tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-40627467843648459992024-02-21T07:18:42.542-05:00September VioletsSeptember Violetshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10931133319044031928noreply@blogger.comBlogger427125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4062746784364845999.post-8176968436109387022018-08-07T09:17:00.000-04:002018-08-07T09:27:20.721-04:00Vancouver Island - The Raptors, Duncan <div style="text-align: justify;">
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While we were driving up to Chemainus, we passed a billboard advertising a raptor centre in Duncan, BC. I quickly snapped a photo of the road sign so that we could find it on the way back. If you're ever in Duncan and enjoy birds of prey, this is a must see!</div>
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<span id="goog_1646926371"></span><span id="goog_1646926372"></span>We arrived at <a href="http://pnwraptors.com/">The Raptors</a> in the afternoon and just in time for a live bird show. The theatre is a small open field with wood benches, and as the handlers talk about the raptors, these amazing creatures fly through the spectators from perch to perch. It was amazing!!</div>
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After the show, we wandered around the grounds admiring the many raptors ...<br />
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The handlers at the centre all knew their stuff on the hawks. It was great to see them, and to speak with the handlers who were all around to share their knowledge. You can see more about the centre at their website (at top of post).</div>
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We were sure to visit Butchart Gardens while on Vancouver Island. Even though we've been there numerous times before, we both enjoyed seeing it again. Tim and I went on our own, and after touring the gardens, we went on a short boat tour around a couple of bays. The boat operator was a wealth of information and very chatty. I was surprised to learn that the Butcharts were originally from Owen Sound, Ontario, which is just north of us here. Small world. Mr. Butchart operated a quarry on this property, and when that wound down, his wife got her crew of workers to create this amazing sunken garden ...</div>
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The sunken garden is the most amazing feature of the whole estate, and it was many years in the planning and actual creation.</div>
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The Butcharts' son added this fountain which has various settings it runs through continuously.</div>
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We visited the last week of May, so the spring flowers were just about finished and the summer flowers were just coming in. There were huge rhododendrun bushes that must have been fantastic! Unfortunately, the blooms were just about spent by the time we saw them.</div>
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The peonies were just as beautiful, and I actually prefer them over the rhododendruns ;)</div>
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When we were last at the gardens, we were fortunate to have seen these two totem poles being carved on site! They were carved in celebration of the garden's 100th anniversary. They look quite weathered now ... I guess I do too after 14 years have passed.</div>
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Only a few iris were still blooming, but they were stunning!</div>
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All the trees here are beautiful. These red cedars were planted in the 30s.</div>
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The roses were just getting going, and only a few were in full bloom. We have visited the gardens in the middle of summer, and the roses here are incredible. So many varieties!</div>
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Another big draw is the wonderful and secretive Japanese garden. So green and mossy and cool and lovely. There are little waterways and ponds and creeks running all through it.</div>
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This is the Butchart's house. Although most of it is now restaurant and gift shops, there is still a portion that is kept private for visiting family members. The Butchart family still owns and operates the gardens.</div>
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Well, I hope you enjoyed the tour of these amazing gardens! Well worth the visit if you're ever in the area.</div>
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<br />September Violetshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10931133319044031928noreply@blogger.com10tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4062746784364845999.post-85989690728866068252018-07-31T14:00:00.003-04:002020-12-28T09:56:44.478-05:00Visiting Vancouver Island ... East Sooke Park & Witty's LagoonUpon arriving at my brother's house, we were welcomed by his sweet little wire-haired Dachshund, Natasha. She took a while to warm up to us, but by the end of our visit she was quite friendly. This little dog was a real trooper and followed us along trails that were a bit tricky for those short legs, but she managed very well.<br />
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And my brother. He moved to Victoria about 1991 after graduating from university here in Ontario. He now runs his own architect firm, and was proud to show us around his new office. I really liked how the office was decorated with the low wood slat ceilings and "barn" style doors over the boardroom. He made the live-edge table (behind him in the boardroom) himself! Such a cool idea for a boardroom table.</div>
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Our first weekend on Vancouver Island, we quickly set off for a hike along East Sooke Park. Beautiful views, and a wonderful trail! </div>
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Another day we headed down to Witty's Lagoon where the boys took their homemade skim boards to skim across the shallow water along the edge of the beach. </div>
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On the way home, we stopped to have a look at some sculptures a local man, Paul Lewis, had put together from driftwood on the beach. They were all sculptures of birds, and they looked great in this natural setting. We read an article about the man who created them in the local paper (you can read another article <a href="http://www.timescolonist.com/news/local/from-armed-robbery-to-sculpting-birds-a-life-changed-by-art-1.23315597">here</a>). He apparently had had a rough time earlier in his life with a criminal record and jail time. He wanted to turn his life around and started to work on these sculptures as part of his new life. There were plenty of people stopping to admire the birds.<br />
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At the end of May, my husband and I took a trip out west to visit my brother and his two teenage sons. We haven't been out west for fourteen years now, as my brother (who is a very good brother) would always do the travelling and visit us here in Ontario. But it was definitely time for our overdue visit. We were there for a week, and did a bit of touring around. I tried to condense my trip into one post, but there were too many photos to share, so I'm breaking it down into bits :)</div>
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We rented a car for the week and one day was spent driving up the Malahat to the quaint town of Chemainus. The Malahat is a beautiful island highway with several spots to pull over and admire the spectacular view.</div>
