Misfits arrived yesterday, with an unexpected bonus. They had accidentally packed hake instead of the cod I'd ordered, so they refunded me. They can't charge for an item I didn't order, so I get bonus fish, which I expect I can use happily.
Yesterday's walk yielded all kinds of bonuses, including the discovery of a mass of cherry tomato vines tossed into the trees. Does it count as foraging when you come home with a handful of cherry tomatoes from abandoned vines?
And this little late-season baby blue jay shouting up a storm, not able to get loft to fly away when he saw me
I left quietly, because the parents were probably nearby wanting me to leave so they could feed the baby. He still had the yellow around the beak of a very young bird.
And on to a newly growing fungus, I'm guessing chicken of the woods. Those fallen trees are so rich.
Here's a garden specimen, huge and much redder in real life than seen here
And while I'm waiting for the heddle, I found myself making a pleated skirt, here the first fitting.
And a closer view of the soft pleats, which I did by guesswork, and the waist fits, surprisingly. I just made the tie which will thread through the waistband, then I need to hem it and I'll have definitely my last skirt of the summer. Well, after I make a side seam pocket, that is.
Happy bonus-filled day, everyone!
