Caps, clouds, and near-catastrophies

Squeezing in one last November post while the photos are fresh.

the last colorful leaves near the front door in yesterday's sunshine

Yesterday afternoon Rick and I took the dogs for a walk. I noticed several different 'textures' of clouds and kept stopping to take photos of them. We passed the place where I saw the magnificent Amanita mushrooms a week ago and found a couple, then noticed other kinds of fungi along our route and took photos of those, too. Look up, look down; there's beauty all around!

But there can be danger, too. There is a place along the road that has two big Great Pyrenees inside what I would consider an inadequate fence, based on how I've heard they can jump. They always run up and down the fence, jumping against it and barking ferociously at Poppy, who trash-talks right back while we keep to the far side of the road and hurry by. Yesterday, one clambered OVER the fence and raced across the road towards Poppy. Her harness has a sturdy handle on top so I scooped her into my arms and turned my back to the LGD, screaming for Rick's help. He worked hard to block the dog from getting to us until the owner ran out and grabbed the dog's collar. (Fortunately it showed no interest in Leo, who was still on the ground.) I probably burned more calories in those long seconds than I burned on the rest of the walk!

While knitting away on my sweater during a much quieter period yesterday, I noticed a dropped stitch . . . many rows down . . . in the colorwork yoke. I think it speaks to my maturity as a knitter that I didn't panic, I didn't rip back, and I didn't put it in time-out. After analyzing the situation, I laddered the stitch up, first on the right side of the fabric and then on the back side, until I could return it to the left needle where it could be knit together with another stitch of the same color to maintain the correct stitch count. I was very pleased with myself. 😊 The eagle-eyed might notice a slight tension difference in that horse, but fortunately it's on the back and not the front of the sweater. Oh, and I did finish the colorwork yoke tonight!

That's it for November from . . .