Trip to the Tree Farm

Yesterday was a beautiful but chilly day to be outside.  For hours in the morning the tiny tiny mushrooms had tiny tiny ice crystals.

And the rose hips glowed in the sunshine

And it was a great day to go to the tree farm to get our Christmas tree.

The girl likes the little ones.

But the one we took home was a more average size; it's all bedecked now and I'm sure you'll all see it eventually.  

 It's easy to forget to enjoy the view since the horizon is so often hidden by clouds, but it was a gorgeous gem of a day and the mountains were out in full view.     

What, you can't see them?  Look over there:

Which reminds me, I need to get back to that Chatelaine Designs project.

Mushroom study

A wide variety of fungi have popped up in our field over the past week.

Decided to take a little time today to see if I could capture essence of mushroom with simple cotton perle thread and a handful of small stitches.

Not sure if all of them were fully successful, but it was fun to try.  Which do you like best?