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The town of <a href="http://www.chemainus.com/about/index.htm">Chemainus </a>is famous for their painted murals. When the lumber industry was threatened here years ago, putting many of the residents out of work, the residents came up with a plan to paint murals on the sides of buildings to attract tourists into their town. For the most part the murals depict the town's history, and they are quite amazing. Over the years, other themes seem to have been adopted. I do have a book somewhere in the house about Chemainus and the background of the murals, but here I will just share the murals with you. You may follow this <a href="http://www.chemainus.com/about/index.htm">link </a>to read more on the history of the town.</div>
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Took the pup and one of my daycare girls down to the Waterfront Trail this morning. It was a rather dismal looking morning, but there was no wind and it was quite mild. Soon after we got going it started to rain a bit, but we didn't get too wet as we were well bundled.<br />
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Five minutes along and I stopped to deal with the dog or the child (can't remember which) and when I straightened up I noticed we were being followed ...<br />
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Not a great photo from my phone, but it was a coyote. He was just standing there watching us and maybe 40 feet away from me. Another man came walking along, and I pointed behind me and said "coyote". He didn't believe me at first, "Are you sure it's a coyote?", but when the coyote turned away and sauntered away from us we could see his nice bushy tail. I was continuing away from the animal, but the man was heading towards it. I suggested he make some noise as he walked along to scare it away and maybe find a good stick. He crawled under a tree and came back with a suitable stout stick and went on banging the stick on the pavement. I put the child into the stroller and kept Cody on his leash and we had no further encounters. It was just a little bit creepy because of the way the coyote was very still and definitely interested in us. I'm going to say he was more interested in the dog than the child.</div>
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Cody isn't a big dog, so I too found a stout stick ... just in case! Coyotes around here have been known to grab a dog out walking with their owners, so I wasn't really thrilled with the encounter and I kept a wary eye out for him.</div>
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Anyway, that was my excitement for the day. I did take some more photos along the trail, but it's not the most interesting of places. I'm kind of glad I didn't bring the camera because of the rain. We were out for a couple of hours, and it was nice to get home and warm again.</div>
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I like taking photos of tree silhouettes while the leaves are still off the branches.</div>
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Lake Ontario had a nice tint of turquoise today. There were lots of ducks out on the water. I think I saw a lot of buffleheads, but couldn't be sure. I'll have to go down again with the zoom lens and try to get some better photos of the water birds.</div>
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As soon as it's tax time, I can think of a million other things I'd rather be doing. Suddenly, the knitting project ideas come fast and furious, and I'm stunned that I didn't think of these things during the slow months of winter. This past week, when I promised myself I would start on my tax receipts, I kept seeing this big blue teddy bear in our playroom with absolutely <i>nothing</i> to cover him! Well, I decided I just <i>had </i>to make him a little knit vest. I thought about it for a couple of days because I've never knit a garment before (apart from hats, mitts and scarves), so I wanted to be sure I could wrap my head around the process before I began. It took me a day to knit this up and two more days to write out a pattern (should you also have a naked teddy bear in the house). The pattern is on the side bar under "Free Knitting Patterns".</div>
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Hope you're enjoying some promise-of-Spring weather this weekend. We are having just that here in southern Ontario. Another good reason to get the taxes finished up now rather than when the warm Westerlies bring a rise in the temperatures luring me outside and away from the ledgers. </div>
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I would first like to thank everyone who shared a comment on my last post regarding keeping my blog going. You have all given me such kind comments and I really appreciate the input. I did reply to most of you, but I became quite sick with the flu last weekend and was unable to continue replying. It's taken me a week to recover from that flu, and now it seemed the time to reply had gone by. I have taken everyone's comments into consideration and have decided to continue with blogging for now. I don't know how often I'll be posting, but I do want to get back to my beloved blog.</div>
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And on that note, I have a finished knitting project to share with you! I have spent the last two months working up a blanket for my son. Last fall I had purchased some yarn to make up these little leaves for an exchange with blogging friends. </div>
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I hadn't used up much of the yarn for the leaves, and having a stash of yarn floating around irritates me. I had to use it up. I also had yarn left over from the <a href="http://septemberviolets.blogspot.ca/2017/02/knitted-results.html">blanket </a>I made for my dad last year. I searched on Ravelry and found <a href="https://www.ravelry.com/patterns/library/chevron-baby-blanket-19">this </a>wonderful pattern for a baby blanket by Espace Tricot ...</div>
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I amended the size in order to make the blanket large enough for my grown son. Of course, once I started, I realized I would have to purchase more yarn, but that was okay if it meant getting something out of the scraps as well. I worked the blanket up on a circular needle working back and forth, and I really loved the chevron pattern as it worked up. I changed the stripes a bit and really like the variation. This was a really simple pattern to knit, and I think it would be a great beginner project. The only tricky stitch was the purl stitch through the back loop, but even that is quite easy once you get the hang of it, and there are videos on youtube to assist with that. </div>
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It's been nice to have this blanket to work on through the cold part of winter. It has grown and grown and been draped over my knees through many hours, with quite a few mugs of morning tea and quite a few snowstorms!</div>
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By the time I got to the end, I had knit a twin-sized blanket! Not really my intention, but once I had decided to repeat the pattern a certain way, there was no going back. The finished measurements are 48" x 68". You can see more details on my <a href="https://www.ravelry.com/projects/lowville/chevron-baby-blanket">Ravelry page</a> if you're interested.</div>
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The top and bottom ends of the blanket are pointed, which is kind of neat. I didn't block this blanket since it was made out of acrylic. I'm not a real fan of acrylic, but it is safe for the washing machine and drier. It'll be easy for my son to care for it when he takes it up north with him to work next month.</div>
