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The Land of Painted Caves

Books

Author: Jean M. Auel

There were nine years between the publication of this book and the previous book in the series. If you waited nine years or more to read this last one in the series perhaps you wouldn’t have minded all the repetitions of past stories from all five previous books. I read books five and six one right after another and there were so many times I wanted to skip over the repetitions. Although I may be wrong, it seemed like there were explanations all through the book that were often repeated.

I guess after 1400+ pages there is just so much you can say about Cro-Magnon and Neaderthal life.

I have enjoyed the series but I’m glad it is done. The ending of the book was left open enough that there could be a continuation but I don’t think there will be.

Goodreads Rating: * * * *

Happy Birthday Dave

Cards

December 19, 2020

Figure 8 (from the Splendid Sampler series)

I’m not sure it is a compliment to say that a man has a Figure 8 figure but that’s all I’ve got. The last time I saw Dave (and it was a year ago with probably another year to go before I see him again) he was looking very slim and trim.

I wasn’t pleased with the way this card went together. There was a lot of reverse stitching in the very early stages. When I downloaded the photo I wanted to take it back and start again but it was already wrapped and ready for the mail.

What now?

Journal

Saturday, December 19, 2020

I didn’t plan a whole lot for the day but what was planned (an Alias Grace block) was finished before I stopped for lunch. I did a bit of tidying up but it is still early afternoon.

We have a couple of online concerts this afternoon but the first one doesn’t start for over an hour. I think I’ll read my book under the lights of the Christmas tree until it is time to move to the basement and work on my afghan.

Stormy weather

Journal

Friday, December 18, 2020

We were warned that we were in for a storm and it arrived right on time. The Texada ferry ran earlier today because I saw it at seven when I was making coffee and again about nine when I went down for a second cup. The ferry to Comox isn’t running either; I’m not sure whether or not it ran first thing in the morning.

I’ve had another no-pressure day unless you consider deciding what to bake and what knitting/crochet pattern I should use pressure.

Last night I started a crocheted afghan but wasn’t even finished the first row before I knew it wouldn’t work for me. There were about seven rows in the pattern and, since we were watching a show with sub-titles, I needed something simpler. I found a knitted afghan pattern that was easy enough to follow but after a few rows I decided I didn’t really like it. I’ve found another crochet pattern that repeats one row over and over; I hope it works out or I may go back to making hats.

I intended to make Nanaimo Bars today. I purchased all the ingredients at the last shop and even told Pat that was what I was making. There wasn’t a recipe in Mum’s cookbook but I recalled she had a Mincemeat Muffin recipe and that I still had half a jar of mincemeat in the fridge. Instead of the muffins though I made an Oatmeal Mincemeat Square. It looks a lot like a Matrimonial Cake but with mincemeat in the middle rather than dates. I looks and smells good; we’ll know for sure when we have dessert tonight.