For my brother and I, The Garden Song (Or inch by inch, row by row) sung by Arlo Guthrie and Pete Seeger was the song of summer. While it blared out of the cassette player in our mom's navy blue Ford Fiesta, we sang. The windows were rolled down. The snacks were packed and we were likely headed to the beach where we spent many days floating around atop an inflatable crocodile, Johnny.
The tune is still so good. Have you heard it? If you don't already own it, please go and download it this minute. There is such hope and humor in Arlo Guthrie's voice, the variety of which I have never heard anywhere since. Your kids will love it, you will love it. Go and get it. You won't be sorry:)
Transition, for us, is the song of the season. Both of the kids seem so old suddenly. The season itself will change with the solstice on Saturday. And as usual things are just moving way to fast.
In a vain attempt to hold a bit of the good times in my stitching hands, I have been hand sewing and knitting like crazy. Stitching outside last week touched off a nerve in me and somehow Miss Dandelion Doe is simply springing off of the needles. You can see a sneak peak of her in her polka dot dress and leather bootie on my instagram feed.
After completing my Feather Sweater, I was having a bit of trouble deciding on what to begin next. I have worn the Feather Sweater so much that I decided to stick with Joji. I cast on her Seacoast and so far, so good. It is, apparently, a very quick knit - making it a good summer project to drag along to the beach (where there are no black flies).
I'm joining Small Things readers to yarnalong today so here is a peek at the Seacoast and at what I've been reading.
Shantaram is my favorite book. Its audio version is more than 40 hours long and I have listened to it several times. It was first recommened to me years ago. And I have never encountered a book that better captured my attention. It is an autobiographical epic about an Australian man who escaped prison and fled to Bombay where he meets philosophers, mafia thugs, slum dwellers, human traffickers and other dark business-doers. My husband and I both have enjoyed it several times over and recommend it to anyone who will listen.
And because, like knitting projects, I like to have several books going at the same time, I have also been reading Beyond the Beautiful Forevers and NW.
What are you working on during these fleeting summer days?