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I'm not feeling much like blogging these days. After a few years of it, I feel like I'm repeating myself through the seasons. I had considered closing the blog down, but changed my mind. I found out that some of my very longtime friends actually read my blog and enjoyed it. One blogging friend even contacted me when she realized my blog had disappeared for awhile. I didn't think anyone had noticed really, so that was a surprise. I'm still undecided on whether to continue publishing blog posts, but I don't want to get bogged down in trying to explain why ... change of seasons, personal commitments, lack of time, lack of photos even ... who knows. I've taken up with Instagram, but even that kind of fell flat for me after a couple of months, but it <i>is </i>a great way of staying connected with some blogging friends and distant family.</div>
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Well it's been a while. Christmas has come and gone. New Year's has come and gone. I haven't been doing much after the big rush of Christmas which is the only excuse I have for not being here or on Instagram for the past couple of months. </div>
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This weekend I worked out a pattern for a little hat for a baby. A cat hat! I searched the internet and Ravelry and eventually came up with my own version of this popular hat. I thought you had to shape the ears in the knitting, but it turns out the hat is knit in a straight tube and when you put it on the baby's head, the ears just naturally stand out to the side. Simple and effective ... my kind of knitting ;)</div>
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I have posted the pattern <a href="https://www.ravelry.com/projects/lowville/helkat-hat">here </a>onto Ravelry if you're interested. I'm not entirely sure of the sizing, but hope it's big enough for a newborn or maybe 3 months. All my daycare kids are away right now, so I can't test it on a baby's head! It fits over a ball of yarn that is 16 inches around with still a little more stretch left in it (helpful, right?).</div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">Good afternoon to everyone! I'm joining up with Jennifer at <a href="http://www.thistlebearhome.com/2017/12/winter-project-link-party.html">Thistlebear </a>for her wonderful Winter Project link party. Please visit Jennifer's lovely blog to see what other's are creating. </span><br />
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Right, the lace scarf ... I'm knitting this in fingering weight, hand-dyed yarn, in a very dark navy blue with touches of teal throughout. It's really, <i>really </i>nice stuff. Very soft and has a nice slippery feel for knitting. The pattern is a fir tree design, which I think is perfect for my friend who lives near the tall timber forests in the far West. I'm more than halfway done, and have calculated how many repeats I have to knit each day in order for it to be completed in four days. So far I'm on track! A bit tricky to photograph, but here it is.</div>
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Hi Folks! It's been a while since I popped in here and posted anything. I have an excuse. I have joined Instagram. Please don't hate me, and I haven't deserted my blog, I just have been busy knitting and getting a teeny bit ready for Christmas that I found the quickness of Instagram has really been a blessing. I can knit and keep in touch with everyone just by my phone. I've never really been a "phone person", so this is all a new kind of madness for me. If you click on the Instagram box on the sidebar here, it will take you right to my IG page. I've found some of my blogging friends on IG, but would love to be able to connect with anyone who is a regular viewer here as well. No pressure, because it took me a long time to finally join. I joined the dreaded facebook too, but I honestly don't like it much and find it difficult to navigate on my phone (although it seems fairly easy on my computer). I doubt I'll be on FB much because IG is so easy to use instead.</div>
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Enough of that dull stuff!!</div>
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What have I been knitting? Well, I finished the lace scarf I was making a few weeks ago, and have started a second lace scarf for a good friend. Not much to show on it yet as it is tiny work and the progress is slow.</div>
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I also knit up two scarves for a charity here in awareness of Aids. I just happened to see a donation box at the library when I took the kids for storytime. The ad was asking for red scarves 6" x 60". Some of the scarves already dropped in the box were shocking red (a colour I kind of hate), so I went for a darker red, which once I got it home and started knitting it looked more and more like burgundy. Oh well, I knit them up and dropped them off last Friday. I hope they approve of the colour.</div>
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The daycare is keeping me busy with outings for the kids. We've been along the Waterfront Trail (a provincially maintained trail that follows the shores of Lake Ontario), and also to Lynde Marsh, playgroups and the library for fireside storytime. The weather has been so overcast in November, but we've been squeezing the nature visits in haphazardly. I always feel so much better for getting out though. </div>
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I'm sure I'll start mistakenly overlapping some photos through the blog and Instagram, and maybe I've already shared these photos on my blog! I'm just spread a little thin these days, but wanted to keep in touch. I really want to visit everyone, but I don't want to promise that it's going to happen today or tomorrow. sigh ... busy time of year right? I even have trouble replying to comments on IG, so apologies if you've been neglected in that respect as well. I usually reply to everyone here on my blog (unless you're non-reply blogger), but things kind of unraveled a bit lately, and I know I've missed some of you. I do read every comment left for me, if that's any comfort ;)</div>
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I made three Christmas cakes this morning and they are <i>still </i>baking in the oven. I thought the batter looked a little runny, and I guess it was. I was following an old recipe of Mom's and it was a bit vague as to liquid measurements. I made this cake last year too, and I remember having the same trouble. Maybe next year I'll use a different recipe ... I must have a dozen or so!! I took photos of the process on my phone (and shared them on Instagram), but I haven't uploaded them to my laptop yet. Maybe just seeing the final baked cakes will be enough? </div>
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I'm joining up with Jennifer of Thistlebear this morning in her <a href="http://www.thistlebearhome.com/2017/11/winter-project-link-party.html">Winter Project</a> link party. Thanks for hosting Jennifer! I've enjoyed this link party last year as well, and it really gives me much needed motivation to get moving on some knitted projects.</div>
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This past weekend was a bit dark, wet and dreary, so I made a good start at a lace scarf I wanted to knit. I picked up the yarn at the CreativFestival in Toronto. Sadly the vendors who attend this show have drastically reduced in number. I hadn't been for quite a few years, and I was shocked, and hugely disappointed, at the lack of interest in the show. It used to be a show exclusively for sewing, but then they changed the theme to include more knitting and then scrapbooking. One vendor told me the cost to rent a booth is very high, and she thought that was the reason for the low attendance.</div>
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I wanted to knit a lace scarf. I'm using a pattern from an old book I have which is a library of knit stitches, and this is a particularly pretty zig zag vine pattern.</div>
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I hope to visit everyone who joined up in the party later this evening. I had an unexpected day off yesterday, and although I had planned to knit, knit, knit the day away, it ended up being a day of running errands. I didn't sit down to knit until 8:00 pm. Well, it's off to a good start now thank goodness!</div>
