stash of colour for winter

Boy oh boy what a crazy interval.

Reports done, 2 corrections - not bad really. My treat was some yarn and pattern book from Stash, which is now shaping up to be Hun from Lopi 28. At first it felt very scratchy to me, never having used pure wool before. However, it is softening and holds onto itself really well in the colourwork areas. I have changed the colour since I need to take some of the colour from the summer with me into winter!

The seeds the Smalls planted are now beginning to flower, so to catch up: a rainbow from the garden to look back on in the cold grey days of winter:

I am also struggling with light-itis! Having moved from the flat to a south facing house in an area devoid of light pollution I am acclimatising to vitamin d overload. The blackout linings have gone up on the Smalls windows as well as blinds and curtains. This was our garden at 10pm last night!!This is about as dark as it gets at the moment. No wonder I don't hear the birds so much, they must be exhausted - just as they sing themselves to sleep they are singing themselves awake again!!

BTW the caterpillars have all survived and are now chrysalises, hopefully we will have butterflies before the end of term.