a onblur=”try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}” href=”http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_M5dKBd5_Vfk/RxuN1eIkiGI/AAAAAAAAAEU/3YOjJFgl3WA/s1600-h/apple-crisp.jpg”img style=”margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;” src=”http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_M5dKBd5_Vfk/RxuN1eIkiGI/AAAAAAAAAEU/3YOjJFgl3WA/s400/apple-crisp.jpg” alt=”" id=”BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5123844950825666658″ border=”0″ //abr /It does not feel like fall in SoCal, but it smells like it. At least in my kitchen it does. Saturday evening was a blissful trip through domesticity. A few loads of laundry and some autumn-inspired cooking. I like to tell myself that apple crisp is a healthy dessert, as long as you include lots of yummy Granny Smith apples (I like my apple desserts tangy), rolled oats and easy on the dark brown sugar. Oh, and throw a few chopped walnuts on top while you’re at it. I also prepped my Lyonnaise egg salad last night: medium-boiled the eggs and fried up the span style=”font-style: italic;”lardons/span (in my case, thick cut bacon). Perhaps, I’ll even stop by the store again today, to pick up a few things to make some roast sweet potato and acorn squash soup.br /br /a href=”http://www.flickr.com/photos/faeriefurballs/1675665682/” title=”Photo Sharing”img src=”http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2144/1675665682_9dd6fdc3e1_o.jpg” alt=”Pumpkins 2007″ height=”533″ width=”400″ //abr /br /And we got our pumpkins! Green is my favorite. It’s so, I don’t know, ghoulish. Here’s the one from last year:br /br /a href=”http://www.flickr.com/photos/faeriefurballs/287969276/” title=”Photo Sharing”img src=”http://farm1.static.flickr.com/104/287969276_532ac6967d_o.jpg” alt=”pumpkin-legs” height=”332″ width=”400″ //abr /br /We also got an little white and orange-striped one and a tiny orange one. They’re up on the mantle now. Our lovely, oyster-colored sofa came this past week and the place is really starting to feel like home. Once we get the mirror up over the fireplace, I’ll have to show you some pics.br /br /Ok, I have some crafting to do. Looking at the calendar this morning, I realized I’m a little behind in my, err, time-sensitive craft-making so I’d better jump on that.br /br /Happy Sunday!

a onblur=”try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}” href=”http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_M5dKBd5_Vfk/Rvfp0OIkiBI/AAAAAAAAACU/qrI6Zt3RneA/s1600-h/juliet.jpg”img style=”margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer;” src=”http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_M5dKBd5_Vfk/Rvfp0OIkiBI/AAAAAAAAACU/qrI6Zt3RneA/s320/juliet.jpgalt=” id=”BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5113812985259001874″ border=”0″ //aHappy Fall Everyone! Did y’all have a cozy iAutumnal weekend?/i It poured rain down here - I mean POURED! Thunder and lighting and everything. It was wonderful.br /br /I suppose all the cooler weather talk lately in blogland has gotten me thinking about sweaters. Funny, in SF all I wanted to do was make and wear sundresses, now in SoCal, I’m looking forward to sweaters! Ok, I still like wearing sundresses though.br /br /I bought this pattern, Juliet, from a href=”http://www.zypherstyle.com/” target=”_blank”Zypherstyle/a. It’s one of their new designs, I think. I’m not sure if this style will look good on me - sometimes babydoll makes me look shapeless. But at least I don’t have to make the cropped version (see site), because I’ll definitely look like a shapeless tube if I did.br /br /And I’ve had my eye on a href=”http://www.frenchgirlknits.com/” target=”_blank”French Girl Knits/a for a while…br /br /a onblur=”try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}” href=”http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_M5dKBd5_Vfk/RvfsteIkiDI/AAAAAAAAACk/0Bq97WTJBeQ/s1600-h/fantine.jpg”img style=”margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;” src=”http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_M5dKBd5_Vfk/RvfsteIkiDI/AAAAAAAAACk/0Bq97WTJBeQ/s400/fantine.jpg” alt=”" id=”BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5113816167829768242″ border=”0″ //abr /br /Love the name, love the designs! I got this one at my LYS as well as some beautiful Rowan Big Wool Fusion. The color is GORGEOUS - a heathered glacial blue. Something the Snow Queen would wear.br /br /centera href=”http://www.flickr.com/photos/faeriefurballs/1434126476/” title=”Photo Sharing”img src=”http://farm2.static.flickr.com/1161/1434126476_531f76853f_m.jpg” alt=”Fantine in Blue” height=”240″ width=”203″ //a/centerbr /br /The rainy weather definitely makes me want to hibernate and snuggle up to a good project. And this one goes fast, even with all the newness - cabled cast on, new stitches, etc. I might rip it out and start over though. I think I cast on too tight and the left side pattern is looser than the right side pattern. Oh well, I’ll think about it.