I have no new knitting to show you because I am being very very good about not starting yet another project. Hydrangea is almost finished -- I will complete it tomorrow or Sunday -- and then I can play again.
The lapis lazuli yarn is on its way so I hope to be able to show it to you next week sometime. In the meantime here is the same yarn on Poppy. I would it by hand, all 3000+ yards. You can't see in this photo the subtle variations in the red so take my word for it that it is gorgeous!

The leaves are well past their peak, but the big maple in our back yard is always slow to turn. These days when the sun hits it in the morning, the whole dining room glows.


There is nothing like a cat and a box. Our guys wrestled for days over control of this one. Spike won it for a while a couple of nights ago --

By late yesterday they had completely destroyed it. So now we are obligated to find them another one. I suppose this means I must order more books!
