LABOR DAY R & R

Greetings on this lovely September day - it's warm with summer not giving in to autumn quite yet.  Although, I've noticed a few yellow leaves beginning to fall, and the mornings are brisk and cool.  Tomorrow we'll be entering the fourth week of school and it's going along very well.  Having three classes to teach instead of six is so nice - not exhausting.  The junior high students have been moved to a different part of the campus which makes for a very quiet and calm atmosphere at the high school.  The FFA put on a Welcome Back barbecue and fed us hamburgers and hot dogs, macaroni salad, and the fixings.  

Getting the grilling going - just a little smoke. 

Grilling gets serious with lots of smoke, but that doesn't stop hungry
teachers and students from getting in line for good food. 

More smoke and a touch up from the FFA adviser. 

Service with a smile. 

And finally food - happy eaters. 

Thank you Elk Creek High School FFA. 

My knitting has slowed since going back to work.  I also just couldn't decide what I wanted to knit with this yarn. It's a Super Saver yarn from Red Heart that I found at the thrift shop.  I like the flecks of color mixed in.  So I decided to make another scarf for the Red Scarf Project.  I've made this pattern before - it's an easy ribbing with a nice cabled edge.  This a worsted weight yarn - I'm using size 8 needles.

The pattern is called "Rib Rib Cable" by BabyCocktails.  Here's the link: http://www.ravelry.com/patterns/library/rib-rib-cable

My blogs wouldn't be complete without pictures of the garden.  Some vegetables like zucchini has given all it's going to give.  The tomatoes are still going strong.  I'm going to take some to school tomorrow to share with the staff.  We have an abundance.  We're planning a winter garden. 

The flowers are spectacular.  Master Gardener D put up the hummingbird feeder - has to fill it every three days or so.  The hummingbirds have found our yard.  They're in and out so fast I have no time to run in and get my camera.  But they a so cool and they do make a sound other than their fast moving wings.  It's a little chirping sound.  I may have to do a stake-out one day to get a picture. 

Here are the flowers.  I don't know the names of all of them so I've given them my own names.  I hope you enjoy seeing them.  They make washing dishes a little nicer since I can see them from the window in the kitchen. 

I loved the way the morning light shined through the ivy leaves. 

Beautiful mix.

These flowers Master Gardener D arranged in a large pot then put the pot in the wheelbarrow so he could move it to different spots in the yard. 

    These little flowers seem to be florescent.  They're small an look fuzzy.  Beaurious. 

 
These little lavender flowers are actually three colors..the center is yellow orange, then a circle of white, then lavender. There is a red/orange variety coming up.

Morning Glories have a delicate vine and only open in the morning. Glorious. 

 What can I say about these - they're just spectacular they way they are shaped... and what a color!

Pumpkins peeking out of the jumbo leaves.  We'll have a few jumbo pumpkins and some sweet pie pumpkins. Yum.

Pumpkin blossom - vine draped across the grape leaves. 

Pumpkin vines on the move.

Red chrysanthemums. 

I think these are a wild flower D planted.  They're so tiny and delicate. 

White elysium - we're on the look out for the purple variety, too. They make a lovely border.

We're enjoying the flowers while mother nature allows.  We're not sure what will happen to them this winter - some are annuals and some perennials.  There are also bulbs in hiding right now.  Fall is the time to plant spring bulbs.  Daffodils and crocus announce the beginning of spring after a long, wet, gray winter. 

Hope this blog finds you happy and well.  Keep knitting, crocheting, gardening, and creating.