Friday, October 2, 2009

Fall is here Yay

The days are only in the 90's and the nights require a blanket on the bed. I have actually used the oven. I made a pie crust with olive oil and filled it with hummus and tuna and Trader Joe's Garlic Mashed Potatoes. It was yummy. Had some the next day for lunch.
I am actually looking through my seeds and getting a plan together for the garden. Our best growing season is between September and April. Since the nights are falling into the 50's the seeds will sprout. I can also start to make sprouts for food. Summer time here is low on fresh food, like Winter is in most other parts of the country. The compost pile is cooking away and I have been deciding what to start in pots.
I sent my Mom the knitted throw that I made. It was my first try at actually knitting something with patterns. I used the Barbara Aytes book "Adventures in Knitting" for the patterns. Each square was a different pattern. It was fun learning something new. I made a hand embroidered label for it also. I am now working on a blanket for my great granddaughter Bella. It is going to be a more substantial version of a shetland shawl. I did the center and am starting the borders. I bought my stitch holders for this project from Sevenyaks on Etsy. Great seller.
We have kittens! Lotus had three, white, orange, and grey tiger striped. They are so tiny and perfect. I love to watch them play. Precious little treasures.
As soon as I find my cord for the camera I will post pics to go with these posts. So far the boxes I have unpacked have not yielded any fruit. I will keep looking. It was a great summer and I look forward to the new adventures and surprises that Fall will bring.

4 comments:

PussDaddy said...

Hahahaha, the temp in my house last time I looked was 58 degrees. I admit I am a little chilly. Congrats on getting your throw done. And congrats on the new kittens.

PussDaddy

Donnalda Does Art said...

We now have to wait until afternoon to get hot water. Thank you for the nice comments, Puss.

Debs Crochet said...

Glad things are comming along.
What's Fall?? LOL
The temps here are rotten 90's in the day, may get down to 75 tonight.
Good luck on the garden

Donnalda Does Art said...

Debs, usually Fall lasts about 2 days here. We are blissfully enjoying warm days and cool nights. Almost perfect weather.