Autumnal Splendor
If it weren’t for the shorter daylight, I think I would be quite happy if it were autum year around. The weather over the weekend has been absolutely gorgeous! Day time highs in the mid to upper 70′s but cooling of quite nicely in the evenings so I can start pulling sweaters and jackets out of storage. Of course I always love the colors as well. Though the colors in Colorado are a bit pale in comparison to back home (and even more so to New England as I understand it though I’ve never been). But, there are pockets of intense colors in town where people have planted dramatic trees and shrubs. In the photo above is the Japense Maple (or so we were told by the people we bought the house from) that resides in our front yard just to the west of the driveway. The last two years some of the leaves have turned a very deep burgandy which has added a depth to the tree that makes me think of the ears of Indian corn that used to adorn the doors of my elementary school classrooms. There are some really pretty colors in this tree though…
Our neighbors also have this gorgeous tree in their side yard. I should have taken the time to phorograph it a couple of days ago, but it is still striking against the bright blue Colorado sky…
Lastly, it is once again SnB night! Thank goddess! If it weren’t for SnB, I’m not sure if I would make it though Mondays… *sigh*
As I did last week, I’ll be sporting my fun new polka-dot knitting bag…
It was a custom order from Jacqui of My Escape From the Boys. It has only one zipper, well away from yarn, a sock pocket that fits a SIP seperate from another good sized knitting project and it’s tall enough for full size knitting books as well. I currently have only the Alberta scarf for Grandma in there and Handknit Holidays but there is plenty of room for a sweater project, even an ample sized one.
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