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I promised I would share my pattern for the acorns I knit up at Thanksgiving. Although it's past Thanksgiving for Canadians, my American friends might find some use for them. I also worked out a pattern for a little finger puppet ghost I made for my daycare kids. Both these patterns are on my sidebar under Free Knitting Patterns. Let me know if you have any questions, and I'll be sure to reply. I posted about the acorn pattern on Instagram, but then realized I had made a mistake in the pattern. Apologies if you started knitting the pattern before I made the amendment (your acorn would have turned out quite tiny I think!). This is the amended version ... and I corrected it on the sidebar pattern page as well. Thanks for bearing with me.</div>
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I really enjoyed knitting up <a href="https://www.ravelry.com/patterns/library/woodland-wreath-oak">these autumn oak leaves</a> by Frankie Brown <i>(below)</i>, but I wanted to make up my own acorn knit in the round, rather than flat and seamed together.</div>
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Needles: set of 4 DPNs, I used 2.5 mm (US 2), but you can use any size that suits your yarn.<br />
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Yarn: Rust Colour: Lion Brand, Heartland, Medium, 100% acrylic, "135 Yosemite"<br />
Dark Brown Colour: Lion Brand, Heartland, Medium 100% acrylic, "126 Sequoia"<br />
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Of course any scrap yarns you have in appropriate colours will do.<br />
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You can use a tiny bit of fibre fill or just scrap yarn to stuff the acorn.<br />
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DPN: double-pointed needles<br />
k: knit<br />
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kfb: knit into the front and into the back of one stitch<br />
k2tog: knit two stitches together as one<br />
p2tog: purl two stitches together as one<br />
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Join for knitting in the round: I just slip purlwise one stitch from left-hand needle to right-hand needle; then slip the now second stitch from the right-hand needle over the first stitch and onto the left-hand needle.</div>
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I-cord: knit all stitches on one DPN, slide those stitches to the right-hand end of the needle (rather than turning the needle around as you would normally do); knit all the stitches again (the working yarn will come from left to right at the back of your work); slide those stitches to the right-hand end of needle again; knit; continue in this manner until you have a cord knit of desired length.</div>
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- using the rust-coloured yarn, cast on 3 stitches onto one DPN<br />
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- kfb each stitch, distribute 2 stitches onto each of 3 DPNs (6)<br />
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- join for knitting in the round<br />
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Rnd 1 - *kfb, k1, repeat from * to end (9)<br />
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Rnd 2 - *kfb, k2, repeat from * to end (12)<br />
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Rnd 3 - *kfb, k3, repeat from * to end (15)<br />
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Rnd 4 - *kfb, k4, repeat from * to end (18)<br />
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Rnd 5- k<br />
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Rnd 6 - k<br />
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<b><i>(see **Note at bottom of pattern)</i></b><br />
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- change to dark brown yarn (I tie the two yarns together in a knot and tuck the ends inside the acorn rather than weaving in ends)<br />
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Rnd 7 - k<br />
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Rnd 8 - *p4, p2tog, repeat from * to end (15)<br />
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Rnd 9 - *p3, p2tog, repeat from * to end (12)<br />
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Rnd 10 - *p2, p2tog, repeat from * to end (9)<br />
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Rnd 11 - *p1, p2tog, repeat from * to end (6)<br />
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- stuff with fibre fill or scrap yarn ... make sure the yarn ends are tucked in at this point as well<br />
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Rnd 12 - *p2tog, repeat from * to end (3)<br />
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Rnd 13 - place all 3 sts onto one DPN<br />
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- p2tog, p1 (2)<br />
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- knit 2 rows of I-cord<br />
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- cut yarn, and thread it back down through the I-cord<br />
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<b><i>**Note: I have knit many of these acorns trying to adjust them to look like a proper acorn, and decided this pattern worked out pretty well. If you want to make the acorn a bit longer, add another row of plain knitting after Round 6. If you want the acorn less plump, eliminate a round of increases in the lower part of the acorn, and then adjust the cap by purling one less stitch each round. If you have questions, leave a comment. </i></b></div>
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Needles: set of 4 DPNs (I used size 2.5 mm or US 2)</div>
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Yarn: Scraps ... I used some acrylic from Christmas crafts ... white with a thread of silver twisted through it. No label on it, but not quite as thick as worsted and not as thin as sock (helpful, right?!)</div>
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Gauge: not necessary; use the needles that suit the yarn</div>
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Cast on 3 sts onto one DPN</div>
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Kfb of each st, using a separate DPN for each st you knit into. You will end up with 2 sts on each of three DPNs (6)</div>
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Join for knitting in the round</div>
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*Kfb, K1, repeat from * to end (9)</div>
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*Kfb, K2, repeat from * to end (12)</div>
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*Kfb, K3, repeat from * to end (15)</div>
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K 10 - 12 rounds,<i> </i>until the piece measures approx. 1.5 inches</div>
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Kfb of every st (30)</div>
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*Kfb, K1, Kfb, K3, Kfb, K3, repeat from * to end (39)</div>
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Bind off and weave in ends</div>
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Use a bit of scrap yarn or embroidery thread for the eyes</div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="font-size: 12.8px;">This ghost had 12 rounds of knitting in the body</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="font-size: 12.8px;">This ghost had 10 rounds of knitting in the body, just a bit shorter/cuter?<br />
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September Violetshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10931133319044031928noreply@blogger.com21tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4062746784364845999.post-43744336894007608612017-11-01T20:07:00.001-04:002017-11-02T08:24:20.899-04:00Along the Waterfront Trail<div style="text-align: justify;">
