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Who Knows These Berries

So, this morning we took the camera and headed to the berries spot on our ravine walkway and now I need your help.

Jocelyn? anyone?  do you know these berries?

Lovely little berries on the bush

Lovely little berries on the bush

At first we had this:

At first we didn't fine many ripe ones

At first we didn't find many ripe ones

But as we went along the walkway and paid close attention to both sides, we found:

What do you think of our plate?

What do you think of our plate?

and also this:

Berales are all over the ravine these days

Berales* are all over the ravine these days


We ended up with this:

Quite a few berries and on such lovely plates!

Quite a few berries and on such lovely plates!

There are quite a few red ones still on the bushes out there. The question of course is who will get to them first when they are all ripe and ready to eat. Please cross your fingers for us when you are not knitting!

And the no photos knitting continues, I am almost at the toes of the first sock of the second pair! they sure go fast with a heavier yarn.

* Berale – a nickname of a snail in Hebrew, based on a children book.

Hmmm,,,, Wild Berries,,,, My Latest Passion

We just returned from our “morning” walk (Joe worked almost until the real morning and thus slept until almost noon).

Along our way we found some lovely wild berries, we don’t know if they are wild black berries or wild black raspberries. But they are very yummy whatever they are!

I followed Joe’s instructions: filled my palm with the darkest ones we could find and pop all of them into my mouth, OH what a lovely taste, pure delight!

Unfortunately, we didn’t have the camera, I promise to take a photo soon.

And the knitting continue. Last night I finished the first Noro sock pair and started a second one right away.  The sweater is about 2/3 of a sleeve and a little body length away from completion too. Photos of those, soon too after the 26th (I forgot they are kind of a secret present, will explain).

Delight

I love the weather in Toronto.
I think I was brought here just so there will be at least one person in the whole big city, happy with the gray, rainy weather at the end of June!

We  still use our down comforter – what a delight!
Yes, I know I am weird, what can I say, I always like different things than most people.

At least my Mexican Chickens share my delight:

What is all this green stuff all over this place?

So much rain, in June? and what is all this green stuff every where?

We bought these chickens in Nogales, Mexico – the closest Mexican town to Phoenix, Arizona. Unfortunately,  I can’t find any description of this type of pottery on the internet, probably because I don’t know its proper name, I am sorry about that. They are made of some kind of stone and are quite heavy with bright colorful painted decorations. You can find different animals in all different shapes and sizes.

And the knitting continues, it is just that all my current projects are not in a very photogenic stage right now.

Happy Canada Day