ECF - Reflections on a Sunroof Edition

How's this for a different spin on the lovely pastoral scenes seen on other blogs. you know the ones I'm talking about. gorgeous trees with leaves in shades of red and gold reflected in a lake or other body of water.

When I got in my freshly washed car the other morning there was just one lonely leaf on my sunroof and it spoke to me.

Have a great weekend!

What Can You Do?

Thanks so much for the birthday wishes. If you're looking for the contest post , it's here. Only comments left on that post will count for the contest.

It was a relatively quiet birthday but very nice. Even our traditional birthday dinner was quiet but nice because even thoug my daughters made a huge fuss about it being my birthday, our waiter forgot to do the requisite loud singing. DQ was not amused and insisted on speaking to a manager. On the other hand, I was perfectly ok with not being embarrassed in front of one and all.

I got some lovely and thoughtful gifts including a book based on the Cake Wrecks blog which Stinkette nearly absconded with. I'll let you know how I like it when she actually let's me get a look at it. :)

I also got 2 pairs of earrings. On the left are the ones I chose with the family as their gift to me. They are one of a kind with opals (my birthstone) and tiny diamonds and made by Wendy Newman, a Utah jewelry designer. She makes gorgeous stuff. On the right are earrings made just for me by Stinkette. She excitedly explained how she chose the wooden beads rather than green glass because they gave them a "warmer" feel. Guess which ones I'm wearing today. Was there really any other option?

And in knitting news we have these TTL Mystery socks which have become something of a mini obsession. I just had to have clue #4 finished before the last one was released so I stayed up way too late last night. I did finish them though and now I can move on to the toes. Yay!



I did not take this picture after my knitting marathon and my skills haven't deteriorated quite this badly. Since these socks are so fall-like and will certainly be finished by the weekend I'm thinking that I can wear them when I take Stinkette trick-or-treating. I've spooky-ized the picture in honor of their Halloween approporiateness.

October 28, 2009

It's my birthday. Not just any birthday either - 4 freakin decades! Damn! I've tried to wrap my head around this for months and I still think that there's been a mistake in the math somewhere along the way. I'm not sure what 40 feels like but this can't be it. In my head I'm still about 18 and ready to take on the world.

Anyway, I already celebrated by treating myself to a trip to Rhinebeck. Do I know how to treat myself or what? That was all the party I could ever want.



Now I want to invite you all to celebrate with me. I stopped at the Fold while I was at Rhinebeck and picked this up - for you! It's the Enchanted Sole by Janel Laidman and a skein of STR Lightweight in a color called Never on Sunday.

As if that wasn't enough I picked up a few things at my LYS last weekend to share too. There's some Pagewood Farm Denali, Mini Mochi, Ty-Dy Socks, and a pretty blue Zauerball. Any of it could be yours!



Here's the plan. Leave a comment - any comment - on this post. Tell me which of these yarns is your favorite. Tell me why you love the Fall. Give me suggestions of what to make with the 11 skeins of black Cascade Sierra that I bought for me. (I'm thinking pullover). Leave a comment on this post by November 4th and I'll pick one at random to get the STR and the book. But...
If I get at least 40 comments then I'll pick a second winner for one of the treats from my LYS. After that, for every 10 comments over 40 I'll give away something else from the pile. So leave a comment - with your email please so can contact you if you win. Send your friends. the more comments I get the more I'll give away.