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WTF retirement home! I absolutely love it.

It's a long'ish video, so I'll say up front what she's asking... she's taking offers over $699K.

@AdagioM I have that same Anemone. My fave!

@AndyD Beautiful! I envy you having bush sized Fuchsia. Here, they are sold as potted plants and only last the summer.

I really need to get some Hellebores. They're pricey, though.

@Daniel

@Piano-Dad

@ShiroKuro Oh, no. I'm sorry you've been enduring these issues with your feet. And now, a broken toe! Our toes are so sensitive, too. I hope you heal quickly and well, on all fronts.

As if they all aren't. Like the city auditor in the article says, most of these ice raids and deportations have paper work solutions.

https://www.syracuse.com/news/2025/11/when-ice-came-for-jeremy-syracuses-underground-railroad-helped-him-escape-the-country.html

I've been following Marion for a few years now. She's so inspirational; always makes me want to try something new. I love her work, and these phenology wheels are just beautiful.

(I use her recipe for my Christmas cake, which I made last month. It's in a tin aging and developing deep flavor. That video is on her channel.)

If that's from a real estate ad, I would think truth in advertising would kick in. I loathe the nonsense we're having to live with these days on account of tech giants.

Wow! Very nice, SK. Both the arrangement and the playing.

"Affordability." Period. It worked in the election a few weeks ago in 3 disparate locations.

I'm tempted. I like sweet and salty.

Spam-Butterscotch Cookies.

Imagine the possibilities... bacon cookies! Kielbasa cookies!

Love it!

Fair Isle patterns, in themselves, are not difficult as long as only two colors are used in the same row, which is usually the case. The sweater I posted above has some rows where three colors are needed and I found that it took more attention to carrying the threads. Once a person is comfortable using two colors at once (some people carry a different color in each hand, some carry both colors in the same hand), they are set to go. The pattern takes care of itself. It's like following a recipe. More often than not the pattern is given in the form of a chart which gets repeated horizontally and vertically.

A typical chart:

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wtg, your friend's sweaters are stunning.

"Counterpoint The Polyphonic Vocal Style of the Sixteenth Century" by Knud Jeppesen, (c) 1992

"The Art of Performance" by Heinrich Schenker, edited by Heribert Esser, (c) 2000

@AdagioM My first steek was secured with a sewing machine. Slow and easy, wide foot. It went OK.

"knited footwear"? I think it looks more like one of those skimpy men's thongs. LOL

@AdagioM Good idea. Before I cut, I used a crochet hook to pick up and chain stitch up both sides of where I was going to cut.

@AdagioM I did! This is after I'd cut it up the front and knit one of the button bands and new collar, but had not yet sewn the buttons on. They were just placed here to see how they'd look. (It turns out I'm going to re-do the button hole band and use bigger buttons.) This poor sweater! It's been through so much. I wasn't pleased with the drape as a pull-over, I love the drape as a cardigan but the button bands need re-working. It's had attacks from moths which I've patched. And I wish I hadn't made it quite so roomy. No matter, it's basically an "at home" cardigan. I do love the pattern and it's very warm.

AI is seriously flawed and seriously dangerous if they cannot control it. Some FB influencers posted fake news about the UPS crash, concerning people who were supposedly on board. The guy over at Pilot Debrief decided to see if it was true and AI said it was true citing the fake posts on FB as proof.

That is totally unacceptable. And I've encountered sheer stupidity coming from AI.

It will only ever be a benefit if it is licensed out for use with strict controls on who can be licensed and how it is used.