been knitting

Been knitting since the middle of last week. Have got one scarf done and another almost there. This fall I'll be offering a small collection of knits in my shop. My knitting tends to be about texture and color, because, well...I don't actually know too many stitches to make the fancy patterns yet. But I love playing around with different weights of yarn, different sized needles, and colors that are almost not colors at all, the stuff of clouds and sky.

top photo: grey mohair, soft and airy like a cloud and warm too.

bottom photo: cream virgin wool, unexpectedly soft with lots of texture, warm and cozy.

I came across this link to Grass Doe at the end of last week, via MAV's flickr. Looking at it I feel as if I've taken a wordless trip across the country and back. Please have a look, the photography is incredible.

back porch dinner

Cooked dinner for my husband's parents last night in our funny little summer kitchen. I made pasta with bacon, onion, and butternut squash and a blackberry cobbler with fresh whipped cream. We sat out on our back porch to eat, have a drink, and watch the sunset.

Been knitting this week and will have something to show you next week. Until then, have a lovely weekend and thank you for all your nice comments in the last post!

last bits of summer

School starts in a few weeks. It's time for me to start thinking about the fall, what to make, what to do, where to go. It's going to be busy in a good way, and I'm going to take the next week or so to just hang out with my children, enjoying late August. I'm going to take a little blog break, but I'll be back soon.

p.s. two summer slide shows at quiet. enjoy!

contrast

I like the contrast of these two simple photos. One all about color and texture, one all about light and dimension.

I love this tea project. I think this link came from savilintu originally. Have a great weekend!

too hot

It's just too hot today.

hot + lazy

Little heat wave going on here the past few days. The soundtrack is late summer crickets and birds calling to one another. I don't get to hear these sounds much in my city life and it's nice to just sit and listen.

Before it got too hot yesterday we made a trek to the flea market. I came home with this little watercolor seascape. The old boat photo is one I found in the barn here. I dusted off the frame and hung it up! My package arrived from the Little Byrd Vintage Shop. These sweet little bottles, just right for one summer bloom or a gull feather picked up on the marsh.

Lastly, queen anne's lace and goldenrod...August wildflowers.

foggy beach

Took the girls to the beach the other day. It was quite foggy. We saw a cute family of ducks while we were there.

Liz from seven poppies, too has an lovely new etsy shop. Some vintage things, some handmade. I bought one of her handmade pins and this fern print. And thanks to twitter I just saw that some of Liz's beautiful photos are featured on abby's new blog, this is not my work.

Have a nice weekend, everyone!