I know I said last winter (HERE) that I was going to knit something other than socks next, yet here are my needles, and it seems the beginnings of another pair of socks has materialized on them.
The yarn color (crappy Red Heart acrylic, by the way) is called ‘Mexicana’. I am not sure what makes this any more Mexican than the next color, but that’s its name. Here is what the skein looks like:
I am not sure what it is about the chillier weather and shorter days, but I always feel that I want to cook, and to knit and/or sew at this time of year. Must be the nesting instinct. Or something.
Happy Autumn!
P.S. Yea! LightBox Plus is fixed! My photos are doing what they are supposed to!
Hi, folks.
I’d like to introduce you all to Aloe fleurentiniorum. It has a long name, and beautiful skin – much like myself. Ha ha ha.
In any case, this particular A. fleurentiniorum has a story behind it. In October of 2006, it began as a flower in a friend’s yard in San Diego, California. He posted these photos of the flowers and resulting seedpods on the cactus & succulent forum we both belong to (I hope you don’t mind my use of your photos, Jürgen):
I asked him to ‘put my name on’ one of the pods, and he kindly and humorously obliged:
‘My’ pod came to me in the mail in January of 2007:
I immediately sowed the seeds, and February 21, 2007 I was able to take photos of my first seedling:
Several of the seeds actually germinated for me, but most of them died off for one reason or another, and I was left with my one lovely seedling. Here is a sort-of life story for it.
Below: March 14, 2007; May 7, 2007; September 3, 2007
Below: July 1, 2008; November 21, 2008; January 24, 2009
…and this morning, soaking up the chilly fall sun like a champ:
Thanks, Jürgen, for the opportunity to grow this lovely little plant! I appreciate it very much!
I like plants with stories.