Couldn't stand to be indoors again today and headed down to the lake to walk along a portion of the Waterfront Trail which runs through my town. Didn't want to be loaded down with the camera, so just took my phone. I snapped photos until the battery died ... a brief 10 minutes after I started on the trail :( Note to self: always charge the phone before going on an outing! It was a grey day today, but the colours on the trees were quite vibrant. There are still a lot of green trees here, but others have turned colour and dropped all their leaves. Seems kind of mixed up this year.</div>
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A nice stand of sumac ... missed the best of that colour as most of the leaves have already fallen.</div>
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The paved path that is the Waterfront Trail.</div>
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Loads of red berries on the smaller trees ...</div>
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Pyrrharctia isabella occurs in the United States and southern Canada.<a class="q _KCd _tWc fl" data-ved="0ahUKEwi08pWq75_XAhUj5YMKHRdMAk4QmhMIwQEwGw" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pyrrharctia_isabella" style="color: #1a0dab; cursor: pointer; white-space: nowrap;">Wikipedia</a></div>
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<span class="_xdb" style="font-weight: bolder;"><a class="fl" data-ved="0ahUKEwi08pWq75_XAhUj5YMKHRdMAk4Q6BMIzwEoADAg" href="https://www.google.ca/search?safe=active&rlz=1C1GGGE___CA516CA517&q=pyrrharctia+isabella+did+you+know&stick=H4sIAAAAAAAAAOPgE-LUz9U3MM-tqLLQkslOttJPzs_Nzc_TL8kvyEy2SivNS0tMLimOz04GAEW8xGMrAAAA&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwi08pWq75_XAhUj5YMKHRdMAk4Q6BMIzwEoADAg" style="color: #1a0dab; cursor: pointer; text-decoration-line: none;">Did you know</a>: </span><span class="_Xbe kno-fv">Isabella tiger moth caterpillars overwinter, surviving freezing weather by producing their own antifreeze, with which their cells are infused.</span><br />
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<span class="_Xbe kno-fv">Pyrrharctia isabella. Pyrrharctia isabella (Isabella tiger moth) can be found in many cold regions, including the Arctic. The banded <b>woolly bear</b> larva emerges from the egg in the fall and overwinters in its <b>caterpillar</b> form, when it freezes solid. ... Once it emerges from its pupa as a moth it has only days to find a mate.</span><br />
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Took the daycare kids for a walk in Thickson Woods today. The morning was a bit crisp, and gosh, it smelled wonderful in the woods! I could have taken them to the library for fireside storytime ... what would you have done if these woods were beckoning you on a nice fall day? I'm kind of tired tonight, so you can add your own commentary to the pile of photos here. Enjoy!</div>
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My son Kevin and his pal Jake completed their 60 km hike along Western Uplands trail in Algonquin Park. Kevin was exhausted when he dragged himself through the door last night. He said they were only cold when they made camp and first thing in the morning before they started walking again. Doesn't sound like he wants to do that again, or maybe if it's for a longer trip (ie. less km/day). I'll bet <i>any </i>portages he encounters on canoe trips now will seem like a breeze in comparison ;) Well done guys!!</div>
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I had a few more photos of the small trail beside the local marsh. Lynde Marsh is right beside a newly developed neighbourhood. The people on the trail that morning were all in a tizzy because of some surprise visitors. These cute little masked fiends were gobbling up all the seeds that people had tossed everywhere. I find it amazing that people don't make the connection between throwing food on the ground and the fact that more than sweet little chickadees are going to be attracted to it. These guys were pretty calm and ignored the people. I still was wary of them being close, but walked by without incident. I was warned numerous times "there are <i>raccoons</i> ahead on the trail!!!". Lots of people were even turning back! Ahhhhhh!!!</div>
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Lots of beautiful blue jays cawing through the woods, mostly up in the high tree tops alerting all forest residents of intruders. One pretty fellow was lured in by the seeds offering a nice photo op. So. Blue! Love these guys and I wish I saw them more often in my own backyard. Remember Sammy Jay in the Thornton Burgess books? My daughter is named Sammy, but she's pretty quiet ;)</div>
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The Canada Geese forever debating ... north? south? Should we stay or should we go now ... There are new signs at the parking lot "Do not feed Geese & Ducks". Not working.<br />
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I think this is a black walnut. I saw walnut shells scattered around the path, and then spied this one caught in the branch. My dad went ape for black walnuts, and he would pickle them. Um ... yuk. They just looked like something dark and dangerous on the basement pantry shelves. Good for a Halloween prop though! (I should have saved some from their house.)</div>
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And wild cucumber casings here and there. These look so cool. We used to have wild cucumbers growing down in our woods. The vines would drape artistically around the trees and shrubs and they produced the neatest looking pods.</div>
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And the "advencha" part of this post is that my son Kevin and his pal Jake (who we have known since he was teeny tiny) have gone north to do a 60 km three-day camping/hiking trip along the Western Uplands trail in Algonquin Park. This is Kevin's first backcountry hiking trip (as opposed to backcountry canoe trips, which he has done). He was a little concerned when Jake told him all the stuff he brought for blisters on their feet. Oh, and the temperature suddenly dropped this afternoon ... I hope they're warm enough when they stop to make camp. Here they are at about 3 or 4 years old. Don't you love those toothy smiles :) When Jake came by this morning he was proudly sporting his handknit headband that the girls at the Portage Store knit this summer ... very cool! Good luck guys!</div>
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A new pattern was used for knitted oak leaves. You can find the pattern <a href="https://www.ravelry.com/patterns/library/woodland-wreath-oak">here </a>if you're interested. I thought they turned out pretty well. I blocked the brown leaves, but the shape was pretty good with the yellow leaves, so I didn't block them. These were all sent out to my card & tea exchange group (as were cards with some rustic lettering I did on the inside ... top photo). </div>
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<span style="text-align: justify;">Although there is an acorn included with the oak leaf pattern, I made this acorn up myself, but I only had time to create one. I'll revisit that little piece and write out a pattern to share.</span></div>
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I made a big turkey dinner even though there were only four of us in attendance. We seem to have a lot of leftovers! My family loves turkey leftovers, and I'll be making a turkey pot pie and turkey soup and turkey stock from the one bird. I also made butternut squash soup! The squash was bit rude looking though, don't you think?! haha</div>
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One thing that was distracting me all weekend long were the beautiful blue blooms of the heavenly blue morning glory. I'm glad these are late summer bloomers, and the fact that it was up in the high 20s (C) on the weekend keeps it going. Every day there are a set of new blooms bursting open, but by the time the sun has been on them for only a few hours, the beautiful blue turns to purple, and the flower is spent. </div>
