Happy Sunday! November is drawing near its final week. My favorite month, tied with July-August, I suppose.
Autumn, true autumn, has arrived and when the wind is gentle, I've been enjoying walks to the beach, though sad and guilty Mo can no longer come along.
Many sightings of sea ducks, a lovely sight.
They don't form Vs, but long scraggly skeins, that ravel/ unravel in the chill November sky.
Golden eyes, squas, surf scoters. Buffleheads. I love their names.
Speaking of skeins, I took my yarn in my pocket one warm day, thinking a change of scenery might clear my head and I'd enjoy an hour knitting on the dune benches.
Sadly marked off limits. Repair, remove? Mo and I used to sit there sometimes on very quiet Fall days.
After one big wind blow I gathered leaves to press and save for my slightly neglected nature journal.
The pickings were meagre but the colors enchant me. Inspire me.
Colors echoed by the soon to be stored Fall quilts stacked here awaiting their airing before sleeping another year. Don't you love the cheddar Stars w the prairie points! It was ''misfiled'' for years. I'll add pics before storing this week.
The pumpkin and the bowl have been added to, how fun to get out the prim cooky cutters. On Dec 1st I'll bring the pumpkin to the beach for the small critters to feast upon.
The sewing box is empty now, summer projects are complete. It needs a tidy up, then will be stored under my cutting table until summer comes again.[7 1/2 months til summer]
One morning I made a few sewing gifts, end of day pieces that use remnants and saved bits and buttons. I haven't made any strawberries recently. So fun!
Perhaps I'm ready to work on them again. I kind of froze up bec I ordered real emery powder to use instead of my beach sand. But then was wary of using the emery, the fine grit seems iffy--I can just see me inhaling it somehow. ( yes, laughable, but thus speaks anxiety personified.]. I dithered all summer on how to safely use it but for these little tuck in gifts I went back to safe white sand.
Yes, my strawberries are deliberately primitive and make do, mostly. For these I use old fabric bits, buttons, yarn or string.
Looking for buttons was again a pleasing task. This time I found a bizarre nickel, very modernist, from 2009. And I found a new-ish penny on my leaf walk. Whatever will become of pennies now they're discontinued? I wonder.
Have a good week!
Happy Thanksgiving. [below, look, autumn tulip. I'm thrilled.]
love
lizzy
gone to the beach...
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