Knitting

Carol has ignited my long dormant knitting hobby. I am looking for a group to join near Haddonfield and found a couple on the Ravelry knitting site. Here is a scarf I made from yarn found in a shop in Truckee. I love the colors

Truckee photos

Friends since college!

Aspens showing off their gold shimmer on a beautiful day!

Good wine! 

A charming little wine shop in Truckee

The view from Carol's balcony Monday morning. 

What a great time in Truckee with dear friends, Carol and Jim. We had an adventure every day from hiking, wine tasting, knitting, to the first winter snow.

Truckee sojourn

Can't post photos yet since I am traveling with just my Ipad but will include pix of the glowing yellow aspens and the Truckee wine tasting/Halloween ghost tour when I return to Joisey on Tuesday.I am so pleased to be here in Truckee with my dear friend from college days, Carol and her husband Jim. These beautiful Fall days are on the wane and last night was cold - a message that the real winter is on the way.

October Pumpkin Patch

 What a perfect, sunny day with granddaughter and her wonderful mom. Well  - I still haven't posted Seattle photos. Now that is old news and the exciting photos, taken today, of a visit to a farm and pumpkin patch in Yardley Pa.  are here. Look at that outfit on her - just joyful colors.

Granddaughter is in constant motion, hence a lot of the back of her head.  My first time to post a video - it is only 10 seconds long.

Seattle Trip

Who says Seattle is always rainy?

What a great day. This photo was taken from the Bainbridge ferry 

heading back to Seattle.

New read

I am joining the popular rush and am well into Jonathan Frazen's Freedom.
I am also very happy to be visiting in Seattle. BEAUTIFUL WEATHER today and I will take some photos to post. Just jotting down a few words now because it has been too long between posts.

Book Blogs

If you  check out my Blog Roll - which has all of two on it - click on So Many Books. This busy blogger has a list of about 100 book blogs.   She has covered the territory and it is fun to see what some other bloggers are doing. I have only checked out the tip of this iceberg.

Constant Reader

I have not mentioned that I bought an Ipad in July and while I have always been an avid reader I now can call up books on a whim and download them Poof! I have used this blog to post some of my nearby travel photos but since I spent much of torpid July reading I want to include a mention of some of the books I liked. Of course everyone is reading the Steig Larson books - I was actually so engrossed in the series I ordered the latest hardcover  from Amazon when it first came out. That would be The Girl Who Kicked the Hornet's Nest.  There are so many book blogs out there - I do look at a few now and then to find a new read. If I mention books I want to post a cover photo. I am now adept at posting my photos and so let's see if I can add a Larson cover here.




Ta Da!
 A mystery series set in India is one of my new found favorites. Tarquin Hall is the author and one of the titles is The Case of the Man Who Died Laughing. Sub title - From the Files of Vish Puri, India's Most Private Investigator. 

July torpor over!

While driving to Brandywine PA

Wow! Did the whole blazing heat seeking month of July finally end?  Yes, and I posted nada. Must have been zoned out in front of the AC with a non functioning creative spirit.  Well, now it is August and just as it has cooled off a little in NJ - I am headed into the southern hot zone of Alabama for a wedding. Going to see my best friend's son marry a lovely girl.

Do I have Depression?

Ahh! I look at the spring photos posted here and long for those cool days. I am sequestered in my air conditioned bedroom refusing to venture out in the 94 degree heat and miserable humidity. Also my car is in the shop - taken there for a hopefully minor repair only to find that I will be out $700 when they finish some  "necessary" replacement of some timing thing.

Not sure if it is the heat or the isolation but I must cheer up. Hope I am needed soon for some Rory care.