The leaves are mostly fallen by now but we've had a super pretty fall. Here are some beautiful leaves growing in my yard. Amelanchier, Witch Hazel, Oak and Locust leaf confetti.

My latest knitting project is a hat. I'm trying to learn this type of color work – sometimes called fair isle. My teacher recommended I do the method where you hold yarn in both hands – plus I'm learning to use double pointed needles. Definitely feeling challenged and it would be helpful if I was…

Finally I have everything figured out on my blog and so I can post a few photos from Halloween. We might be coming to an end with these elaborate costumes that Bea and I make. But this year she wanted to be a fish. I did the sewing and she did the painting. Claire went…

Well I thought my blog was back to normal but it's only displaying normally. I can't upload and photos at the moment. Very frustrating! Also, it makes me want to have a hard copy of my blog because I would hate to have it go poof! and be gone. So I'll keep trying to get…

Today I walked my normal route at the Chicago Botanic Garden except I walked it in reverse order. A new perspective. 

Here's where we started with this window. And here it is now. I still feel like celebrating each window that I rescue.

Fall is feeling so nice. We're supposed to have a warm weekend so I think I had better finish putting away all my pots and outdoor furniture and we'll put the storm windows in too. Feels like it will be our last bit of warmth for a while.  Here are a bunch of random photos…

I finally finished this little jacket that I've been working on for a long time. The pattern is called the Tamarack Jacket from Grainline Studio. It was a little bit of a leap of faith because I did all the quilting by hand and I didn't make a muslin to make sure it actually fit…

I finished a quick, fun knitting project. It's a little stitch sampler cowl – finished just in time for the cooler weather.  And some homemade graham crackers. The recipe had me cut them into squares part way through baking. Love how even and perfect the squares turned out. They are yummy sandwiched with some Nutella…