These are off to the PO this morning for the Sock Ministry
Then on to the next socks.
Yesterday I walked to the park for a change, and noticed that the entrance to my development is planted in my old school colors, maroon and gold. The camera doesn't handle reds well. I didn't handle the colors well, though they suited my coloring. Wearing them day after day for seven years gets old.
On the way down the street is a bed of marigolds alive with bees and wasps, going pretty late this year
The little flock of warblers is still active, flitting up and down the street via shrubs. There must be good insect hunting.
The park was lovely, a few walkers and young basketball and soccer players.
And my current reading is the perennially funny Provincial Lady, all of which series I have permanently on Kindle
And I just came upon this
And it's Halloween, which to me is very different from partying, more of a quiet, prayerful day about the dead who've gone before us and a hope for calm. Interestingly, Christie's Hercule Poirot says something much the same. I was surprised that Christie knew of that religious aspect.
But some people party, so
Happy day everyone, however you spend it.
I give little thought to what Halloween is about. I am just grateful that I do not have to make Halloween costumes anymore. I was terrible at that!
ReplyDeleteThe Day of the Dead celebration makes sense to me. When the veil between this world and that becomes thin enough for those who have gone beyond it to visit. I don't believe that but it is a lovely idea and I love the altars they put up in Mexico to welcome those beloved spirits back.
Florida State University's colors are garnet and gold which look exactly like maroon and gold to me. It is a color combination you see everywhere around here.
Lovely poem to start the day, where it's "still almost dark out" here. Thank you!
ReplyDeleteHow is your shoulder doing, now that you've resumed the Sock Ministry after your pause to rest it?
I've been looking for bees on our marigolds too - no sightings. A few yellowjackets are still active, but few and far between.
Thank you for Maggie Rudy again. I have fallen in love with that little mouse ghost.
Chris from Boise, off now to vote
The shoulder issue is minimal now, thank you. Some nerve buzzing but nothing to get excited about. I'm still knitting in a lower gear though.
DeleteIsn't Maggie Rudy lovely? The facial expressions!
The socks are looking good! Kind of autumnal. Our marigolds have long since expired.
ReplyDeleteI'm surprised your marigolds are gone. Ours hang in till a killing frost. Maybe different species.
ReplyDeleteIt didn’t take long for this package of socks, Boud. You are knitting up winter warmth quickly!
ReplyDeleteWe went for a bike ride and had a hot picnic lunch. Soon the ghosts and goblins will be around.
Happy day, Boud!
A beautiful fall day for a walk! So cute to know what goes on inside a jack-o-lantern!
ReplyDeleteYou continue to inspire me with your socks.
ReplyDeleteBeltane here. Hopefully the god and goddess will get it done so we can finally start our spring. It’s so cold that we are expecting snow on nearby mountains. In November. It’s unheard of
It feels like an endless wait for spring this year, in the southern hemisphere, no?
DeleteWe are loving the socks. Is that self patterning yarn? And you clearly live in beautiful surroundings. All Hallows being part of a grouping with All Saints and All Souls I have always wondered how it (all hallows) got separated from the aspects you describe as applicable to the whole and became such a party.
ReplyDeleteYes, it's self patterning, it's the yarn that knits you. I think commercial interests fuelled the rush to partying. People make a lot of profit from candy and cards and costumes and decorations.
DeleteHappy little feet.
ReplyDeleteIt still looks balmy there, so Happy Halloween.
ReplyDeleteWell, that is a coincidence! On my new plant&flower-blog, now written in English, https://blumenundgarten.blogspot.com/2022/10/cherries-and-touching-madonna.html I quote in on 26th October the Povincial Lady - "On planting bulbs". I love the novels by E.M.Delafield so much - and though I read them often, and still laugh.
ReplyDeleteA kindred spirit! I was just reading the misfortunes of her bowls of bulbs!
DeleteWhat a beautiful poem. I didn't know Raymond Carver did poetry. And wonderful socks again. Oh and I love the Provincial Lady. Always good to go back to.
ReplyDeleteI have all the voices in my head now.
DeleteLoved the sock colors and off they go for a good cause and happy feet for sure. The fall blooms outside the mill apts are also colorful in varying shades of orange and yellow mums. Our NH weather is more like spring with temps in the mid 60s so good for outdoor walks. I enjoyed the Carver piece and plan to look up the book series you mentioned as well. Halloween was a quiet day here.
ReplyDeleteIt rained last evening which might be why it was unusually quiet here.
DeleteHalloween is just another day for us. The building management 'shells out' in our lobby but the kids aren't allowed to go door to door inside. We used to carve a pumpkin when our boys were small but they soon lost interest...however now they do it for their own kids.
ReplyDeleteGreat looking socks - I love self-patterning yarn because it holds my interest wondering what's coming next as I knit.
I've had to explain the credit for the patterning isn't mine, to people unfamiliar with the yarn. It's interesting to see it unfold as you knit.
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