animals

halloween! this year i spent it as a koala with a brown bear and a fig frog. we ate candy, and watched movies and waited for tricker treaters.( we got 2!)

being a frog made fig very tired.

we also went to a pumpkin farm with a corn maze, where it was very sunny in my eyes.

it was my first time in a corn maze ever, and i think we did pretty well. no panicking or giving up hope!

it was a beary good halloween.

-l

yellow

here is my newest sweater. it's been so rainy and humidy, it's been hard to get out to take some pictures. tonight it's supposed to cool off again. good idea.

lately i have been watching some octobery movies i usually watch with my mom and sister. dial m for murder,psycho, arsenic and old lace, and some rita hayworth movies. and working on halloween costumes. including one for fig, which i hope she will wear.and love. but more likely rip off and eat.

indian

date night at one of my favorites.

-l

lately

starting new sweaters

making headbands

living room hangings

learning to knit

eating lots of granola

carving pumpkins!

mom's homemade granola recipe:

7 cups oats

1 cup coconut

1 cup wheat germ

1 1/2 cups sliced almonds

1 cup diced walnuts or pecans

1 cup sunflower seeds

1 cup pepitas or flax seeds

1/2 cup oil

1 cup (or more) pure maple syrup

1 tablespoon vanilla

craisins, or raisins, dates,etc. (added after baking)

preheat oven to 250. mix wet and dry ingredients. combine. pour onto 2 greased baking sheets. bake for 1 hour 30 minutes. stir every 15 minutes, and switch the 2 pans between the top and bottom baking racks.

cool on pans. sprinkle with craisins.

eat all up.

slippers

fall time means slipper time!
i made these from my own pattern, but there are some like them here with a tutorial.

last night i wore my slippers, and drank apple cider, and all was good and right.

and fall time also means finally being able to go to the park again! after the summer, fig pretty much doesnt know what outside is. but she likes it so far. maybe its being able to run full speed without slamming into the kitchen cupboards every time.

-l