In a burst of knitting fever I finished the front of POSH on Friday night in front of the tele, watching Forest Gump.  It is rare that we spend the evening watching TV, the DH is usually doing "more intelligent" things like reading or studying, and if my brain is not up for concentration anymore I am doing various stuff that needs doing.  So, I got to sit next to my sugglewumpus and knit, how cool is that?

I actually made a grievous error about halfway through the right front and did not notice it (OMG!!) until I finished and laid it on the floor next to the left front to admire.  Then I had to rip and redo.  Well, I still finished!

Saturday was a terrible photography day, because it was dark in the house all day. The blocking board is on the guest bed right now and that room gets wonderful morning light, at least most of the time.  It is dark and dreary now.  If your are not a morning person and want to visit us, I guess early fall is the time to come.

It was beautiful outside, mixed clouds and sun, breezy, wonderful for working in the yard.  Sometimes having all the windows on the west side of the house is a real pain.  That's not exactly true, there are other windows, but they are for the most part high and small.  Morning sun rarely gets inside. On the other hand we get more than our share of the late afternoon sun.    But it is the morning light I really miss.  I have my  light starved days when I just have to get outside. 

Actually, I have lived in this house how many years? and I just noticed something.  Looking out this morning I see that it is really just that the sun is just low enough in the sky now that it is below the line of trees on the south and east and therefore the light does not get through all that verdant green leafiness.  Another sign of impending Autumn.  We saw our first red maples on the drive north to the Berkshires yesterday, and the last few days particularly I have noticed the change in the light.  Strange that I never made the connection to the path of the sun and the changing seasons before.  It is Labor Day and fall is really almost here, even if the official date is a couple of weeks off yet.

Winter will be brighter, it usually is, now I know why.  Who would have dreamed that I would be looking forward to when the leaves fall off the trees?  Truthfully I never thought about it quite this way before.  The leaves are starting to drop early because of the drought in late July and August,  I honestly can't say that I mind.  I want light!! Come on in Winter!!

I haven't started any other knitting projects or worked on my UFOs.  I intentionally put off the second sock for the moment, but it is sitting next to my knitting chair waiting for the perfect opportunity.  I took Posh for the car yesterday and knitted on the drive to Pittsfield and back.  The first sleeve is done up to the elbows, or about half-done.

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[Nancy JC]

Mardel, things are much the same in Michigan. Just last year, I too wondered what had become of my psyche when I was looking forward to winter, no leaves, and the sun reflecting off the snow. WHAT!?! I am a Spring person! But here's another goody for you: watch what happens when you take the screens down for the winter. Voila! even more light!

I have a single sock sitting at my knitting chair, too. My sis's birthdy isn't until January 3rd...there will be time. ;) I have to finish up a beret that I'm working on for a challenge, and then weave a scarf to match. This weekend I'll be heading north for a 'retreat' w/ my 3 closest weaving buddies, and I'll be loom-less there, so will finish up the hat. It needs something more, so will be knitting my first flower embellishment!

To more light!
Nancy JC