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Just a short catch-up today. I hope my fellow Canadians had a wonderful weekend with their families. The weather was gorgeous, and here we were sitting around the dinner table in shorts and capris with the patio door wide open and balmy breezes blowing through the house the entire day. </div>
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Last year my son took us up to see the Mowat graveyard on Canoe Lake. It's a very small plot with only a couple of graves. There is an ancient birch tree standing sentinel within the confines of the picket fence all covered in moss and debris from the forest now surrounding it. Last year the branches on the tree were thick and heavy, and it was amazing they were still attached to the tree as their weight looked to be more than the tree itself. One large branch is the first thing you see reaching out to you when you first arrive at the site. </div>
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On the weekend, my husband and I retraced our steps back to the graveyard only to find that o<span style="text-align: justify;">ver the course of winter or spring, one of the large branches gave up the ghost and collapsed onto the forest floor. Not only did the branch break off, it left a massive hole in the trunk of the tree. Someone has cut up the branch to clear it out of the grave site, and you can see the thickness of the branch on the small portion left there. We should have counted the rings! It would be interesting to know how old this tree really is.</span></div>
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Luckily the branch didn't break the large hand carved gravestone directly under it, but the fencing took a beating. T<span style="text-align: justify;">he graveyard birch tree has lost some of its impressive grandeur. The picket fence has lost some of its pickets, and the overall look of the graveyard is taking on more and more of an abandoned look.</span></div>
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There are only two marked graves within the original gravesite. One is of a 21 year old worker who died at the mill in this former lumber mill village. The other is of a small boy. There is also the disputed 'grave' of Tom Thomson just north of the picket fence. A cross was placed here in his memory, but the actual grave is further north in the underbrush. I walked up through the brush a bit, but couldn't see anything that might be the grave. The mosquitoes were <i>terrible</i> here that day, so I wasn't inclined to look too carefully. At the recommendation of the cottagers we met in the summertime, I picked up the book <a href="https://www.amazon.ca/Northern-Light-Enduring-Mystery-Thomson/dp/0307357406">"Northern Lights"</a> by Roy McGregor. He has written an indepth look at Tom Thomson's life and controversial death/burial. Mr McGregor has me convinced that Tom Thomson's body is still buried here in the park on the shores of Canoe Lake where he spent some happy summers, and where he eventually died. People have suddenly placed coins on the cross ... and a tiny black button! There's enough money here now to buy you a Tom Thomson burger at the Portage Store restaurant (if you hurry!).</div>
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Now paddle to the east (right) of these cottages and just around the bend you will see a small low rocky point. This is where you will pull up your canoe. You will see lots of log debris in the water still here from the mill operation beside this rocky point. Apply copious amounts of bug spray now.</div>
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There is a vague path straight past the foundations, but basically head straight up from the lake until you come out to the end of a laneway that is still used by the cottagers. There may be a few cars parked here. Walk out along this lane to a connecting gravel roadway. Turn west (left) at the road and continue walking until you see a path emerge on the right-hand side of the road. We passed two hydro poles alongside the road and the path was just past the second pole. Follow the path into the woods. The underbrush is thick here, and you'll end up with lots of scrapes and scratches if you're in shorts and t-shirts :) The path then comes to a more open grassy area, which can sometimes be quite boggy. When we walked through this time, it was like a lake and we just slogged straight through the ankle deep water. Despite the stifling heat over the last few weeks, this water was really cold, so it must be from a creek or spring. Oh yeah, wear footwear that you don't mind getting wet (flip flops will get sucked off in the bog). Once through the grassy bog, you're in a piney woods that continue for another stretch until you suddenly climb a short steep hill and poof! you're at the gravesite. At this point you will be glad that you have the bug spray on. You may even want to reapply after walking through the springfed waters. Enjoy your visit!</div>
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Just outside the tiny town of Dwight along Hwy 60 in Ontario is Ragged Falls park. There is a very pretty falls that cascades down a chute of dark grey rocks that is quite mesmerizing and well worth visiting if you're driving by. We stopped in here after we hiked Centennial Ridges on Saturday. </div>
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The fall colours aren't that spectacular this year, most likely because the weather has been extremely hot. Even the nights aren't as chilly as they normally are this time of year. Lots of trees were already bare, and there was a lot of brown, rather than the vibrant reds, oranges and yellows.</div>
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My husband and I spent four days up in Algonquin Park again this past weekend. It was <i>so hot!</i> The temperatures here in Ontario have soared up and up the past few weeks, and on the weekend it was 32C (that's without humidex) up in the northern woods. I had really been looking forward to a refreshingly cool fall camping trip, but it seems summer returned for us instead.</div>
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We arrived Friday afternoon and quickly set up our campsite and then went out for a paddle around the lake (Canisbay). It was so still and warm. Although the campground was full, most of the canoe-in sites were vacant. We stopped in at one beside the beaver pond to look for moose ... no luck there, but we did see a few feathered friends.</div>
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These common mergansers were entertaining us for a while ...</div>
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The following day we hiked the Centennial Ridges trail. It got above 31C that day. I''m not sure how hot it was in the middle of the day while we were on the trail, but the truck's thermometer read 31 at around 2:30 when we finished.<i> It.was.hot!!!! </i>But the trail is one of the best in the park. You just can't beat the views. It's a 10.5 km trail with the highest elevation being 170 metres (560 ft) above 'the parking lot' (as written in the trail guide). It goes on to say 'because the trail has several major rises and descents, the total vertical distance you will have to climb during your outing is approximately 360 metres (1,200 ft). The vertical climbs rob you of breath (and a bit of dignity), but the vertical descents rob you of knee cartilage and muscle elasticity! My legs are still sore three days later. Was it worth it? You betcha!</div>
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The trail takes you along one set of cliffs, and then you climb higher to more cliffs above and behind the first set. In the next photo we are at the highest portion and you can see where the previous cliffs are by the tree line in front. </div>
