November walk.

The leaves have been falling and curling up for winter. I have tried to add a lot of the leaves to the garden to help mulch for the winter, however, if you looked out over our yard right now, you would never know it. 

More knitting to fit in today on mystery sock #2. I was hoping to have 2 socks completed by this evening, I am no where close and tomorrow we are heading to Lawrence, so I know I will not finish tomorrow. Maybe by Sunday evening??

everytime..

Every time I think I have a few minutes to post, I end up with at least one child helping me.  So another day goes by. 

Interrupted thoughts.

This morning while knitting a gauge swatch for a pair of socks, listening to Luke practice his memory verse, hearing more requests for breakfast (breakfast was served an hour ago), I remembered why I wanted to start fresh eggs and lavender. It is for some of my interrupted thoughts to possibly find completion, to remind myself of the first day I drank a cup of coffee, with only some hot chocolate (that would be today) and other trivial topics that would matter to only me. So I am back, sometimes with photos, some days without, because, well, I don't have too and there isn't always enough time for that. :)

Taking a break.

Well, initially, I thought I could keep up with two blogs. I think I do have enough photos to keep them up, just not enough time. Every day I think of things I wanted to get recorded and it just hasn't happened. And, school starts next week, the garden is in full swing, not to mention Christmas gifts to begin working on... so I am going to do my best to keep up with Life on chestnut hill, and maybe I will still be back to this one later on. Thanks for taking the time to stop by and see what has been happening, please check up on us at Life on Chestnut Hill when you have a chance.

In the garden.

The EZ February baby sweater.

I almost didn't post a photo of it. I had envisions of it being so much pretty (and all in cream, but I ran out of yarn and am trying to use up my stash)...
It turned out not at all like the ones in the book, but Liz wore it for almost 24 hours straight-so it will do.
And I learned a ton, my next one should be much better.

First watermelon of the season.

Well, at least the first one we found in our garden.


Today Allison and I counted 6 of them, along with more then a dozen sweet potato squash. We picked our first green beans along with a couple of green bell peppers, 6 cucumbers, 2 small tomatoes and a few very new potatoes. Something has been eating all the leaves off of my potatoes. Only a couple of my plants have leaves left. So far, that is the most damage I've seen and they are further back in the yard so next year I think I will plant them somewhere else.