Tuesday

 It's a sunny cool day here in my neck of the woods. My wind chimes are chiming away out on the patio, and maple leaves are slowly dropping from way up in the tree. 

I have a beautiful hosta plant in my yard. It was transplanted from my former Mother-in-law's house. It's spectacularly huge, and is a beautiful light green. I tried to find a past picture of its entirety, but this is all that I can find.

But you get the idea. I diligently spray this baby with "Deer Out" every few weeks all Spring and Summer long. This keeps it from becoming a salad bar for my wandering neighbors overnight. It's a great product, and is not toxic. Mostly mint and lavender oil. Anyway, I must have gotten lax with the spraying these last weeks.

Stalks... Seems that there was a feast in my yard last night. 

Luckily, Lion's Ear and Japanese Anemone are not a delicacy to my deer friends. They are growing over five feet tall, and are really putting out some blooms this year.

Above: lovely fall orange of the Lion's Ear

The Japanese Anemone came into my yard as a volunteer. I have moved it from the back to the front of the house and this year has been its best year yet.

On the knitting front, I started a new project with alpaca yarn that I bought this year at the Md. Sheep and Wool Festival(virtual). It's from an alpaca farm and the yarn is tagged with a photo and the name of the alpaca that supplied the yarn. Here's the pattern and the yarn that I'm using. All from a place called Berrymeadow Farm.

I knit up to where the second color (the darker of the two) was added and knit in dashes across the shawl. I have ripped it out, because I don't like how I've carried the other yarn up the side. I'm about to add it again, but I'm just not in love with this project. Thaddeus has provided some beautiful yarn, and the pattern is well written. It's me. I'm just not into it. I will try one more time to keep going. Pictures later.