Dentist approved candy corn

While I like the look of candy corn, I cannot abide the taste of it - might as well eat pure sugar, in my opinion. But when I saw a pattern for a candy corn hat, I knew I had to make it for Aidan.

I first followed the directions for the medium or child size hat, and did not like the way it turned out - way too pointy at the top. On my second attempt, I followed the medium directions until round 38, where I switched to the large directions; I like the final product much better.

I am not crazy about knitting with acrylic yarn, but it is just the fiber for a novelty child's hat. And the white yarn glows in the dark - too funny!

Aidan was not in the mood to pose, so please excuse the cheesy photos! (He is also recovering from a sty in his left eye, so please excuse the ick)

I call it Dick Cheney

The general Atlanta, Georgia area is under attack from a weather system that has dumped amazing amounts of rain since last Tuesday. The amount of rain that has fallen is absolutely insane and the ensuing destruction is almost impossible to conceive: roads under water, roads washed away, neighborhoods under water or completely cut off.

What amazes me is that this is not a tropical storm or tropical depression or any kind of named weather system, so we can't even refer to it by name. I think that a weather system this awful, this diabolical, this destructive needs a name, so I am calling it Dick Cheney.