as beautiful as a summers day

 What a good start to autumn! The weather- strange for October, but I welcomed it very much.

This made alot of learning time outdoors for the first 8 days of October! We took several walks, a different place each day.

The colors are pretty.
The leaves are falling fast.

I got to go to 2 history- re-enactment festivals! 

Thinking about it right now, I have done things I never have before.



here is my list:
I took a short elephant ride

I watched medieval combat

I had 2 picnics in one week  in October

I saw a sort of Shakespeare play

I pet a buffalo

I watched how a glass marble is made

I watched a (pretend) fencing match in person

In my Shakespeare class we read this sonnet..It was rather humorous, you had to be there!

  Shall I compare thee to a summer's day?
Thou art more lovely and more temperate:
Rough winds do shake the darling buds of May,
And summer's lease hath all too short a date . . . .


the 80 degrees this week made me think of this line. 

wooly thoughts

I just wrote a composition about animals getting ready for winter. I remembered the wooly bear caterpillar. I read that depending on how his stripes are it will be either an easy winter or a hard winter.

I saw one last year on a nature walk, so I should go find one again and determine whether old man winter will be gentle or harsh on us. Today, it's time to get out the  hot apple cider and cookies. It's only September and 55 degrees. I have to get my socks done!

animals and math

So that I don't forget some of the things I have learned this week, I decided to write about it here.

The other day, we read about a coati. After we read about an animal we don't know, we look on youtube to see if there is one in action. Here is one of the videos we found. You will have to look yourself and see if you can find the video of the coati taking a girl's sandwich away on the beach, that one was quite funny. The coati looks like it has alot of cheek, and you'd either find him annoying or hilarious!

This week, we also read about a bumble bee bat, who's home is in Thailand.

I just cast on 223 stitches to start up my first sweater! I am looking for as many notes I can
find from other people who have tried this pattern.
It seems that some have
made modifications. The pattern I chose is from here, which is from Europe. So translating it may make it hard to understand.
I think I've got it.. but I think I may have to learn more algebra
and pythagoras theorem 
for when I get to making my own modifications.
I am excited to learn!

BTW, it is NOT the sweater above.. my mom thought that of that, to post an ugly sweater.

We did have a good laugh, and good time looking at lots of ugly sweaters.. I hope that my

sweater does not turn out ugly.. you'll just have to keep posted.

bombing!

 Today, I read about this, bombing   and I had fun looking at galleries online of  bombings..
Looks like fun!

a long list

 I have a long list of projects
I want to knit/crochet up this fall/winter..
and I only keep finding more..
this is too adorable..
I have to add it to my list too
Have you seen Despicable Me ?

It's maybe the only movie I saw this summer.. atleast, all I can remember.
and I loved it!

it will be a frenzy

 It's done and in the recipient's hands! I hope she loves it.. cause we all do at this house,
and everyone wants one here.




But, it's countdown to getting some other projects off my to- do list.I want to put some projects in the fair and to be mostly done by next week since
my aunt is coming to visit.

1). poncho- almost done!











2). beret- not quite

3). Guenevere doll dress- nope not done yet

knitting dictionary! (2)

I am still working on this little project that is due for tomorrow! here is a start to it.
I have learned several things: tubular cast on, short rows and wrap in the round, using 2 circs,  a kitchener stitch
and (sigh),  how to rip out short rows because of gaps. Now, I am going to learn a new method to
short rows, I found a great blog.