fall back

When clock's were turned back on Sunday,
I felt a little sad that it would be dark
at the end of the work day now.


Then tonight this happened...

The sky was luminous, glowing,

I felt pulled towards the light, down to the shore.

I needed to get to the market,

but i'm glad I ignored that plan

to see this, the dark part of twilight, complete with a silver, sliver moon.

:)

lori

p.s. if you experience the time change where you live, do you find it hard to adjust too?

lobster and the game

It has begun, basketball season. the Laker's are number #1 around here. My husband, is a life long fan. And he has company (well yes, there are alot of fans), Hannah (my girl) now loves them too. They call each other during games 'Can you believe this? or that?' haha. My sister is a fan too! yes! she is a big huge fan. I made this cake for Chuck last year when the Lakers won the championship. Lindy said 'where's mine?'. Here is her iphone photo of the Laker's receiving their rings at the first game of the season last week...so far Owen hasn't shown much interest, but i wouldn't doubt if he became the next faithful fan, he would like a cake too i'm sure.

and then...

lobster!!

A friend of ours, who has started a lobster diving trapping business offered Chuck these two tails last week. Oh my gosh, for me it was mi cielo (my heaven). We thought a good thank you was in order. Chuck said knit him a hat! So i did. From the alpaca wool we got last week. Here is Chuck modeling for me. It was a very simple pattern you can find here.
I think Santa will be putting one in Chuck's stocking this year since he seemed to like it very much.

then...

we've had dramatic weather this weekend, it began hot, in the high 80's, then as a new storm approached clouds filled in and temperatures cooled. The tide dropped to a super low and it was possible to walk for miles on the beach.

i found this lovely roundish black stone and this tiny feather. i tried to paint it. but it was hard.

i hope you have a great week ahead!

♥ lori

sunrise to sunset

today started before sunrise, when my daughter-in-love woke me with a text :'you up?' i dressed quickly and drove down to rincon to meet her (*happy*)...






she had driven up to our town with two of my sons and a friend for an early morning surf session. while the boys went surfing we watched for a bit enjoying the new day (and oh my gosh was today a gorgeous day)...

the sun came up and she modeled the scarf i finished this week...

she is a lovely model and makes this look so much prettier, the sun was so bright, it kind of washed out the deep blue (called twilight) of the wool + cashmere i made this out of...

surfing is over and my sons came to see me at my work!! at the same time a darling friend came with her two babies. **happy!**

:) :) :) :)

babies! :) :)

and this is from sunday, halloween, more

***Happyness!***

from sunrise to sunset i thought of all the things, amazing, wise and wonderful you said to me on my last sad post. i'm ever so grateful, and indeed, today was a new day. what friends i have. thank you.

♥ lori

november blue

november blue is the name of a beautiful song
by one of my favorite bands, the avett brothers.

and it's the way i'm feeling these days...

this kind of post i don't know how to write.

my instinct is to hide, close in on myself. but remembering from experience it's not really the way to feel better.

sharing is. and dear friends, even though i won't bore you with the details here, i know my sadness is safe with you. thank you for being here and for the words i know you'll say.

'My parents taught me to learn when I miss
Just do your best
Just do your best
It's the only way to keep that last bit of sanity
Maybe I don't have to be good but I can try to be
At least a little better than I've been so far'
from the avett's, lyrics i like.

this photo was taken on sunday, speeding home on the highway, from my mom's. i can't believe it's not blurry. i really like it.

there are some other things i want to photograph and share, my anniversary gift and some knitting i finished. hopefully i can get to it soon.

♥ lori

five years

I am writing this post after drinking far too much champagne. I have good reason though, I do. it's my anniversary! Five years today. We watched our wedding video tonight, I cried, like always (i may have seen a tear in Chuck's eye too). we are so glad to have it. We picked up cheap burritos and expensive champagne to celebrate the night, but first the day...





it was trick or treat day in town, all the downtown merchants passed out candy to children dressed in costume...

i ran out of candy after only an hour, there were a LOT of children!

i did manage to save some for my grandbabies, sigh sigh sigh, here is sadie the little bug and travis a scary monster (he graciously removed his mask for my photo request).

after work ( and all the halloween fun) Chuck and I went up to the Alpaca farm to buy some more lovely wool, i have some gifts to make...

this one couldn't stop kissing my husband, heehee.

at home Chuck was anxious for me to open my gift from him. the light wasn't good for photos, especially if all you have is candlelight (and champagne) so i'll have to write another post about the surprise, it really deserves a place of honor. he bought me a piece of art, art that a friend of mine made. i am so touched that he (and she) did this without me knowing. i can't wait to take photos of it. i have one more BIG surprise that happened tonight, but maybe i ought to find out if it's okay before i put it here. but oh my, what a day!

Happy Anniversary honey, thank you for these last five years, i can't wait for the next 5 times forever more.

♥ wifey

gone home

:(

i really tried.

this morning i was at work at first light and found the little bird flying again. happy! i hung a colorful cloth in the doorway and set a bowl of sugar water on the doorstep. and then i sat outside and waited. and waited. till i couldn't wait any longer. before i locked up i set the water on a chair near the door and taped open the mail slot. maybe he would find his way out this way i thought.

when i returned to open for the day he did seem to be gone. i looked around and hoped i was right. across the street is a garden where a pair of hummingbirds live. i saw them and felt reassured. could it be him?

i saw the wee one at the very end of the day. lying at the bottom of one of the front windows that had a flower box on the other side.

i brought him home and plan on putting him to rest in our garden.

did you ever wish to be dr. doolittle and be able to talk to the animals? i wished i could have told this little one, here's the door.

♥ lori

p.s. i'm sorry if i offended with these photos. i wanted to honor how exquisitely beautiful the anna's hummingbird is. for more information on this species here's a good place to start,

and here, (scroll down and click on anna's).

wee trouble

a hummingbird flew into my work today, but it didn't know how to fly back out. i watched him zoom around and around looking for the way, except he wasn't getting closer to the door, just the ceiling. i turned off the overhead lights hoping to lure him towards the sunshine and outside. but it didn't work.

see him? tiny little guy.

luckily my boss happened to stop in. he tried to help the little hummer out with a broom.

it didn't work.

so i called my husband. he brought a big net. and then he stood on a ladder and tried to catch him.

and that didn't work. the poor thing kept flying back and forth, back and forth, every so often resting on a narrow beam. my boss gave up and left. my husband gave up and left too. then it was time for me to leave, close up for the day. but i couldn't. not with the little hummer trapped. so i called our local wildlife care. i left a message. and waited. for an hour, i waited and the little hummer continued to fly, and i'm sure he was beginning to panic.

i didn't know what to do, so i closed up and went home, planning on googling "what to do when a hummingbird is trapped". as soon as i was home, (and reading online), wildlife care called. she told me what to do, so i ran around gathering up my hummingbird rescue supplies and raced back to work. i was so excited to finally be able to do something (set him free!), but when i walked into the now dark building, there was no more whirring and buzzing. it was silent.

:(

i looked everywhere, but he was nowhere to be found. i called wildlife care. oh no. what now?! she said he could have shut down, sort of in a hibernation. he could come alive in the morning. so i left him a bowl of sugar water near the door, hopefully he'll find it. tomorrow morning i plan to be there at first light to try again to let him out. oh please cross your fingers for him.

*
i scanned these photos that i took with my film camera. they are of a lovely female anna's hummingbird that loved our banana trees.

thank you for the kind words on my last post. it was a hard thing to write.

♥ lori