I'm a winter knitter or at least
a wait-til-fall knitter. Somehow in the summertime I never have any urge
whatsoever to push needles through yarn. Warning: this is a bloggy-post blog-post, so
please excuse me...
I am noticing something
is changing in the air—an autumn presence— you can smell it and feel
it. It's one of those sort of days with wind in the trees, leaves rustling, clouds collecting high in the still-blue sky. I'm so
excited, summer’s been way too warm. Even in the northwest I feel like I'm continually fighting summers. Yesterday I took the kids to the park... 
These kind of
outings remind me of when the kids were little, when we were always altogether, always at
the parks, and I was always making something on a blanket on the grass... 
Over the years my projects have become so much
bigger; house restoration, food-truck start up, books... I feel nostalgia for the simple hat, a
little doll and the oh so many attempts to make socks; they never came out
as I wanted them to. I guess I'm just not a sock maker. I always marvel at all
the people who knit these beautiful socks in beautiful colors with beautiful
stripes. For me, somehow, I just never got the knack. It's probably impatience on
my part, I hate patterns! I can't pause my mind long enough to want to read the
small print with such specific guidelines... 
But summer is not done. Proof is in the tomatoes and zucchini still so abundant...
Hope everyone is having a wonderful end to August!
Cheers~ Marica
Roasted Tomato Recipe
In a glass baking dish pour a splash of olive oil and then fill with sliced tomatoes, garlic and zucchini. Splash with more olive oil and then sprinkle with salt, black pepper and smoked paprika.
Bake at 400 degrees for about 20-25 minutes.
