Fred helped me photograph some new, Olympic inspired, mini-skeins. All skeins were safely retrieved after the shoot.

It's been a cool rainy weekend. We walked down to the Ramble and Ride yesterday and found ourselves wishing we'd brought a couple of toques. Fortunately the wind was behind us on the way home (the hot chocolate and fresh donuts helped too). My garden looks wonderful and bushy. I should really pull up some carrots. The beets need to be pulled up too. I'm planning to pickle them but I'm not sure I'll get to that this afternoon. It might wait a little longer. We've had lots of (damp) squirrels and birds at our feeder, much to Abby's delight. There's been quite a bit of knitting. My cardigan is now almost an inch past the underarm divide. I should probably try it on before I go much further. Just to make sure the fit is nice through my shoulders. The critters have been snoozing in various parts of the house. Ollie and Fred have been taking turns monopolizing my lap. Especially if I happen to be knitting.

I was uploading last week's pictures off my camera this evening and thought I'd share this little guy. The noise from my camera disturbed him a bit at first but all he did was yawn and settle into a new position. He stayed like this until the sun left his spot.