The Portland Gloom has railroad train in.
We've had a lovely (and long) autumn this year. Usually some Columbus Day nosotros larn a large air current tempest that blows all the leaves off the trees. We weren't Portland residents when the large Columbus Day storm blew through inward 1962, but that tempest is the stuff of local legends. Our annual air current tempest never materialized this year, too and hence we've been able to bask the leaves for longer than usual.
The photo-a-day prompt yesterday was "two colours," or "colors" equally nosotros Americans similar to say. That had me out taking pictures of the leaves. My submission for yesterday's prompt was a cropped version of this one.
Farther downwardly the hill, the cerise leaves of the cerise Japanese maple are fading to a bright orange.
Don't permit that abundance of leaves hanging on the trees fool you. They are falling too...everywhere.
The H2O droplets on things were enchanting plenty that I was motivated to larn my DSLR photographic television receiver camera amongst macro lens too endeavor to capture some of those upwards close.
Here's i concluding remnant of summer.
Of course, I had fellowship on my walk some the yard.
Smitty is by too large relaxed when we're outside. Sadie e'er looks surprised. It must last their tails that brand the difference.
Gloomy conditions puts me inward the mood for baking, too I realized amongst horror that it has been nigh 2 months since I've fed my sourdough starters. Somebody study me to the regime immediately! Before I could larn arrested for neglecting my babies, I got them out too fed them. As long equally I was pouring stuff off, I decided to feed the poured off component too bake something amongst it. When everyone was fed too taken attention of, I had this i sitting on the counter. We'll exactly hope it's nevertheless alive.
After that, I moved into the sewing room to start making 72 square-in-a-square blocks for the cardinal's border. They'll last made amongst each of the v values of red, too the same 2 values of green. I started amongst the darkest red. There are 12 of these.
Smitty was helping.
It wouldn't last immodest of me to declare how handsome I am. It's merely a fact, too it would last airheaded to purrtend otherwise.
By day's end, I'd solely gotten through the darkest reds too the night reds. By luncheon time, I was feeling puny again, too and hence I set downwardly for a nap earlier heading out to selection upwards our CSA share.
Hopefully, I'll larn the remaining iii values of cerise finished today, although I'm threatening to larn to the grocery store. Since I'm nevertheless able to seat it off for a twenty-four hours longer, I'll in all probability remain inward too sew. To last clear, grocery shopping hasn't yet been crossed off the list. On the other hand, I receive got a strict policy of never doing today what I tin give the axe seat off until tomorrow. It is particularly applicable to grocery shopping.
Smitty was using the powers of his hear to volition Sadie downwardly out of the clubhouse nigh that time. They don't larn their dinner until they're both available to eat it. This avoids the occupation of piggishness on either side of the truthful cat equation.
When nosotros headed upstairs for the day, I peeked at the sourdough starter too was happy to run across some bubbling action. It appears I haven't neglected it to death.
By bedtime, it had risen some. Remembering the runaway starters from our concluding bread-baking extravaganza, I stirred this downwardly earlier nosotros headed to bed.
By morning, it had risen fifty-fifty more.
Just earlier sitting downwardly here, I perused my recipes. I intend this fourth dimension around, I'll brand a Sourdough Cinnamon Raisin bread. I've made it in i lawsuit before. We'll last taking this staff of life along amongst us when nosotros larn to Cape Disappointment side yesteryear side week, too it mightiness last skillful to receive got something that volition toast upwards nicely for breakfast. For now, I'll exactly maintain feeding the starter for a few to a greater extent than days earlier starting on the procedure of baking something up.
Also, I promised to study dorsum nigh the needles. Either I bought inexpensive ones or the incorrect ones because the ones I tried yesterday had a request also blunt to operate with. My cloth is backed amongst a stabilizer, too I was having a difficult fourth dimension poking the needle through the fabric. This morning time my friend Wendy too I were corresponding, honing inward on the right needles, too I intend I've got the right ones on monastic enjoin now. I won't larn them until side yesteryear side week, but that's okay. (Certainly I wouldn't desire to travel out the identify to buy anything that isn't groceries.) I'll exactly proceed on amongst the larger-eyed needle I've been working with. This is solely the get-go of 12 blocks, too and hence at that spot volition last plenty to a greater extent than stitching to create earlier the projection is finished. More to come upwards earlier I've finished making the request nigh needles. (Ha! Get it?)
Okay, all this utter nigh needles has me wanting to larn at that slow-stitching. We'll run across if it puts me inward the mood for grocery shopping. Highly doubtful.