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One interesting thing that is new on the horizon is this tree (sorry I had to crop the photo to a hazy image to show the tree). It's the dark blob that rises above the furthest horizon. Although it's difficult to see in the photos, it was very obvious when looking off the cliff in person. The tree is fake, and there are two that I know of in the park this year. They are cell towers. The trees look ridiculous, and tower well above all the other trees. They are a prominent bluish green that resemble the bad replications of evergreens that were for sale in the seventies for Christmas trees. We now have cell phone reception in the park. Perhaps this makes people on canoe trips more at ease, I don't know. </div>
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There were a few turkey vultures flying along the edge of the cliffs. Some of them were lower than we were :)</div>
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It took us a good five hours to complete the trail. It was a wonderful walk, though, and there weren't too many people crowding the cliff edges as in other years. It's kind of nice when you walk along and see the same people again and again as everyone stops here and there to take in the views before continuing on. Most people are quite friendly and say a few words as you meet again. There were a few dogs along the trail too, and they looked really hot. I hope they all got in for a good swim at the end of their walk. We shamefully left our old dog at home again, but I couldn't help but feel a twinge of regret when we get into the woods with all their mulchy leaf smells.</div>
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My morning glory is gracing us with a few beautiful blue blooms every morning. Such a pretty flower and such an intense blue! </div>
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It's so humid out there again. Wearing sandals with bare feet and walking through the few fallen dried leaves on the sidewalks seems so wrong. I'm ready for some fall weather now please. </div>
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Awhile ago I was looking all over Pinterest for tips on cleaning copper. I have an antique copper sign from my parents' place, which originally came from my Great Aunt's place, which was probably originally purchased by my great grandparents or someone even earlier than that! I just don't know. But it's copper and it looked awful. My parents had this sign for quite some time, and I do remember that it <i>almost</i> gleamed with a nice coppery finish. Unfortunately the house my parents downsized to had some serious damp problems in the basement and a lot of their stuff got mildew and was quite ruined. The sign had got stuck in their basement, and this is what it looked like ...</div>
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Someone on Pinterest suggested an unlikely copper cleaner using ketchup! Well, what the heck! I had some ketchup, so I slathered it all over the sign and let it sit for some time, but not long enough for it to dry out.</div>
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After wiping off the ketchup and washing the sign as best I could (it's mounted on a wooden board so I didn't want to submerse it water), it came out looking like this ...</div>
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Not perfect, and not quite as coppery and shiny as I would have liked, but it's better than it was. At least now I can hang it up somewhere. I like the style of writing ... sort of "arts and crafts" stylized lettering. </div>
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And here are some photos from my garden this afternoon :)</div>
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Everything is fading and browning around the edges despite the fact that the past two weeks have been in the high 20s!! Yesterday and today were quite unbearable with the humidity, and I confess I've been hiding out in the house where we have the airconditioner humming away. I think the a/c has been on more in September than it has been all summer. </div>
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<span style="color: purple;"><i><b>Update</b>: I just finished reading <a href="http://www.cbc.ca/news/entertainment/buckingham-palace-diana-1.4215698">this article</a> about a display at Buckingham Palace showcasing gifts given to Queen Elizabeth. I guess these canoes won't be in that display ;)</i></span><br />
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When my husband and I visited the Canoe Museum in Peterborough earlier this summer, there was an interesting trio of canoes on display. Three canoes that had been gifted to members of the royal family from our Canadian government.</div>
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In the photo below, the three canoes are (from top to bottom), a cedar strip canoe commissioned by then Prime Minister Pierre Trudeau given to Princess Diana and Prince Charles for their wedding in 1981; a cedar strip Peterborough canoe given to Princess Elizabeth and Prince Philip for their wedding in 1947; and a cedar strip canoe made by Walter Walker of Lakefield, Ontario, given to Prince Andrew after his attending Lakefield College in 1977.</div>
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These canoes are gorgeous and real works of art, each one slightly different, but with beautiful details.</div>
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Queen Elizabeth's canoe shows signs of being well used ... which is a good thing! I wonder where they paddled it, and if their children enjoyed some fun times paddling it as well. It was wonderful to see these royal canoes, and I'm not sure if they are at the museum permanently now, or just on loan. I think something about that was mentioned, but I can't quite recall now. </div>
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Former Prime Minister Pierre Trudeau was a great canoe enthusiast, and his favourite canoe is also on display at the museum (for some reason, I didn't get a photo of it!). He also received a buckskin coat from the Maniwaki Chamber of Commerce, made by Mary Commanda. Both Mary and her husband were renowned for their birchbark canoes. </div>
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I'm currently reading another book by Roy MacGregor about canoeing and canoes in Canada. He talks about Pierre Trudeau who was great friends with film maker and canoe enthusiast Bill Mason. It was interesting to read more about these two men after seeing and reading about them at the canoe museum.</div>
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We've been having some absolutely gorgeous weather here in southern Ontario for the month of September! Warm days and cool nights ... perfect combination for excellent fall colours coming to us soon. When we were up north last Monday, many of the trees had started to turn already, and some maple trees had completely turned. We'll be back again for one more fall camping trip very soon ... can't wait!</div>
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Back here at home, things have been going from dull to suddenly stressful in turns. I'll be happy to see the end of estate obligations by the end of this year. The gardening hasn't been as much consolation to me this summer as it has been in the past. I think because we had <i>so much rain</i> all through summer that I didn't feel motivated to get out and keep things in check and move things around like I normally do. Almost everything was left alone.</div>
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Here are a few shots of the flowers blooming out there now ...<br />
