Entry into Indigo Muse's Fall Foilage Contest (IM's main blog is here.
I hope I'm not too late.

This picture was taken about 4 weeks ago.

Here's a full shot of the tree:

It's directly across the street from our house, so we get to enjoy the full effect of it's colorful beauty.

Unfortunately, it's fleeting - Mother Nature and her cycles.

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Last week-end Kristi and Corynna spent Saturday night with me. Cherise was out of town for a conference in Philadelphia and Kristi had the weekend off, so they came to keep me company.
It was so nice to have them to hang out with.

Sunday morning I got up early with the dogs and not so long after I was joined by Corynna - rejuvenated and ready to go, even thought it was barely 8 am. She played some video games for a 1/2 hour or so, while I dozed next to her on the couch. Then she asked if she could do some knitting.

A few months ago, when she stayed with me, she asked me to show her how to knit. We did a couple rows together and that was it. She was done. Given the attention span of 7 year-olds I though we did ok.

This time she seemed to have a longer tolerance for learning. She spent close to an hour with it this time and seemed really excited to see a knitted piece of fabric emerge from her efforts. When she was ready to stop she said it was because her hands hurt, not because she was bored with it.

Some time after our first knitting lesson I had bought her Kids Knitting by Melanie Felick...holding on to it until she asked to knit again. I gave her the book and showed her what she could knit from it. I also showed her (and her Mom) the page of pictures of how to make a knit stitch so she could follow it when she got home since I wouldn't be there.

She decided she wanted to make the piece she had knit into a bracelet, so I cast off the stitches and tied it to her wrist.

Wah-La!

Corynna's first knit FO!

I talked to her on the phone the other night and she told me she and I needed to get together because she messed her knitting up and I needed to fix it for her.

~grin~