A small group of Castoffs carpooled out to Mary’s house on the lake. We were met there by Michele and Anne who had been kayaking near Mary’s bay. Mary’s grandson Moses, and daughter-in-law Rebecca were visiting at Mary’s house, so we all got to see Moses – a little cutie with fat cheeks.
Grandma and Moses!
Mary served us some yummy huckleberry cake – her husband Frank has picked gallons of huckleberries this season – and veggies with hummus. Thanks Mary. We also had her favorite New Age white with slices of lime. Very refreshing.
Yum.
We sat on the deck with the most wonderful view of the lake and the mountains beyond. Mary’s bird feeders were being bombarded by Evening Grosbeaks, mobs of them. It was fun to watch them fight over the seed.
Grosbeaks at the feeder.
Nothing’s prettier than the Flathead in summer.
I brought my triangular scarf/shawl that I’ve been working on. I got tangled up with a swarm of hornets who stung me in the face. I was still a little puffy. One friend said it was like a botox treatment – smoothing out the lines with hornet serum.
Puffy me with my triangular shawl.
Michele had bought some suede soles for her felted slippers. We had a little discussion about which was the toe and which was the heel, but finally Michele just did what she wanted. Why did she ask us? I don’t know. Just being polite, I guess.
Michele sewing on her sole.
Anne brought her seed-stitch scarf to work on. We ‘re so glad to see her back with us. I hope she’ll be able to come a lot this fall and become a regular Castoff.
Anne’s scarf.
Joan, Carol and Linda came along but didn’t get a lot of knitting done – still on summer Slackoff time, I guess. They had fun sitting on the deck and talking and, hey, it’s more fun to knit in the winter. No deck time in January.
Michele, Joan, Linda and Anne enjoying the decktime.
Mary is nearly finished with granddaughter Aurora’s witch’s hat for Halloween. She’s planning to knit a pumpkin hat for Moses. Moses stood in for his cousin, though, and modeled the witch hat. It’s darling. Mary just has to put duplicate stitches around the crown to make a black buckle.
Witchy hat.
Next time the teachers will be back at school. We who are retired are trying not to smile smugly. We’ll meet at Deb’s house at our regular winter time of 4:00. Enjoy your last week of August, Castoffs, and keep those needles blazing!
