see ya later, alligator

No, I'm not going anywhere. But summer sure did. The leaves are already changing colours around here and it's definitely getting chillier. I love this time of year though. This weekend I hope to bust out some of my Halloween crap to put around the house (to the objection of Bear, but hey, I'm not doing it for him, hehehe).

But before I move on to autumnal changes, let's thank the summer for its wonderful textures and bounties this year. Bounties from the garden only consisted of some peppers and one (yes, one) not-quite-yet-ripe-and-probably-won't-be tomato. It actally worked out alright, because a gal from my knitting group who lives nearby had tons of tomatoes from her garden and I was happy to be sent home with a basketful whenever I stopped by. Pretty dahlias and freshly picked blueberries are also now remnants of the summer.

Since my first installment of the Lucky Lurker sock club was during the end of summer, I should get to those photos now too before I forget about it. This was hand delivered by Angi at knit night last month and I was excited to see what the colourway was like. So here's a lookie loo at Spring Frost:

It came with a sock pattern called 'Snow Bunny'. I liked how some of the money of the sock club membership went to a local rabbit "sanctuary" for mistreated and unwanted rabbits.

I need to hightail it and learn the magic loop sock knitting very soon so that I can do the whole toe-up routine. But I'm starting to knit *gasp* holiday presents already, so my own sock knitting may have to be put on hold.

So my first knitted gift for someone this xmas will be the alligator scarf and this is what I've got goin so far.

Can you tell it's the head of the gator? Well apparently it's not that clear when you ask non-knitters. I had a lot of fun asking some coworkers what they thought I was knitting. I got some pretty funny answers that ranged from a bull to a giraffe to a sweater for a chihuahua. I'll post gator WIP here and there of course, but I've got something on the needles again, so that's a good start. I hope to keep the momentum up so that I'm not panic stricken at the last minute to knit gifts.

I've been selected for jury duty next week, so we'll see if I actually get selected. I anticipate work being pretty crappy next week anyway, so it's not like I'll be bummed :)

It seems places that are supposed to start cooling down are experiencing an indian summer, but it's definitely changing here. Lots of changes, both seasonally and emotionally. Sometimes I feel like they're a little connected, because I always feel a little disoriented around the time the seasons change. Here's to a good and plentiful fall!