I'm in love with these lights.

Sweet and sophisticated Annie,  pretty and kindhearted, artist and singer, straight A student and an accomplished knitter!

I knit my sleeves flat.

Well hello!  I have a quickie knitting post today with a quickie sweater that I am swooning over.  I don't think the photos give it justice, too bad, because it's very pretty in person.  The style is over-sized, batwinged and slouchy.  It looks nice with or without the thin ribbon belt.   Curio is knit on big needles with the new Rowan Kidsilk Trio in Blackthorn, fantastically soft and beautiful (and expensive, quite a splurge).  It merles black and white into something beautiful that I think Coco would approve of.  Love it!  My Ravelry link here.




I watched Gosford Park again last night.  I'd forgotten how much I loved it, what a great movie.   What got me to watch Gosford Park again is Julian Fellowes, one of the actors in Monarch of the Glen, wrote Gosford Park.   I am in the middle of re-watching Monarch of the Glen, a BBC Scotland series that went on for 7 or so seasons.  I get them from my library, but maybe they can be ordered from Netflix, I haven't checked.  If you haven't seen Monarch of the Glen, OH MY, you are in for a HUGE  treat!  The characters, the setting, the sweaters....sigh, and sigh again,  I know you will love it as much as I do. So if you haven't seen it, consider watching it an emergency and get to it.  It's important to watch it in order, the story develops beautifully.  There could be close to 100 episodes, but don't let that scare you, just take your time over a year or so.  It's a treat you can give yourself.

As for reading, I started The Art Forger and it looks like it might be a good one.

Thank you for stopping by and have a GREAT weekend!

Persimmons linger on the tree long after the leaves have fallen.

The Chinese Pistache is a very popular tree in my town because of it's reliable fall color.

My California garden teeters between summer and fall.  The last of the summer tomatoes next to fall's brilliant persimmons.  Red, red roses and the fiery leaves of our Chinese Pistache.  Weeds pop up everywhere, right next to the moss.  One day cold, next day hot.  Should we water?  Should we not?  Picked a big slicer this November morning and had it for breakfast with beans and eggs.   Salad sized tomatoes went into a fennel and tomato and chicken stew.  We are nursing a few tomato plants along, but their bedraggled selves look like they would rather be in the compost heap!





11/8:  Edited to add:  


I could go on and on about persimmons. I understand they are not that common in other parts of the country, but they are a common seasonal treat here in Northern California, most neighborhoods have quite a few trees with neighbors willing to share. I generally see two types, one is a flatter one called a fuji and can be eaten when it is crisp, it's slightly sweet and tangy. We love them and they are great in salads or with yogurt or cottage cheese. The other kind is more heart shaped and are darker orange. They have to soften up after you pick them and the pulp is delicious eaten with a spoon. If you don't ripen this variety, they taste astringent. People make persimmon bread and cookies, persimmon jam and pies, etc. They are beautiful hanging on the tree after all the leaves have fallen.