Red and Green
Following
Vanilla dashed outdoors between storms to see what was going on in the garden, followed by the cast iron cat who came home with us from Missouri…
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Wild Strawberries
…we live on the wet west coast of Canada, where lots of plants stay green all year round including the wild strawberries, though they are sensibly subsiding in their bed…
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Raspberries
…unlike the raspberries, which are trying hard but are watery and tasteless, and get mouldy before they are red enough to pick…
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Hollyhock
…and this Hollyhock which was planted late in the season, but is trying to bloom…
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Anemone
…the anemone blooms very early in the year, and apparently late in the year too!
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Salvia
The Salvia is also blooming late this year…
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Schizostylis Lily
…but fall is the right time for this pretty lily…
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Holly
…and it looks like we’ll have a good selection of Holly for the Christmas pudding this year!
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string
The cat got tired of being in the wet and chilly garden, and slunk inside to play with string…
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knit knit knit
…Vanilla followed suit…it’s day 17 of the Mystery Stocking knit-along and we don’t want to get behind!
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Click Here for a link to Arne and Carlos’s Blog, and the Mystery Stocking Knit-along!
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Quimper Hittys 
My Autumn raspberries are only just fruiting and like yours are not great because of the rain. And the bulbs I planted a few weeks ago are already quite tall! I love the little cat. Your knitting is coming along well and the designs are very pretty.
It just was a dull damp summer. We had a pretty good crop of earlier raspberries, but this second one is a write-off. I am really enjoying the six rows a day, it is so satisfying (and what little cat can resist a game of catch the trailing yarn-tails)!
Fantastic bright, cheery colors have come our way through your narrative today. It’s amazing the beautiful colors you have at this time of year! And, your sock project is looking wonderful. What a fun project for this season.
We look out in the garden and see grey and damp (and endless dull greens). It takes a Hitty to focus on the bright colours, which are small a widely scattered but there all the same! We love looking at the garden at this smaller scale! And I love the socks and stocking projects. Knitting is a good project for me at this time of year, I shall have to dig around and find another ball of sock yarn!
Ah, then having Hittys around is so beneficial to all of us in a variety of ways. Yeah for Hitty!
How wonderful to see all the greenery and blossoms! (and new socks) AND…. oh my goodness! Your new little iron cat is truly magical and delightful!
The little cat was so cute and chubby, we were glad he followed us home! The blossoms are especially surprising – we just hope the base plants can get themselves re-oriented to the season after their surprise flowering.
Oh my goodness you are a talented knitter to make a little cardigan to keep Vanilla warm! Adorable cast iron kitty from the States (we do have a couple cool thing here, ha). Love the photos!
Thanks! Knitting small things is very satisfying – sometimes I even buy sock yarn with a view to what can I make for the Hittys out of the leftovers! We know and love many people in the US – my parents were both born there, and I have dear dear cousins, and friends…my mother and grandparents are buried there. I just visited them on the recent trip…mostly people are just trying to live their lives, I think.
You are so talented, I so enjoy seeing that the Hittys are wearing 🙂
forgot to mention I did notice how the new tea towel matches the knit along sock 🙂
The tea towel is so beautiful! We will be seeing it again!
such a colorful garden in spite of the rainy cloudy day. I especially loved the holly. The little iron cat is adorable and wise to come in to the dry warmth. the mystery knitting is looking amazing…
We love the Holly too – it makes us think of fun to come! And thank goodness for the glimpses of “pretty” in the garden!
How beautifully colour-coordinated the photos were! It’s certainly the season for red and green 😊
We like red and green, and there certainly is a lot of it about at the moment!!