cheers!

this fellow is a constant companion in the garden.

apples apples everywhere!

 our harvest of liberty apples that didn't hit the ground already

we made 12 pints of applesauce from fruit glen picked near omak

doodling in watercolor

change of plans

I started knitting the pattern with the intention of making the top as designed but then as I was knitting my husband asked if it were a skirt, and voilà a different project took shape.

Yarn: Ella Rae Classic Chunky Superwash
Pattern: #1 by Rebecca Design Team
Published in Rebecca #22

Missoni

What a crazy scene when I arrived at Target this morning to shop the launch of the Missoni line!  There were teams of shoppers cleaning out the shelves and racks of all of the products as fast as they could before another shopper came along.  They were communicating by cell phone with other shoppers in a coordinated attempt to score exactly what they were looking for.  I just happened to be there at the right time to get exactly what I had wanted.  If I had left the house a bit later there would have been nothing left.  Target's website crashed from all of the shoppers.  Clerks said they had never seen anything like it before. When I shopped the launch of the Liberty of London collection I found some great stuff that I could fit into in the girls department, so I headed there today and the leggings in the photo were from the girls department.  They're so soft and cozy.  I love them. 

september's garden

 this year's dahlias

hi mr. froggie!

jelly!

it took all day to pick this year's white currant crop.

here's the white currant juice.

nothing but fruit and organic sugar....no pectin needed with currants.
they are naturally loaded with pectin.
once the warmed sugar is added to the simmering pot of juice the juice turns to a honey color. all of that fruit produced ten half pints of jelly. jelly is so much more work to make than jam. but it sure is pretty!

bracelet

crochet bracelet

yarn: Habu Textiles A-174 1/8.5 Cotton Gima
it feels like paper
pattern from: 風工房の小さなクロッシェレース

Happy Birthday Dear Husband!

Marionberry of course.

sunshine

splayed out on the sofa, watching wimbledon semi-finals
on a spectacularly sunny florabundant day,
when ordinarily I would be at work,
reflecting on a life fully lived.
my sister's torture is finally over
and she can at long last rest in peace.

wool flowers

I started this in April,
took a long break for puppy house training,
and finished today.

pattern from
ぽかぽかニットこもの > Motif Book モチーフBOOK

Shore Run

I ran my first 5K yesterday in support of immunotherapy research at the Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center. Along the shore of Lake Washington, by beautiful homes and gardens, I ran the whole way without stopping, even up the hills, fulfilling my goal. I wasn't concerned about my time. I just wanted to see if I could actually run a 5K, and I did. I came in 12th out of 26 runners in my age group, and beat the average race time. Yeay, above average! During the whole race I was thinking about my sister's struggle with cancer, and if she has fought so hard in her battle then surely I could complete a 5K. I did it for her.
Thank you sponsors for supporting such a great cause.

Shore Run

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Shades of Grey

From Mitch Albala's Understanding Simplification and Massing for Landscape Painters workshop.

Reflection Pool

Bloedel Reserve Reflection Pool inspired by a drawing by Robin Siegl
Perfect Sunday morning walk.

Asleep in Comfort

I sewed two pillows together, featured in the previous post's video, to make a puppy bed this morning. Nellie loves it.

Puppy!

I will write about this later.
View videos of our new puppy:
Puppy First Weekend
Puppy After One Week

Watch This

Amazing event in Spain!

Messing Around in Photoshop

That's Corelopsis pauciflora in the background from our garden.

Finished

Here is the latest sweater that has been cast off my needles.

Pattern: Wrenna
Yarn: Lambs Pride Bulky
I lengthened the sleeves and body from the instructions.
Wow, it is a warm sweater!