It looks like it will be another gloomy day today, so I will probably spend some time sewing, knitting, and reading a book I started yesterday, I finished the lengthy mystery for this week's book group meeting - it was a doozy, The group seems to enjoy big books, and The Mistress of the Art of Death by Ariane Franklin was agony until half-way through when it got very exciting. It's set in the year 1171 and Franklin seemed to want the reader to know that she knows all about what went on in the Middle Ages. I was glad to read it on Kindle so that I could easily get definitions of some of the words. Today I'm glad to read the seventh book in a cozy mystery series I enjoy - The Secret, Book, and Scone Society by Ellery Adams. It will be a "palate cleanser" before I start the new Louise Penny mystery.
In the sewing room, I'm putting together a sampler with 15" blocks. I have three rows of four blocks sashed and now need to put those rows together and work on a border. I initially wanted to make all 20 blocks in the "Optimism" pattern designed by Aby Dolinger, but "life" got in the way. The result will be a nice throw for a child going into foster care via Bags of Love.
