october days

the weather today was lovely and mild - even though rain was expected - but we are still managing to think about the coming cold.

Eily snipping stalks from the thyme patch.

preserving celery and white beans
and trying out the winter coat. i found it at the thrift store and discovered it had a few rips along the seams where the polyester stuffing was coming out (like that's gonna keep a kid warm). so i fortified it by adding alomst 100g of carded wool and now it's divinely poofy and warm.