Showing posts with label apples. Show all posts
Showing posts with label apples. Show all posts

Saturday, October 4, 2025

Mum's the Word?

Not really too mum, I suppose. You all know it's October, right? If you don't, my little Mumkin is here to tell you all about it! (Thanks Megan & family!)


We had an early fall celebration with a trip to Hillcrest for our annual apple picking fun last weekend! 


This is the first year that all of the boys had remembered enough to know just what they wanted to do the most...from the corn pit




to the climbing tires


to the giant bubbles,




the "train," and trikes,




the apple cannon (look at the end of the cannon as it shot that apple!)


and yes, even the actual picking of apples,




we all had a blast! Even the three year old remembered the "school bus picture" (which the rest of us almost walked right past this year...oops!), and another fun photo op! 



Even though it was a hot afternoon when we went (I almost want to complain that it's too warm for fall, but I'm loving it), we still got the annual photos of Jess's family!, 


so I think that ticks everything off our list for this trip! A funny thing that happened along the way was that the middlest boy almost lost Fozzy in the corn pits. I put him in my purse (for safe keeping) and forgot him until the drive home. Jess texted, so I sent photo proof that Fozzy was safe...first, from the car


and again from home, where he was found napping with Uncle Allen.


Later, he helped Pop Pop grill our dinner, 


but when he tried to run...err climb...away, 


we finally had to call and ask Jess and the boys to pick him up! We were tired grandparents after a busy day of bear-sitting!


When I finally found a quiet moment, I got right back to the yarn play, finishing a second block of the minecraft blanket,


and even a little pair of ear ghosts!



It's been a great start to autumn for us, and I hope it's been fun for you, too!

Thanks for stopping by, and Knit in Good Health! 

Saturday, September 13, 2025

Happy Days!

Happy Saturday all! Can anyone guess what's making me this happy? 


Could it be flag football, with my favorite almost-seven-year-old ball carrier? (By the way, thanks to Jan & Tom for the new team swag,  pictured above!)


Or knitting new colorwork mitts that match my last sweater? 



Or maybe it's frozen cokes...


Zombie parades...



Halloweekends theming...


and tiny pumpkins at the end of the trick-or-treat trail at Cedar Point!



Well, it's a little of all of that, to be sure! It's also abundant apples, making my first apple crisp of the season, following flag football... 


and we have dinner plans with friends later! There is so much good in our personal lives right now, which is so wonderful..because current events in the news often leave me worried about the world that seems to be falling apart around me. 

Still, despite all the tragedy, I know that God is in control. Even though it sometimes feels like no one is in control, because we live in a fallen world,  God is always in control (Isaiah 55). He leads me to find peace (Psalm 23) and to love others (1 Corinthians 13) while I live in this world full of uncertainty and [often misguided] disdain. I'm so thankful that "He's got the whole world in his hands," because I know it's too big a job for anyone else.

I'm also thankful for all of my friends, and for you coming to read the blog, too! What are you thankful for today?

Thanks for stopping by, and Knit in Good Health! 


Saturday, October 12, 2024

Stick Season? Not quite...

It's not quite the 🎶 season of the sticks here, in northeast Ohio, but it feels pretty crunchy in our current state of drought. Even our wetlands parks are looking dry...



Despite the dry, it is still a beautiful autumn, with lots of green plants for our friends to hide in! Can you spot the praying mantis? He (or she?) certainly spotted us!


... and our mums are looking lovely on the front stoop, in the company of pumpkins! 


Temperatures are dropping, which made today the perfect day to bake an apple crisp...yumm!


It's also a great day for knitting. In fact, I've heard that today is I Love Yarn Day, something for knitters everywhere to celebrate! I think I'll celebrate by admiring the finish of three hoodie sweaters for three darling boys!


And perhaps I'll celebrate a bit more by casting on a new sweater for Pretty...I have three possibilities on my mind, but I'm not sure which to start: A Christmas cardigan or vest in green, with colorwork...


A pullover in cream and minis, inspired by Daisy Jones and the Six...


Or maybe something in blue?


Yeah, I dunno either. The only thing I know for sure is that it is too late to cast on for a Halloween sweater...which I was never planning on anyway...lol! 

Stick season is the perfect time to knit sweaters, so watch me now, hey! 🎵 Work! Work! I'll work the stitches, baby! Work! Work! Stitches driving me crazy! 🎶 🙃 Lol

Yeah, I love Ohio, and it's almost the 🎶 season of the sticks...so, I suppose I'll turn up the tunes and get busy with my needles! I hope you'll sing along! 

Thanks for stopping by, and Knit in Good Health! 

Saturday, September 28, 2024

Saturday Stills

A series of stills on this Saturday...though some of my subjects stay still for mere seconds:

Super yummy Saturday scones and cookies!
Shave and a haircut, two-bits!
Peace and goodwill to all.
Julie and I knit the same sweater! 
A splash of red sweater just
slipped off my needles.
Apple picking last Sunday was fun!

Patient leaf, waiting for pickers to park
5 fingers, 2 apples, one fuzzy Pop Pop
Boys! Not still at all, save for pictures!
It was sunny and HOT last Sunday!
Love those leaves...
They just keep growing, growing, growing! 
Our little haul. I'm baking today! 
Required Family Photo "on the bus."
And goats. Because...goats!
That's all I've got today, but I'm still snapping stills! I hope your Saturday is as good as it can be. 🙂

Thanks for stopping by, and Knit in Good Health!