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Equinox Walk

Published on September 22, 2016March 11, 2019 by Jen5 Comments

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Happy Autumn Equinox everyone! It is in recent years, my favorite day of the year. This morning the equinox occurred at 7:21 in the morning, and I planned to get to my secret knitting spot on one of my trails, overlooking a vineyard and hazy Mt Diablo in the distance, only about a ten-minute walk from my door at the most. Here are some more photos of our little early morning walk out to greet the new season…

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Emma enjoyed the scent of the fresh wildlife tracks from the night, and I enjoyed the brilliant angled light fuzzing through the trees. We then reached our secret spot on time, about 7:20, here standing on the big stump of a very large fir, gives a wonderful vantage point of the area we live in.

The light at sunrise had an amber glow and the air is cool. I thoroughly love this little loop in the woods next to my house, at first light. Tomorrow and often in the days following, I think I will come here to greet the sunrise and feel Autumn’s transitory beauty. Perhaps a thermos of tea and sit on the stump here, knit, and thoroughly enjoy the season as the leaves slowly turn.

I also have a little new knitting going on, but I won’t give details for another week or so…

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Enjoy your first-day-of-Autumn and happy knitting!

Mid August

Published on August 15, 2016March 11, 2019 by Jen20 Comments

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August is such a stale time of the year. No cool breezes, no moisture, perpetual aqua blue skies, and a lot of anxiety about wildfire. The grasses stand crisp and golden, and so picturesque, but really it is just in suspended limbo until the rain comes, there in the bleaching hot sun day after day while even the moss in the forest turns brownish and, like the grasses, is frozen in lifelessness for months.

Mid August is even more stale than when the month arrived, and by the end of the month I am usually quite fried, dreaming of verdant countrysides in far off lands.

I have been thinking about my knitting trail, and ideas. So far it’s just staked out and haven’t walked it very much, but I need a grand plan, and I need ideas. I was hoping for some from you readers.

Now I will make myself a fresh iced coffee and wait for a little conversation to begin…

Emma is Eleven

Published on May 2, 2016May 2, 2019 by Jen10 Comments

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Today is Emma’s eleventh birthday.

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We had home-made tamales, chocolate cake & icecream, and we can bake Emma her own dog biscuits now because we have a biscuit form, doggie cookbook and biscuit mix too!

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. . . there’s a new squeaking raccoon toy to torture!

We went for our traditional walk after the party was over, but Emma and I were too tired to go far. I followed her out into the woods….

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Then she stopped a while,

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and we both decided to go back home and play with her new toys and take a long nap!

Winter Solstice

Published on December 22, 2015March 11, 2019 by Jen6 Comments

Today, out for a short walk to photograph the shortest day of the year !

We hope your Winter Solstice is a happy contemplation, with Christmas & New Year so near. I did manage to finish ALL my gift-making, a list too long to mention, but I’m quite proud its finished. And now, I am off to do some cheerful decorating & gift wrapping!

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Published on December 9, 2015March 11, 2019 by Jen8 Comments

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Emma has been so very patient, chillin’ out while I’ve been a Making Maniac. We haven’t been doing much walking in recent days because I am seriously preoccupied, and besides, it’s been raining a lot lately too. I just want all the gifts made and then I can enjoy myself, and the sooner the better!

The latest is something I promised somebody closely related (I won’t say who, or the surprise may be ruined) I’ve been working on this stocking for 3 days, totally improvising as I go ~ pretty interesting heel turn huh?

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Felted it partially this morning, and here it is, still quite damp. Well, that is us here, filling the days with cheer of making. It just doesn’t get better than that, and I hope you’re all having a magical December !

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