The Quest

We heard tell that fall was coming on strong, and we decided to head out on a quest to find if this could be true.  The temperatures have been very comfortable and, actually, quite delightful, with just a bit of coolness to the air in the mornings.  It, however, hasn't been cool enough to wear any  extra cover. Then Sunday morning, while we had our breakfast snack (in bed) we heard it was 45 degrees at our favorite place. Now, that is just nippy enough for a jacket and we decided to start our quest for fall at Silver Fork Lodge...which has the best breakfast in the West.  We dressed, grab that extra layer and headed up the canyon.

I did wear a jacket while enjoying our repast on the deck, but Smith found the temps just fine. It certainly wasn't as cold as had been reported an hour earlier.  We also found our tiny feathered friends were still battling each other at the feeders.  We heard tell that the humming birds had already started their flight to the South, prophesying an early winter.  That report was patently false.  After breakfast we took our usual Sunday stroll around Silver Lake.  We searched the mountain peaks for signs of color and found everything still gloriously green.  Summer is still alive and well along the Wastach Front.

It was warm enough to wear just a T-shirt and I wore my new favorite 'T' purchased from Cari’s Café Press Store.  She sketched this self portrait awhile ago and has it available on several items.  This shirt fits so well and I love the color (pink is MY new black).  It seemed a fitting way to show off  my newest knit, Sally Melville's Gauntlet from The Purl Stitch (click for a bigger picture).

Near Brighton, there is a backroad you can take over the mountains to the 'back' of the Wasatch and we headed up and over to Midway, Utah. If there was color to be seen, this was the spot.  We drove for miles and saw green everywhere until we were almost out of the canyon. There it was, on the mountain, just a hint of color, oranges and reds, tinting the leaves of the gambol oak, and a feild of yellow flowers at its foot, to make the picture perfect.  We knew it was coming, it's unavoidable, and, hopefully it will be a long, colorful and glorious fall.

Today is the last day for my Ebay auction for  Oliver. (There are several items.)  He had a birthday yesterday!! What a darling little boy he is and we hope to make his life a little better.

Comments

[marti]

I really enjoy the photos of your landscapes. thank you for mixing them into your knitting !

[eyeleen]

great looking gaunlet, only a few weeks more and we'll be needing them to keep warm.

[Kathleen]

Sounds like a wonderful weekend. Lovely pictures--as always. :) And cool gauntlet. I have to get back to pulsewarmers!!

[Cheryl]

Fall seems to have come a little earlier than usual here in New England. The big tree at the foot of my driveway is already shedding its leaves! I can only hope this means we'll have a longer Indian Summer.

[Norma]

Love the gauntlet and the hummer pic. Yes, it is cooling down around here, too, and it's pretty welcome, I must say. Mmmm, those mountains....so gorgeous.

[Teri]

The Gauntlet is fantastic. If that's what Koigu does, I'm definitely getting some!

[Lee Ann]

The Gauntlet looks great! Sigh, you went on a quest for fall...we, uh, DON'T do that here. We savor every blessed degree above zero that we have, because before you know it, we'll be up to our eyeballs in snow for six months :-)

[Cara]

Sounds like a nice relaxing weekend! Thanks for sharing.

[Liz]

The garden is telling me that fall is coming on soon...the onions are dying back, and the beans turning yellow. It seems so soon, but in a way, I'm ready for it. September and October are busy times for outside projects because there are NO BUGS!!

Great gauntlet!

[regina]

Those photos are glorious (esp. the one of the hummingbird).

The gauntlet is fab! Beautiful colorway.

[Beth S.]

LOVE the gauntlet! Wow... you are going to have very toasty arms this winter. :-)

Did that take a whole skein of Koigu?

[cari]

Hey! Nice t-shirt!

[Lisa in Oregon]

I've been lusting after those gauntlets since I first got that book two years ago....not to mention the koigu! One of these days...

[Lolly]

i like your gauntlet a lot. i can't wait till i can use some instead of this heat that we have now!
lovely pics, Margene!

[Felicia from sweetgeorgia]

Hi Margene! I always read your posts but don't always comment -- but that first landscape shot -- OMG, it's just beautiful! I had to stop and say it! =)

[Colette]

Love the gauntlet! Does this mean I should bring a jacket and long sleeves for the next 2 weeks? Thanks for the link to Silver Fork Lodge - We are going to try to make it there before we leave!

[Michelle]

Lovely pictures, there are always so beautiful. The gauntlet looks great. Koigu I see is a nice yarn I am going to have to try some!

[Rebekah]

What kind of camera do you use, your pictures are always so devine.

Guess what, Abner is coming home! In fact my husband picked him up a little while ago. Thanks again for your kind thoughts.

[Laurie]

The gauntlet is beautiful...especially with that yarn. I miss the mountains when I see your pictures. I love the panoramas.

[sandy]

WHOOHOO! Fall is welcomed here! Should I make a sign?
:)

[Michele]

Love the gauntlet! Love the pictures...sounds like you had a wonderful day!

[Jenny in NC]

Gorgeous pictures, excellent gauntlet! You always manage to get so much done - amazing! Wait, you mean there are places where fall comes before late October? ;-) We'll be mowing the grass for months yet. Enjoy your gorgeous weather!

[Jane]

Love the gauntlet, and the photos are beautiful, especially the lake.

[DeanB]

Where are those roads into the mountains? We fly to SLC most summers on our way to visit my mom in Pocatello. I love the drive north on I-15 with the Wasatch Front on my right. I'd like to know some of the places off to the side (but how to find the time when my mom is eager to see us?)

[Joan in Reno]

I love that photo of Silver Lake. It would make a beautiful painting. And I would love to go there.

[ck]

Gorgeous pictures!