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There is a nice patch of turtlehead flowers which I forgot to take photos of. I did move some of these to a new location, and I hope they spread well there. These are a flower that have done really well, and although they spread, it's done slowly over many years. The black-eyed Susans are a favourite of mine and I've transplanted them all over my yard. Love the deep yellow at this time of year, it just looks so cheery! </div>
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I hope things are well wherever you live. My thoughts and prayers go out to all those affected through the recent hurricanes and on-going wild fires out west. My brother tells me that even in Victoria, there is fine ash settling over everything there. These disasters are not something we have ever had to deal with in my area, and seeing all of the damage on the news is incredible. Stay safe.</div>
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While in Algonquin Park we see lots of beautiful plants and sometimes, if we're lucky, a bit of wildlife. Since we're in the canoe so much, many of our photos are taken from the water. I came across these flowers when we pulled the canoe up at "the point" on Lake of Two Rivers for a look around this old home site of a former superintendent of the park.</div>
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There are many restrictions on cottagers in the park with respect to what they can plant in their gardens. They are not to put any non-native plants in their gardens. I'm sure there are lots of people who don't hold to that rule. We had inquired about a cottage while we were there, and one of the things that needed to be dealt with by the new purchaser was to remove a bed of non-native plants alongside the cottage. There is a hike that takes you through a former site of a summer home, and through those woods you can find some bunches of non-native perennials, still blooming happily in the woods after being abandoned from human care for over 40 years.</div>
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Back in the canoe again, we had paddled along a quiet river at the west end of Lake of Two Rivers. My husband calls it "The Boring River" :[ It <i>can </i>get a bit monotonous with the never-ending twists and turns, but it's those turns that I enjoy the most. You never know what could be there ahead of you just around the next bend!</div>
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I mean just look at these sweet little brown ducks ... ducks in a row.</div>
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One of the nicest things about canoeing is that you have an opportunity to see so much more than you would from the shore. After our terrifying paddle in the thunderstorm, my son joked with me that I would never go canoeing again ... unless the water was calm ... unless the water was calm and the day was clear ... unless the water was calm, the day was clear and there wasn't a cloud in the sky!!! He wasn't far off. I wasn't ready to get in the canoe again until a couple of days later when we had <i>this</i> clear, still morning to greet us ...</div>
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I've never seen a seagull land in a tree before.</div>
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We'd been trying periodically through the week to see a moose on Canisbay Lake where we camp. We tried in the evenings. We tried in the mornings. We never did see a moose there like we have in the past. The beaver pond where they like to go was beautiful, but empty of moose.</div>
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On the way out of the river we saw a pair of small hawks hunting together. In previous years I have seen a family of merlins in this same spot. The markings on these two hawks were not <i>quite </i>like a merlin, but I can't see what else they could be. Does anyone else recognize them? Apparently, there are three different colourings for merlins, and I think these are the "taiga" colouring (according to <a href="https://www.allaboutbirds.org/guide/merlin/id">Cornell's ornitholog</a>y website). They may have been immature birds without the heavy streaks on their tummies. They did fly with lots of flapping and not a lot of soaring, as described in this site.</div>
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Out in the open water, a loon decided to follow along with us. Maybe we were disturbing the little fish for him as we paddled along. He didn't seem bothered by us, and we just paddled quietly along. He's so sleek, you can't even tell he is covered in feathers. Often when the loons dive underwater, we just sit in the canoe waiting for them to reappear. It's amazing how far they can swim underwater! Many times we are left adrift waiting and waiting and they'll resurface way across the lake ... I think that's why the loons laugh ;)</div>
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Back in our own campsite I had a wander around behind us in the woods. If I walked far enough back, I could see the river we had paddled down. I found a few tiny plants growing under the shade of the tall deciduous canopy of trees. Tiny red toadstools ...</div>
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Yep, very fresh bear poop! Not a comforting sight when you're one of the first people on the trail! Do you see all those seeds? Be careful where you stop for wild raspberries in the park!! Just before you head into this trail, there is an old airplane landing strip that has been taken over by wild blueberries. There are lots of people picking blueberries there in August. There are also often bears enjoying the blueberries early in the mornings ... ha ha! Oh, and we didn't see any bears on the trail. Good thing because the snack of cheese, kielbasa and crackers were packed on <i>my</i> bike!!</div>
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We visited the art gallery in the park and outside on their lawn I found an old raven. I'm pretty sure this is the same raven I photographed last year over at the Portage Store. He's really scruffy and looks really old, but he's quite tame. I don't normally feed any animals in the park, not even the chipmunks, but I know that this guy eats french fries, so I caved in and shared a cookie with him (I didn't have anything healthy with me at the time). He hopped right over for that and I got a few nice photos of him. I just wish he was in an old craggy pine tree rather than sitting on mown grass.</div>
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When I did the lino cut for my canoe paddle, I wasn't sure I got the proportions right for the raven's beak. Every time I looked at it, it looked more and more like a toucan rather than a raven. I decided to try something with my photos of the raven and a photo of the paddle. I overlay the photo of the raven onto my paddle image. Looks like I got it right ...</div>
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AAaaaaand one last critter ... the moose. We only saw three moose in the park this year. There is a lot of road construction going on in I think three separate spots along Hwy 60. We thought maybe the constant noise was keeping some of them away. These two moose (cow and calf) were the only two we got on film. The other bull moose was running alongside the highway at dusk, and we barely saw him. Thankfully there was a guardrail between us and him, and he ran back into the bush. Boy, moose are <i>fast</i> when they run!!</div>
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<span id="goog_681131959"></span><span id="goog_681131960"></span>And that's it folks. Did I try your patience with too many photos yet again?! Having lots of photos makes a nice record of my holidays for me so apologies if it's a bit much for you to look at. </div>
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Linking up with <a href="http://viewingnaturewitheileen.blogspot.ca/2017/08/saturdays-critters-193.html">Eileen's Saturday Critters</a> today. Thanks for hosting Eileen!</div>
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