Monday 13th October - sunshine

 This was yesterday afternoon;

I was sitting on a bench strategically placed to catch the late afternoon sun through Autumn and Spring. A tea tray, and my Winter knitting,  the colours chosen to 'zing' on sunny days and brighten dull days.

The sun was shining on these Fatsia buds; 

They have grown enormous since I posted a photograph a week or so ago. You can just see my hand holding a leaf out of the way. The first year we had the fatsia we thought it was just a sort of statement foliage plant; when the buds started appearing that autumn  we were totally surprised. 

Then they started doing this...

An on-going saga...

Here's the knitting again. As I was measuring it, I looked more closely at the colours. They all make my heart sing!

I finished the back this evening. It didn't take long. Now for the fronts.