Leaf the decorating to me!

Well, I guess my blog friends know that I drive a Nissan Leaf.  When they came out, they actually had a leaf in the logo.  Well, they have removed said leaf. Which annoyed me greatly.  You can't get a Leaf in green, and no leaf in the logo? Poo. 

What to do... 

So, I had a leaf charm that was a necklace piece.  That is hanging from my mirror.  But with autumn, I keep picking up leaves, and putting them on the dashboard.  And these cars have a fairly substantial dash board!  So, I have some maples, an oak, an apple leaf, and one that I am still trying to figure out what is.  I also want to put one of my bamboo leaves in, but haven't done so yet. 

But, while they are nice, they don't last a long time.  They are more or less built to disintegrate, and as I use the vents, they dry out, and occasionally get blown on the floor... Leading to leaf bits, as I usually don't notice until they end up being crunched underfoot... Ooops...

And green leaves, just don't seem to do well... They either fade and go away, or in one case, left a gooey bit of a mess.  Just not what I had in mind.

So I remembered I have a pattern for a knitted oak leaf.  I stared looking on line.  There are both knitted and crocheted leaves, and I do both crafts.  I have oodles of color threads, greens, variegated, fall colors, so I could make a whole forest of colors, and types of tree leaves. 

This will have to be a January project, however.  Right now, I am working on at least 3 different projects for Christmas gifts, so I have to get those finished, then I can switch to 'selfish knitting' for a bit. 

Which, of course, gives me more time to find leaf patterns to print out, and get put in a folder to knit/crochet!

And be-leaf me, I think this will be a fun project!!! I will tree-t it with respect!!! 

(Ducking and hiding from PUN ishment...)  😆

Halloweenie stuff...

Well, a very quiet Halloween.  The ones I expected, showed up early, and so it was a race to put my costume on, so I could greet them at the door. 

I was a black cat, a hoodie with kitty ears, black fingertip gloves, long(er) fingernails*, black pants and shoes. 

I greet the little guy at the door, he just started kindergarten this year.  First thought, Bummer, his older sibling isn't along.  Second, I am trying not to crack up at the dumbfounded look little one has, he is dressed as a Dalmatian dog.  He finally came to the door, and bless him, holds out his bag and says "THANK YOU!" 

That's when I did finally crack up.  We managed to get "Trick or Treat!" figured out, and I gave him his bundle.  I have so few kids, the ones who do show usually get a haul.

We turned on all the lights, I even waved at a few people from the window.  No others showed.  I really kind of miss having kids come to the house.  Even the next door neighbor boy didn't show.   I keep sniffing to see if I have bad  breath or pit odor...eep!

As for the pumpkins...

I thought, well, if I am going to decorate, guess I should haul the two pumpkins from the pod.  I had them in there to be cool and dark.  This was a good idea, in theory.

I opened the pod door to find my white pumpkins were now banana yellow.  Not white, not orange. Yellow.  Odd...

So, I might put them out for Thanksgiving decorations,  or just seed save. 

But they do look... Different.  Almost iridescent, and banana yellow. 

But, on the bright side, this is November 5th, and I have NO TOYS on the counter!!!

May the go reside in whatever circle of Hades they came from... ; )




* I had probably no more than about a quarter inch or so longer than normal.  This doesn't sound like much, but as thin and wimpy as my fingernails are, it made a very strained month or so, trying to keep them from breaking off.  I guess I should try fake fingernails some time.  Can't be worse than continually catching my nails and bending them backward when feeding or gardening, or sweating them breaking off... Sigh...