The 24-Hour Drop

Our high today should be 86º. It's hot, sunny, and a bit muggy outside, although a breeze keeps real stickiness at bay. However ... the forecast for this afternoon is rain, and more rain, and tomorrow's high? 69º!! What a drop!
During a morning doggie walk, I collected leaves, red, yellow, brown.

 My large fern continues, a lush green.

 I bought a new plastic autumn platter at the Dollar Tree - what a deal! We eat lots of apples these days, on our diet. Adam has now lost 43 pounds since June 1. I've lost 6 pounds in the past couple of weeks.

 Beau, alert by the front door. He loves going outside. What doggie doesn't?

 I failed to share these two pics last week -- the pink sky. We get this ethereal combination of pale gray/blue and bright baby pink fairly often.

 Reflections in Pink ~

Does anybody know which wooly creature this is? We have many of them this year. This fellow has chosen my mum as his spot. I hope he doesn't eat it!

 That mum's color is very like this yarn -- Vanna's Choice, color "Brick." I'm using it to make Julia a scarf/smitten set.

 I found this gold yarn (well, it's really thread, it's so thin) at Hobby Lobby. It holds quite a bit -- 429 yds., for $5. It's too thin to use on its own, but it makes a perfect accent yarn when combined with another yarn. Gold is a warm accent, so ...

 I'm incorporating it into Julia's scarf. She really likes it. There's just a hint of pattern in there, every few rows, and the gold is every 3rd row, I think. All double crochet.

We're crocheting our way into autumn, and hopefully tomorrow's temperature shift will put us in the mood :)