Pumpkin Sunrise

My pullover and my cardigan are slowly making progress.  I just finished the second sleeve of my cardigan and will be picking up the neckband today!  I'm still thinking that I'll be wearing this pretty cardigan at a wedding at the end of the month :) Oh my reading!  I finished We are not Ourselves  and it was spectacular.  It is a sad book so read some reviews on Goodreads before you take the plunge.  I enjoyed it, I thought that it could have been a shorter book but other than that, a great read. I'm now reading The   Girl on the Train on my kindle.  I only just started so I have no opinions. What are you knitting and reading this week? Joining Ginny and Frontier Dreams

Weekends are for memory making,  relaxing and enjoying quiet moments of our days.   If you would like, please share your weekend moments    in the comment section with a link to your blog. This weekend we went to the Endless Mountain Fiber Festival .  I love the sights and sounds of this festival.  There are the animals that are fluffy soft and adorable, each one beckoning us to visit and pet.  My husband took some photos then I took some.  He is patient while I browse and shop the stalls.  He joined in the spirit of the festival by requesting a "thin scarf".  Thin as in fingering weight thin.  I am only too eager to knit something and then we proceed to look for the yarn for his scarf.  He chose a dark purple that will look fantastic. I am drawn to mute greens and yellows and oranges and browns....Earth tones.  So while I was there I had to buy something but I was trying not to buy "my" colors.  Branch out from my comfort color zone.

The afternoon light has shifted, casting shadows on my side table and delighting me.  Autumn is creeping into each day.  Yesterday the rain that was predicted became reality.  My hair was frumpy and wild, yet I was okay with the mess. I've had a restorative week, full of knitting and reading.  Starting a new knitting project does wonders to my excitement.  I've been writing more about me, my ancestors and stories that were told to me.  I wonder how much embellishing was done by the storyteller?  How much was true?  Then I wonder does it matter? Family histories are probably enhanced with the teller's thoughts or reactions. I grew up in the city and yet had the luck of a summer cottage to visit - owned by my grandparents. I ran bare foot in the grass and learned to ride a bike without training wheels down a dirt road. I gathered lots of scraped knees and elbows, and cried over each hurt begging for a band aid.  I collected dandelions, daisies, elderberries, ras

Last week I mentioned that this current read had me wondering where the plot was going to go.  Well, one more page and boom  the plot was revealed and my oh my is it GOOD.  Sorry for wondering, sorry for doubting.  The story is a sad story so if your looking for a pick me up happy book you might want to take a pass.  However, if you don't mind sad and some serious character development and a constant sense of cheering on a stern main character, well then you need to read this book. My knitting has been somewhat exciting.  Yesterday I bought a new sweater pattern and cast on and furiously worked all day long executing short row shaping with glee.  If you've known me a long time you know I knit cardigans, so are you surprised this is a pullover?  I am! What are you knitting and reading this week? Joining Ginny and Frontier Dreams

Oh my, was I distracted over the weekend.  I was looking at my knitting and the current projects and suddenly I had an urge to knit a baby hat for my grand nephew.  I wanted to make him one over the summer and never did. The joy of impulse knitting is divine. How sweet is this little pattern ?  I knit this hat in a day if all the hours were strung together. I made some modifications to make the hat a little bigger, I hope that it fits and fits for more than one season :) Ravelry notes are here .

Weekends are for memory making,  relaxing and enjoying quiet moments of our days.   If you would like, please share your weekend moments    in the comment section with a link to your blog. How was your weekend? This long weekend that is still going strong held: :: long chat with my sister :: short chats with the kids :: green beans :: closing the pool :: knitting :: yoga morning rituals :: lots of reading :: firing up the grill :: MORE wedding cake :: watching Gregory Peck in To Kill a Mockingbird :: drinking morning coffee in the darkness :: light shadows :: allergies (boo) :: friends over to share a meal tonight :: having absolutely nothing on the schedule tomorrow :: daydreaming about nothing and everything :: planning goals for the next few weeks Please share your weekend!!

My this week has been ultra relaxing for me.  Gone are the stresses and the busyness of wedding plans, out of town families and my furious list making tasks.  I've been loving, savoring the slow quiet way my days unfold.  Truly it's a blessing and I'm grateful for this lull. I was talking to my sister who mentioned she was eating through the frozen dinners tucked into her freezer.  Initially, I thought that I didn't have any complete meals.  Well, I dug and found some curry, dahl and rice forgotten but thankfully found.  So I didn't cook yesterday, we had a "free" meal. The heat wave is ending today and yesterday it rained!  I'm not a fan of rain, but it's been weeks since we had a good soaking.  I opened the door a wee bit to listen to the thunderstorm, magical and musical! We've been battling a yellow jacket nest near our house and I think we won....still waiting to see.  One of those yellow jackets bit Frodo on the muzzle and he