Pumpkin Sunrise

I finished this scarf turned into a cowl last week and already gifted it to my son when I met him for lunch.  He requested something in red.  Originally I was thinking scarf but then I suggested a cowl to him and he liked the idea.  I found some red wool while on the mad hunt for "red".  I wanted a blackish red and that doesn't seem to be too popular out there or I'm not shopping the right places.  I didn't want to order on line because red is an unreliable color on computer screens (at least for me).  So once I had the wool then I hunted for a pattern.  This  lovely scarf pattern  popped up in my search and I liked the repetitive design.  Unfortunately one skein of sock yarn doesn't make a long scarf, another strong reason that I sewed the ends by kitchener stitch.  Easy peasy and he loves the cowl!

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?  I have to confess, I cannot get enough of the leaves changing.  I've been stopping and looking and of course photographing.  Gorgeous and wonderful!  My weekend was nice and we had a tiny adventure yesterday.  We drove over hills and mountains to the amusement park which was hosting a craft and art festival.  The drive itself was fun.  The best park of Saturday was the weather, there was a fine drizzle all day long.  So the crowds were not manic, just regular crowds.  We enjoyed ourselves immensely. While at the festival, I had the BEST doughnut made by a firefighter company....seriously I died and went to doughnut heaven :) I asked the lady what she recommended and she said everyone wanted the powder sugar and cinnamon doughnut.  Well they were right

Dear October: I cannot begin to tell you how happy I am that you are here.  I've waited for you patiently over the summer months while extended heat waves lingered.  But now you have arrived and so far you have been glorious. The maple trees are losing their leaves yellow and brown first, the red just starting to appear.  Each year I'm captured by the beauty.  The mornings are crisp and sometimes chilly and once again fleece coats are donned before a quick run to retrieve the newspaper. At first yellow is my favorite color, then red, then orange, then the browns and purples.  I guess I like all the colors that you bring to me.  The mums are in full bloom being show offs now that the summer flowers have faded away.  I like their attitude.  While car riding, the rolling hills on the countryside display the changes leaves.  Oh so pretty. I get sad thinking of how my after dinner walks will be coming to an end during your month.  Each walk is numbered as the days g