Garden pixs to share

Summer is gone and that makes me sad.
The tomato plants were all yanked out 2 weekends ago. The sunflowers are gone.
Basil is going to seed. The lettuce is fighting the white flies (HATE 'em!). My lantana is still pretty in the front yard. The Haas avocado tree is growing tall. Can't wait for it to produce. Love the elephant ears. Enjoy the pictures.

Rosemary

Haas Avocado tree

Elephant ear

Daisy

Lantana

1st sock's mate

10/18/08
Here is the mate in the making. I have finished the leg portion and knitted 6 rows of the heel. Just 20 more rows to go.


Now the heel has been turned.



Stitches have been picked up and the gusset has been started.


10/19/08
Gusset done. Now 71 rounds for the foot.

Sunflower summer

For my birthday in April my stepmom gave me two giant sunflower plants that she had started. I planted them along with some other sunflower seeds I went out and purchased. I had a lovely backyard full of sunflowers. When they died off, I cut off their heads and set them out to dry. I found instructions on the internet how to oven roast them, after letting them soak in salt water overnight. I plan to do that soon. Here are the pixs of the sunflowers, before and after. They are such happy flowers. Can you see the bees in the photos?

First Sock!!

Check out my first ever sock! I met up with some awesome ladies at Barnes & Noble and they started me on my first sock. Just completed it and now I'm working on its mate. Denise had the best advice. Read the pattern line by line and don't try to figure it out, just do what it says. Well.... it worked! I will be showing it off tomorrow night. Now that it is done, I find it on the large size. A little long, a little wide in the foot. Also, the yarn was a bit "thick". I will use thinner yarn and smaller needles on the next one. Here are the sock specifics:
Pattern was found in Ann Budd's Getting Started Knitting Socks. Size is "6 stitches per inch". I used #3 needles. Yarn: Moda Dea Sassy Stripes, color 6948 Polo; light #3, 100% acrylic. I LOVE self-striping yarn!!
So...... do you like?

PrayerShawl finished

I finished the prayer shawl for my mom. I blocked it and now it is boxed up waiting to go out in the mail.