Happy Happy Halloweenie!

Wishing you a day full of treats!

Sampler: Mosey & Me.

Steve Jobs

A rare genius.  May he rest in peace.

Fall Fever!

Some folks get spring fever...I get fall fever.  Want to be outside in the warm sun (no humidity - yay), communing with the flowers & butterflies, reading, knitting, napping...anything but working!  Spring is nice but oh! the sunlight is so very different in the fall.  Visited the neighborhood hardware store yesterday & discovered their plant 'hospital' for plants that dearly need a home.  For greatly reduced prices I purchased 3 coreopsis plants that just need a little deadheading (love these for the way they re-seed), a hanging sweet potato vine (beautiful purple leaves), a lipstick plant (I think that's what it is) and this unidentified one:

Also 3 pots of nice plump zinnias, waiting with the others to be planted this morning:

I've been surrounded by Monarchs and other butterflies.  One last Monarch caterpillar is making his chrysalis in the eaves of the house.  I hope the butterfly hatches in time to migrate.  Glad I let the milkweeds have the run of the front garden; we had at least 2 dozen Monarch hatchings.  Would have had more but for the dang wasps who prey on the young caterpillars.  What a privilege it was to see the butterflies hatch. Who knew that milkweed grows higher than 6 feet?

The porterweed is popular now too; both purple and red are in bloom.

Colors in the photos look washed out due to very bright morning sun and use of the iPad for picture taking.

Knitting - finished one sock last week, using Dream in Color's Smooshy and a free pattern named 'Lake Effect Socks'.  Very easy, pattern well written, a 3-row repeat (with every other row knit).  Just cast on for a scarf but am also itching to stitch.  I have 3 samplers that are half-finished; they range from small to gigantic.  More on those to follow.

Spent a few delightful hours stitching with friends at the local library where we found a treasure trove of gently used books for sale at bargain prices.

Top to bottom they are:

The Private Life of the Cat Who....by Lilian Jackson Brown

The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society by Mary Ann Shaffer & Annie Barrows

The Nanny Diaries by Emma McLauglin & Nicola Kraus

Running with Scissors by Augusten Burroughs

Marley & Me by John Grogan

Dancing with Cuba by Alma Guillermoprieto

The South Beach Diet by Arther Agatston, MD

Are Men Necessary? by Maureen Dowd

A Salty Piece of Land by Jimmy Buffet

Nancy Reagan by Kitty Kelley

and 3 copies of Birds & Blooms magazine! Score!

Hope you all are enjoying your fall days as well.