Dwarf Planet in Purple

Hard to believe it's July 20 again. It's the 51st anniversary of the Apollo 11 moonwalk. Last year on this date I drove to far northern Delaware for the 60th birthday party of one of my high school classmates. The temperature was dangerously hot then, and we're in another "heat dome" this week. Ugh.

Now we're moving into October plague cancellations, from Capclave (gone virtual, actually) to the Marine Corps Marathon (canceled outright). Still wondering when the Maryland Renaissance Festival is going to pull the plug, although rumor has it that August 3 is the festival's go/no-go decision date.

To be honest, I haven't attended Capclave since 2004 -- often it conflicts with other events, either SCA or church-related, and I don't find the programming topics enticing. The last time I went, I felt as if I was paying $60 for some stale potato chips in the "con suite," which wasn't a suite, just another windowless conference room.

The SCA keeps on keeping on, with "virtual activities" -- see https://virtual.atlantia.sca.org. This past weekend we had another "Revenge of the Stitch" non-competition, with folks gently encouraging each other to get some sewing and weaving projects done. I made good progress on the sleeves for my German dress, although I didn't finish them. I have a hankering to try my hand at weaving again, but I still have those sleeves to finish, and I'm knitting a mundane cowl for the boy toy (for winter wear).

The people who gave me Pumpkin in 2008 also gave me his fake-leopard-fur cat bed. They swore that he loved that bed. However, once he got into this house, he never sat in the thing. Eventually Julia came here, and she just took over that bed. She loves to curl up in it, especially now that it's in the bay window.

Well, today I happened to walk by the window, and whom did I spy ensconced in the cat bed? Pumpkin! (Julia was off exploring the spare bedroom, where I was doing some excavating.)

I don't think Julia noticed that her bed was occupied ... but if Pumpkin keeps doing that ... the fur is going to FLY!

In other news ... still having off-and-on dental pain. Hope I can go to the dentist next week. Tonight I am taking a look at Ravelry while the boy toy watches the USC football game on ESPN (so far, it doesn't look too good for the Trojans). I seem to look at Ravelry only every couple of months. I'd like to start on another small knitting project, but I haven't finalized any plans yet. In the meantime, I'll work on a kumihimo medallion cord for the Kingdom.