CITRUS PERFUME!

It's the time of year when the citrus blossoms perfume our yard!  We aren't the only ones who enjoy this time of year---

see the honeybee at the center?  

There was a dozen when I approached for a photo!

I did a little piecing for the four-patches.  

Today I hope to piece the rows.

 Nyki kept me company during my late afternoon rest.  

The sunshine revealed all of the shades of my 'black' cat!

WARM HANDS

Since the dog is still here because every shelter is full and they can't take her in and no one we know is looking for a new pet...

...the cats are housebound! 

 Lena turned to tv like so many of us during a lockdown!

I played with the knitting machine and made a fingerless mitt.

The second one is well on its way.  

More stats when I finish it soon.

Here is that unknown plant so you can see where it is growing.

The seed pods are turning color--

look how beautiful the centers are becoming! 

 By the way, the plant has been identified as a Clerodendrum Indicum.  Fascinating read.  

The plant is grown in Asia, Hawaii and other tropical areas. 

 I think it is just incredible!

 

Be a Big Girl!

 First thing yesterday morning, I ripped out the offending rows

and started out again.  And then once more!

What was it all of a sudden, that I couldn't transition to the next color?!

 The inside of the hat looks like this-more of stacked triangles than

the prominent zig zag of the other side.

They both look nice but I didn't want the one to end with the

pattern of the other all of a sudden!

I will take this knitting with me to the waiting room today;

Bill has a routine colonoscopy and I am his designated driver!

We have been eating these fresh from our tree!  

It's a Honey Bell orange.

Might I say it is all that you would want in an orange!

 And speaking of citrus, 

this is what I worked on yesterday at quilting group;

I cut these tumbling blocks from a charm pack 

and added some solids in fat quarters to make it lap size.

 When I came home, I got to work making the baby blanket again.

I've added extra stitches to the far right here;

it will be an edge that doesn't roll the way stockinette does.  

So when I am done knitting this, there will be no seaming 

and no additional time for edging it!

Well, it works perfectly on my paper anyway!

(You know,  when you make a mistake, it is better not to whine and

instead look where you can make improvements on the original

which you wouldn't think to do, if you did it perfectly the first time!)

 Just before I ate my dinner last night, I put in another row on the QOV .

This panto has a 20" wide swathe of stitching!

Here's a hint at the panto I'm using!

I hope to finish the hat today, and continue working on the other two projects!

What has your attention today?

Fall's Progress

 I missed the peak color of this tree for a picture!  

It was golden last week-you will have to settle for this russet! 

 It is our only tree that colors and looses its leaves with the northern states!

Which is a perfect match to the Flor that is coming along nicely!

I have joined the sleeves to the body and started the yoke.

It takes a goodly amount of time to make a round but with each decrease round, 

I love 8 stitches!  

 If you look to the left way in the back, it is our line of citrus trees.  

 They are waiting for our crispy nights to come along so they will ripen!

These are Ruby Red Grapefruits-my personal favorites!

They will be ready in December and January-yippee!

 Another Fall harvest are the Loofah plants which Bill accidentally found out love to climb trees!

The blooms are pretty and they will just keep growing until the first frost stops them.

 Look carefully to see them throughout these trees-20' high on this tree!

 And this one.  The loofa will be ready to pick and dry and bleach in November;

Thanksgiving time works best.

 While we take the trip to our neighbors to care for her pets, Ethan likes to drive his own golf cart!

He 'leads' the way by speeding ahead and waiting for us to catch up!

And in case the other picture wasn't enough for you-

here is Mrs. Argiope (or orb weaver to her friends!) in a close-up!