Gifts of Fall

Michael found these two incredible bird nests and brought them to me.....
knowing that I am a sucker for bird nests tooo!
I have quite a LOVE-HATE relationship with Fall. I love the air, the sky and the way the Sun shines. The way that it filters in.. rather than blasting through... like it does in the Summer. However...the fact that Fall means that Summer is over and that Winter is lurking right around the corner... really annoys me to my very core.

So...this year I am attempting to have a good feeling about it and enjoy the wonderful gifts that it brings to the world and to ME.
So I am waking to the exquisiteness of the Fall air and the light coming through our bedroom window. The Oak tree with the funny vine that
grows in it in the Summer and then turns a beautiful
raspberry in the Fall...

our yummy cherry tomatoes (in red and orange) that
we will soon eat.... then remember all Winter and Spring
long how they tasted and how much we look forward to
planting them again.


The transition that Fall brings always makes me ponder how this will include me. This year will manifest different values and a realization of all the Sweet friends that have come into my life. I am very grateful and in wonder of each and every one.. Those that I am in close contact with as well those that are out there somewhere.

The amazing Alison Hyde wrote and told me this week that when The Yarn Harlot came to visit in the San Francisco Bay area she gifted her with a pair of our glass circular needles that she had recently purchased. They will be Oh So Cool for Stephanie's next lace project and it is so very Great to know that the cobalt blues will be touring the country with The Yarn Harlot!!!