Landon, the Rio bag contest

I was perusing my favorite online knitting, Ravelry, and found this contest. Knit the sweater, Landon, and the first one done wins a Rio bag from Jordana Paige. The pattern was available to purchase on Oct. 23, which I did, but I didn't have any yarn on hand to get started right away. On Saturday I made my Mr. drive me to Now and Zen Yarns in Greenport to get yarn. I am thrilled with my Cascade Lana D'Oro in soft pink. It knits like a dream. I jumped right in that evening and finished a skein. Did one more skein on Sunday!! I got the T's on the bus and sat down to knit on Monday and during the afternoon took a break and found some one in Germany IS DONE!!!! My sister thinks it is the time difference, whatever it is I am still knitting.

Must get back to it...

If we can make it here...

My Mr. and I finally got to change our drivers licenses and van plates and registration. I know it has been 8 months, we've been busy! Last Friday between doctor offices we stopped at the DMV and took care of things, Dawn, the nicest DMV clerk on the planet, made it all possible in 35 minutes. The pile of papers we had to write for and await delivery took almost 3 weeks.

We are officially residents of New York.

What a treat beautiful fall weekends are!

We are having a fabulous fall weekend. The sun is shining and the trees are changing colors and it is about 70 degrees. Yesterday we got up and loaded into the van and hit the road @ 9:00. Although traffic plagued us most of the day we had a nice trip into Connecticut. I found an internet list of fall festivals and the first for us was the Southwind Alpaca Farm near Watertown, CT. It was a beautiful place and very friendly. The alpacas are sweet and of course soft creatures that make me want to take them home with me. The Ts liked them too!! Oh the sweaters I wanted to knit. The yarn was really lovely. I did behave and left with out any additions to my stash. Mainly because the yarn was in the house and you had to make a point of asking to see it. That made it easy to be fiscally responsible.

Then we headed back towards the south and my Mr. spotted a castle tower up on a peak. We found our way to it and discovered the most beautiful park. Hubbard Park in Meriden, CT. The tower is Castle Craig and from there I believe you can see all of Connecticut. On the road about half way up, and I mean up, there is Mirror Lake. (T1 asked why it was called that, sarcasm is rampant in my family. Please watch video.) Oh my word it is a view that took my breath away. It was just the picture of fall I had hoped to find. I hope you enjoy the pictures as much as we enjoyed the day.

Today we went to early church service and then while the Ts were in Sunday school Mr and I had coffee and walked around a craft fair in Riverhead. A quick clothes change for all of us and we went to a corn maze. There was a hay ride and pumpkin patch. We thought this was a good idea but did not realize how good. We arived around 11:30, did the maze in about 20 minutes and finished the hay ride and pumpkin search by 12:45. (We are efficient.) When we left the traffic was lined up heading east for miles and miles, at least the 10 miles to our house. I had heard the North Fork was like that in the fall with the vineyards and farm stands but WOW!!! We are home and won't or can't leave till much later. I do so love fall...