It has been a rainy month in Portland. Many spring flowers were late, but they did bloom. I planted tomatoes and basil and marigolds, and I hope they grow. There was plenty of knitting time for gnomes, hats and socks. The terrible school shooting in Uvalde, Texas on May 24th has put a damper on everything, though it is a sunny 74 degrees out today. I may live in a bubble, and I don’t think all guns are bad, well somedays I do, but the lack of action on this issue is so frustrating, and deadly, and it happens everywhere in our country and rarely anywhere else. I find some comfort in seeing so many social media posts that agree with me. I have collected quite a few via screenshots, and I am posting them here, for me, to remind me that many share my anguish and sadness and frustration.
Knitting –
Make Gnome Mistake – the May Mystery Knitalong with Imagined Landscapes
New socks for a gift
Two sets of Knitted Knockers, made for donation to KnittedKnockers.org, who provide prosthetics to mastectomy patients.
I made three hats for donation to the Puddletown Knitters Guild service project.
I started a new pair of travel knitting socks to take on our upcoming Scotland and Iceland trip.
Not knitting – we painted one of the bedrooms.
Garden
Anti-Gun Violence Memes, mostly from Instagram:
Background checks and limits on assault weapons and ammunition could prevent these senseless deaths. This time I am privileged to be witnessing from a great distance, though it has happened nearby – an average of 544 gun deaths per year in my state. And, ‘no person is an island’ – we all suffer each time.
My actions:
We donate money to advocacy groups, and vote in every election.
Next month we have some international travel planned, so it may be a while before I post again…..
Margaret Quilts 