season of mists and mellow knitting ideas
1 Comments Published by writer*girl on Monday, September 25, 2006 at 11:34 AM.
I only discovered last year that autumn is officially September 21st and I feel glad that this year I have marked the turning of the seasons with suitably seasonal festivities. It’s not yet truly cold here, nor have I yet felt that Autumnal crispness in the air, but I know it’s coming.
Saturday was the local 'Désalpes' festival, where herds of cows and sheep are brought down from the mountains to be kept warm on farms for the winter. We went to the village of Charmey, near Gruyere in the Swiss region known as the Valais for our fill of Swiss folkiness.
The animals are decorated with bells and flowers, villagers dress up in traditional dress, markets are set up stalls selling cream, cheese and crafts and we also witnessed an Alpen horn concert, folk-singing, cow-bell ringing and flag-throwing displays.
Sunday was spent with the Geneva stitch 'n bitchers as we gathered at a friend's house for the day with a pot luck lunch and time to properly advance with current WIPs. Being on the last leg of my daughter's jumper, I'm looking around for new projects for the autumn and for Christmas. Tomorrow I'll post some mouth-watering ideas from Rowan.
I’m seriously trying to give up smoking (again) and dragged myself out of bed this morning at 6.30 to start a new yoga class. I’m hoping that if I go every morning (7-8), the big focus on breathing and stretching is going to gradually not make me want to reach for the fags anymore.
Best of luck on trying to quit smoking. I stopped smoking almost 3 years ago and yes, I still miss it. I have moments where I could bond with the Marlboro Man in an instant, so you could that every day I'm trying to quit.