Hissing and Strolling

Design - "Hiss"

Chart - "Eek Boo Hiss" #144

Designer - Lizzie Kate

Fabric - 30 count WDW Chestnut linen

Fibers - GAST & WDW - 2 strands over 2 threads

Started - 28 October 2011

Completed - 31 October 2011

This is a different 'look' for Lizzie Kate - the more primitive style reminds me of some Birds of a Feather charts.  The Cat Family is pleased with this stitch - they gave it 'Two Paws Up', but only after we watched a 2 minute "Puss in Boots" movie trailer on Youtube! Who is in charge here anyway?

 

Parvati is the Champion Hisser - totally without equal!  When she gets really riled-up she sounds like a snake.  I've always wondered if she speaks Parseltongue as well as Cat-tonese.   

And here it is November already. We've had a couple of days without rain, so let's go see what's up in the Great Outdoors.  Photos are a wonderful form of communication, but I wish I could share sounds and smells. Yesterday was sunny and brisk.  The sun was low on the horizon, and its rays diffused and weak. 

The air smelled cold and clean and of wet Oak leaves.  I can't pretend that it's September any longer!

The first walk of November seemed to me to be about "Little Things".

Lichen, and Mosses, and Mushrooms, and Leaves. 

Oak Leaves 

Even though Winter is fast arriving, there is new green growth amongst the leaves and debris.

This time of year, Mushrooms spring up almost over night.

And mosses flourish in this weather...

This is Lungwort Lichen.  It's found on trees in humid forests. 

More mushrooms...

There is beauty in a decaying leaf.

And while this may look like a shot of the forest floor, it is actually a large flat boulder.  The rock top has accumulated enough soil and duff that it now supports a mini-ecosystem of wild strawberries, and moss, and lichens, and ferns.  Quite lovely.