{"id":634,"date":"2007-02-14T12:50:03","date_gmt":"2007-02-14T02:50:03","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/wp.randomknits.net\/?p=634"},"modified":"2007-02-14T12:50:03","modified_gmt":"2007-02-14T02:50:03","slug":"634","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.randomknits.net\/?p=634","title":{"rendered":""},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Rain? We had rain! Lots of rain!<br \/>\nThe local shopping centre&#8217;s <a href=\"http:\/\/www.smh.com.au\/news\/national\/hundreds-evacuated-from-mall-after-ceiling-fall\/2007\/02\/11\/1171128802077.html\">roof caved in<\/a> under the weight of the rain.<br \/>\nThe yard got wet!<br \/>\n<center><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"100_1911.jpg\" src=\"http:\/\/www.randomknits.net\/archives\/100_1911.jpg\" width=\"420\" height=\"315\" \/><\/center><br \/>\nTwinkie wasn&#8217;t happy. She&#8217;s three and a half now, and she hasn&#8217;t really seen a lot of rain.<br \/>\n<center><a href=\"http:\/\/www.randomknits.net\/archives\/100_1904.html\" onclick=\"window.open('http:\/\/www.randomknits.net\/archives\/100_1904.html','popup','width=950,height=713,scrollbars=no,resizable=no,toolbar=no,directories=no,location=no,menubar=no,status=no,left=0,top=0'); return false\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.randomknits.net\/archives\/100_1904-thumb.jpg\" width=\"420\" height=\"315\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a><\/center><br \/>\nBut she&#8217;s seen enough to know she doesn&#8217;t like it.<br \/>\nWe had another visitor through the downpour. Early Monday morning, I could hear some distinctive squawking out the back.<br \/>\n<center><a href=\"http:\/\/www.randomknits.net\/archives\/100_1907.html\" onclick=\"window.open('http:\/\/www.randomknits.net\/archives\/100_1907.html','popup','width=950,height=713,scrollbars=no,resizable=no,toolbar=no,directories=no,location=no,menubar=no,status=no,left=0,top=0'); return false\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.randomknits.net\/archives\/100_1907-thumb.jpg\" width=\"420\" height=\"315\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.randomknits.net\/archives\/100_1908.html\" onclick=\"window.open('http:\/\/www.randomknits.net\/archives\/100_1908.html','popup','width=950,height=713,scrollbars=no,resizable=no,toolbar=no,directories=no,location=no,menubar=no,status=no,left=0,top=0'); return false\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.randomknits.net\/archives\/100_1908-thumb.jpg\" width=\"420\" height=\"315\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a><\/center><br \/>\nA <a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Sulphur-crested_Cockatoo\">Sulphur Crested Cockatoo<\/a>. They&#8217;re not unusual around here, but he sat there in the same spot all day Monday in the pouring rain and all night Monday night. On Tuesday I was worried that he might be a lost pet, or injured, but then a friend came visiting.<br \/>\n<center><a href=\"http:\/\/www.randomknits.net\/archives\/100_1914.html\" onclick=\"window.open('http:\/\/www.randomknits.net\/archives\/100_1914.html','popup','width=950,height=713,scrollbars=no,resizable=no,toolbar=no,directories=no,location=no,menubar=no,status=no,left=0,top=0'); return false\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.randomknits.net\/archives\/100_1914-thumb.jpg\" width=\"420\" height=\"315\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a><\/center><br \/>\nThen they left together. He must have got his days mixed up for their date.<br \/>\nIs there anything better to do on a rainy day than knit? I think not.<br \/>\nThe Fern Garden Stole is growing.<br \/>\n<center><a href=\"http:\/\/www.randomknits.net\/archives\/FGS1.html\" onclick=\"window.open('http:\/\/www.randomknits.net\/archives\/FGS1.html','popup','width=950,height=713,scrollbars=no,resizable=no,toolbar=no,directories=no,location=no,menubar=no,status=no,left=0,top=0'); return false\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.randomknits.net\/archives\/FGS1-thumb.jpg\" width=\"420\" height=\"315\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a><\/center><br \/>\nI&#8217;ve got the hang of the pattern now, and it&#8217;s going along very well. I&#8217;ve also been working on the second Bloomin&#8217; Feet Sock.<br \/>\n<center><a href=\"http:\/\/www.randomknits.net\/archives\/bloomin%20feet%206.html\" onclick=\"window.open('http:\/\/www.randomknits.net\/archives\/bloomin%20feet%206.html','popup','width=950,height=713,scrollbars=no,resizable=no,toolbar=no,directories=no,location=no,menubar=no,status=no,left=0,top=0'); return false\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.randomknits.net\/archives\/bloomin%20feet%206-thumb.jpg\" width=\"420\" height=\"315\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a><\/center><br \/>\nI&#8217;m at that stage with both projects that blogging feels boring. It&#8217;s the same old, same old, looks the same, just longer. Who wants to see that?<br \/>\nOf course, today is February 14, which is the first day of the <a href=\"http:\/\/knottygirls.com\/jenla.blog\/index.php\/las-stuff\/fainas-scarf-along\/\">Faina&#8217;s Scarf-along<\/a>, which means I get to start smething new. Now I&#8217;m entering danger territory, because I have far too many projects on the go, which means the blogging will stay boring. I apologise in advance.<br \/>\nI&#8217;m trying to be organised and apportion a certain amount of time to each project per day.<br \/>\nBut lets face it, I&#8217;m not organised.<br \/>\n<center><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"100_1928.jpg\" src=\"http:\/\/www.randomknits.net\/archives\/100_1928.jpg\" width=\"420\" height=\"315\" \/><\/center><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Rain? We had rain! Lots of rain! The local shopping centre&#8217;s roof caved in under the weight of the rain. The yard got wet! Twinkie wasn&#8217;t happy. She&#8217;s three and a half now, and she hasn&#8217;t really seen a lot of rain. But she&#8217;s seen enough to know she doesn&#8217;t like it. 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