Try As I Might

I am just catching my breathe now! I completed the last of my exams for this term, this morning. I never really know how well I fare. You place the words test or exam in a sentence, I tend to get panicky. It's honestly ridiculous. I have studied and practiced and repeated the process. I can know the information forward and back, yet I cannot get rid of those anxious feelings. I just do the best I can! We unfortunately had to say goodbye to little Charlotte at the beginning of October. She had a number of teeth loose and went in for surgery to remove them. The surgery was too much and she suffered from Sepsis. She was a brave little dog who viewed everyone as a friend she had not yet met.

Jackie looked for her for a number of days. I think that was more heartbreaking because I could not properly explain where Charlotte had gone. Not long after, we received a surprise notice that a dog had given birth to 12 puppies! They were looking for homes. Did not have to tell me twice! We welcomed Harley into our home Thanksgiving day!

Harley is a German Shepherd, Border Collie mix and quite vocal. About everything. I never fully appreciated how Jackie spoiled me. It was like Jackie was already an old lady in puppy form, silently judging us all. Harley is just absolute chaos, wrapped in fur. We are all loving every minute of it! Jackie is teaching Harley all kinds of interesting behaviours and providing some good information in how to operate. Harley looks to Jackie as a studious little pupil in how best to proceed in a variety of situations.

As you can see, they are never far from each other! I finished a sweater that I am quite proud of!

It is called Victoria Jumper by

Willow and Larkhttps://www.ravelry.com/patterns/library/victoria-jumper

in Ramble yarn. The only thing I altered was to knit it in the round to avoid some seaming. It involved a bit of math and I am happy to report, the math was correct! I have also been painting and sketching a fair bit! This is a work in progress:

It got a bit muddy on me, so it's time out. I also did some chalk pastel:

Titled Far From Home. I have also been working with my watercolours but failed to take photographs. The holidays are now upon us. I hope you are all well. We will be staying quiet this year. Just a simple dinner and a few movies. We've all been too tired to get up to any shenanigans if I'm honest, and we are looking forward to some time just to decompress. Stay well everyone. Until we chat again!