Sure signs of fall

A sleepy DD at 9 am on Rosh Hashanah, a school holiday. If you love the shirt (how could you not?), she got it from Alternative Outfitters.

A spider has taken up residence on our front porch.

The goldenrods and asters are in bloom.

The first leaves have fallen.

A lone osprey, finished raising its young, fishes along the Erie Canal.

Zoe, invigorated by the brisk air, gallops down a trail.

There are apples on my favorite apple tree in the forest.

The sky is more beautiful and varied than any work of art I've seen in a museum.

I walked out of Finger Lakes Fibers with a skein of yarn that matches the natural world I've been enjoying all weekend...

...not consciously...after running into a friend from Rochester, which is 2 hours away, I focused all my energies and walked around this lovely store with three skeins of yarn, all variations of those colors, chose only one so the budget wouldn't take too much of a hit, THEN realized the connection.

I am so smitten by the yarn, Lola by Schaefer Yarns, that I signed up for a sock knit-a-long with the good people at Finger Lakes Fibers. I'm trying to learn to love knitting socks, so I'm hoping that between the KAL and my other purchase of Cat Bordhi's new book, I will make the leap!