Yummy lunch...

Had a most delicious lunch yesterday. Picked a bowl of black cherry tomatoes fresh from the garden. (I love shopping in the back yard!) Sliced them in half, tossed them with olive oil & basil and then convection roasted them at 325 for about an hour and a half. Cooked up a package of cheese-filled tortellini and heated up a jar of marinara sauce at the same time. I tossed the tomatoes with the noodles, added the sauce & popped in some slices of bocconcini. Served it with a salad of fresh greens and sliced red onions and tossed with simple home-made viniagrette and slices of flax & honey bread.

Nearly there...

I'm almost at the heel flap for my second sock. Had quite a bit of knitting time yesterday. I did take time to head out to the Garlic Festival at the Verona  Lions Centre. Vendors galore selling all kinds of garlic related products. I picked up my seed garlic for next year's crop. As well, I bought two loaves of fresh bread from Greystone Farm and some garlic scape paste from Beaver Pond Estates. Mmmm ....love garlic. And I ran into a few people that I hadn't seen in a while. It's always nice to get out and chat with friends.
It's the last Sunday before school goes back and my girls are taking advantage of sleeping in while they still can. Which means quiet time for me as Papa Bear has headed back to the hunting camp to get things ready for duck season. Knitting, coffee & reading. Perfect way to spend a Sunday morning.
I''ve picked out the next yarn for socks. A nice fall colour which is sitting beside me on the table and is inspiring me to get busy.

Take care & keep knitting!

One sock done....

Just off the needles. Need to cast on right away for the other as I'd like to do a few pairs in the next couple of weeks. I'm on holidays until Tuesday. But I need to get my fall cleaning done as well. A summer of kids in & out of the house, dragging in sand & grass, toys under the furniture and in the corners & all over the yard need to be tidied & put away. On today's agenda...laundry.

Keep on knitting.

Socks....

Here are the latest pairs. Finished pair is knit with hand-dyed wool/mohair. The pair on the needles is being knit with hand-dyed wool/nylon. Looks like I'm on a purple streak right now! :-)
Today is my last day of working on the summer break. Yeah!  A nice 5 day weekend for me & my girls. Papa Bear is working a full week.
Much cooler today - 10C when we came upstairs this morning. Need wool socks for my tootsies.

 
Keep on knitting!

Eating from the garden...

On tonight's menu - new potatoes, garden salad, corn on the cob, cherry tomatoes with bbq'd pork chops. Mmmm.....so good!  :-)
On the needles - another pair of socks.

Keep on knitting!

More flowers.....

My girls and I went out again to the cutting gardens at Avenstone. A beautiful place to spend a Sunday afternoon in August. Next year I hope to get there every weekend in August. Beautiful flowers and a good cause.

Keep on knitting!

Time to Get Back to Fibre......

It's the 1st of August and there are subtle signs of the slow change from summer to fall. While still very warm during the sun-filled days, the evenings cool nicely and it's quite cool in the mornings. Our alarm goes at 5:30 and it is still dark when I shut it off now.
And the change is inducing me to play more with my fibre. I've been dyeing some wool tops and I've got some knitting on the needles.
Today's dyepot.  Some blue-faced leicester in turkey red.
Yesterday's dyepot .  More blue-faced leicester in twilight blue. I think is such a pretty colour.
A pair of socks in hand-dyed  millspun wool/mohair .
Handknit wool socks are always a popular item on my table at events. I''ve got to get busy, busy, busy to get a few pairs done before the frosts come.

Have a good one!