September Border

Verona, Wisconsin, September 2008. Things are starting to look a little tired.

Practice

The fun starts at 0:40:

Clear Reunion

Verona, Wisconsin, June 2008. Ah! The trees were still so small.

Unnoticed Reunion

Verona, Wisconsin, May 2008. She takes the back way.

An Earlier Variation

I realized after I published "A Gift for a Guardian Angel" that I neglected to post photos of sweater I earlier had knitted for one of my cherished physicians. It was a big project: the recipient wears extra-long garments, and the finished sweater measured 50 inches across. It took about eight weeks to knit it—at a pace of about four hours of knitting per day.

(The most common two remarks people make about knitting: "How long did that take?" and "If I buy the yarn, will you knit me a sweater?")



Madison and Verona, Wisconsin, October 2013. This design is Alice Starmore's "Alba" from The Celtic Collection. I changed the colors to the same 15, undyed natural colors I earlier had used to knit the same sweater for Mr. Irene.

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The design also is available, as a kit, here.

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Oh! And I knitted the original design, way back when, for myself:

Nippy

Verona, Wisconsin, February 2008. The little Redbud stood alone.

Cold Snap

Verona, Wisconsin, January 2008. I'm rarely awake early enough to see the sun rise.

Crossing

Verona, Wisconsin, January 2008. The red fox favors the deer path.

August Garden

Door County, Wisconsin, August 2008. It's a good place to relax.

A New Month

Verona, Wisconsin, July 2008. The hollyhocks are waning as we turn to August.

June-Bloom Reunion

Verona, Wisconsin, June 2008. The single-flowered Hollyhock is my favorite garden plant.

Effort

Verona, Wisconsin, August 2008. I no longer put this much work into the border.

Our Little Dreamer

Verona, Wisconsin, November 2008. Rex catches up on his napping.

I start thinking about autumn in August.

Verona, Wisconsin, February 2008. It's time to start thinking about cold-weather projects.

The Best Thing About July

Verona, Wisconsin, July 2008. The hollyhocks are prettiest in July: young blooms and no mildew.

Early-Summer Flowerbed

Verona, Wisconsin, July 2008. We have a froggie mascot.

The Old Bridge

Sturgeon Bay, Wisconsin, July 2008. We visit the bridge around the time when it closed for repairs. This is not the bridge on which a motorist got trapped in 2009; that was the new bridge.

A Memorable Storm

Verona, Wisconsin, June 2008. I earlier posted images from this storm here and here.

The Multi-Dog Household

Mr. Irene and I have owned multiple dogs since 1994. During that time, we've had three dogs for six years: Rex joined Pupa and Baci in 2005; Pupa died in 2008, and; Poppy arrived in 2010.

Consider the cliché about "third wheels." We noticed two dogs pair off for affection and play, and the third dog disengages. Pupa and Baci, for example, used to wrestle with gusto, but when Rex came into the picture, Rex and Pupa bonded, and the new lovers ignored Baci. After Pupa died, Baci and Rex became playmates, but that status lasted only until Poppy's arrival, and now Rex and Poppy are the rompers.

Baci is fine because he's still the dog boss around here. He's usually the only animal on the bed: we don't keep the other dogs off the mattress—Baci does.

Here's a clip of Baci and Rex from March 2010, before we acquired Poppy:

Wright Walk, in Three Takes

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Oak Park, Illinois, May 2008. Mr. Irene and I return to home territory to tour Mr. Wright's works.