Wednesday, October 1, 2014

Happy Fall and Happy October!!!!!

I know I've said it a dozen times already and it was 87 today...again but tomorrow the cold front is coming and storms and I can't wait!  It will usher in the true Fall and I will be happy at last (as long as the storms aren't too severe).  Meanwhile, I've been like a slug and have not gotten much done around here but I will share what I have.........more progress on the "blanket/throw" for my daughter and son-in-law for Christmas...it's hard to believe it will be big enough but it is squeezed on that needle but good....136 stitches across so one can hope!  I've committed to 3 rows a day.

I repotted a bunch of plants and potted up some I had rooted.........this little shamrock has gone crazy since I repotted it....in just a few days it has sent up all kinds of new shoots and even flowered....what gratitude!
I potted up another celery for this winter.......and it took off too......
I've been S L O W L Y working on the kitchen and have little to show for it really but I did finish the bookcase........
I made some chocolate cherry granola bars from a recipe I got from a sweet blogging friend over at Apron History
Her pictures are much more appetizing than mine but they were quick, easy and delicious and I highly recommend them!
I got tired of knitting/crocheting from patterns...so many gifts to make....so I took a break and just started crocheting some simple little squares that I'm thinking of making into a blanket for Annie for Christmas....there I go...another Christmas present but they're easy and mindless and sometimes that's just the project you need when you just want to sit and watch t.v.

Have any of you been watching the Nature shows with the "cams" on PBS?  Here it's on Wednesday nights at 7:00 p.m. CDT and they had a tiger cam and tonight was a penguin cam.  The photography is amazing as these cams are set everywhere and disguised so you see the animals acting naturally and close up.  Those baby penguins tonight were SO CUTE I couldn't stand it!  You can watch it on You Tube and also if you go to PBS Nature you will find all their shows.  It is truly spell binding to watch this new way of documenting and photographing nature.  Here's a little peek
I hope you're having a good week and that Fall is appearing in all it's beauty to a neighborhood near you!  Happy Trails!