Without further ado, the Owl That Went To Portland (on
time!):

My Mother loved it! 
And has asked me to knit her a hat too! 
(actually, she hinted around until I offered)  She wants one like the hat Sarah knit for
Gwen (my parents have a photo of her in it). 
And when I asked about colors, Mother said she liked the bright colors
of Gwen’s hat!  Fuschia — with accents
of pink and melon and few other fun colors. 
So, Sarah and I went yarn shopping, of course.  We found a beautiful raspberry
wool/cashmere/silk blend (Cashsilk  from
Laines du Nord) for the main color and a zesty accent yarn – gray with shiny
bands of raspberry and various shades of orange (Nashua Daylily).  Sophisticated!

It is nearly Halloween – which means we are busting out
costumes!  Chess Pieces (Black king and
queen, White king and queen) – oh, there is
pleather involved!  And Max’s promised
wolf suit (ala Where The Wild Things Are).  I am knitting and crocheting masks from
StitchDiva’s pattern for the adult costumes.

Since it is the week before Halloween, we are also plotting
the Holidays.  So, our conversations run
something like:

What should we do for all the cousins for Christmas and who
is picking Sasha up form the airport the day before Thanksgiving?

I don’t know, but maybe Jeff and what are we doing for
Christmas cards and is this tail wolf-y enough?

Probably.  I ordered
some and please hack me off another piece of that pleather, but what are we
going to do for all the cousins for Christmas?