mondays ...

a lovely but busy weekend has come to an end ...

it was a great weekend for friends ...

small and tall ...

cherubs were either at sleepovers or had sleepovers ... the house was full of kids who moved through the pantry like a swarm of locusts ... leaving nothing but brownie crumbs and empty chip bags in their wake ...

but it's all good ...

but it couldn't truly be a great weekend without some fiber fun ... friday night began with a meet-up of some of my UW fiber friends ... we enjoyed some Blue C Sushi for dinner and then carried on to a fiber exhibition hosted by former grads of our UW Certificate of Fiber program ...

saturdays ... well ...

saturdays in our household are almost always about soccer ... and this weekend was no exception ... and quite often soccer/autumn in the northwest means layers for warmth and for wet ... but, alas, we have been blessed with the most beautiful fall ... sunny skies and crisp cool air ...

jeff and i had friends in for dinner saturday night ... one of those impromptu events that almost without fail turn out to be the best nights of all ...

the bolognese sauce was simmering in the crock all day long ... it just needed some good friends to truly make it a worthy meal ... so we placed a phone call, put out an extra loaf of crusty bread, added a can of tomatoes to the pasta sauce and presto dinner for 8 rather than 4 ...

now lest it appear that our weekends are all about food ...

we did manage to get in a hike yesterday ... the cherubs were exhausted from their respective busy weekends so we left them home listening to music and playing scrabble ... while we met up with a friend and headed outdoors to hike and take some photos ...

but now, back to reality, the happy valley arts and crafts fair is rapidly approaching ...

and the heartfelt studio should be buzzing with activity ...

scarves and gauntlets, bags and buttons ...

the fiber is flying ...

have a great week ...