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Countdown to Autumn 20 Days

 


This morning when I woke it was like a new thought (which of course it wasn't) but the feeling was all the same though.........

There are twenty days remaining until the beginning of fall, which is marked by the autumnal equinox and falls on September 22, 2024. This is calculated from today's date, which is September 2, 2024. This fall lasts 88 days and ends on December 20, 2024.

Autumn arrives this month..... WHAT!!   I want to start preparing. You see here in Oklahoma we will have to wait till next month for those cooler days. September is a transition month. Today what we are feeling outside is a little of what to expect by the end of month. Very pleasant temperature with no humidity.... LOVING IT.

But it won't last, we'll have days of summer and than days of pre-autumn.

Anyway for me, I seem to be envelop in being ready to fully enjoy Autumn, with mindfulness.

My thought is to slowly prepare these next few weeks (which I will share more as clarify my intentions).

I know at this moments I want to do a deep fall cleaning around the house.

Planning activities when October is here.

Decorating towards the end of the month

This is just right now ideas. I'm also thinking of crafting ideas, cooking, etc.

me thinking of so many ideas, hard to hold it all in.


There is one WIP I meant to share yesterday that I forgot about.

That is the temperature blanket I started this year.  

If you haven't heard of this over the past years, it's where you have a color of yarn that represents the years range of temperature. So each day of the year is represented, whether it is either crochet, knitted or even made into a quilt.

I decide to use yarn from the collection National Parks made by Lion Brand as my colors. An acrylic yarn so it will be a very usable blanket.


the chart I made so I can easily find the yarn for that temperature.


I was good at taking pictures the first couple of months 


January


February


March


April


And as of yesterday May and June finished and I'm working on July, catching up.




I'm using just a single crochet for all of this.
Do not remember how many stitches I chained in the beginning.

I am going to try hard to get all caught up by October.

I'll keep you posted.

Till next time.....soon















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  1. JulieroseSeptember 2, 2024 at 4:48 PM

    Neat temperature blanket--love those colorways--nice work hugs, Julierose

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  2. KateSeptember 3, 2024 at 8:57 AM

    You are so right, it's September in Oklahoma is really "pre-autumn". We won't see cooler weather till October. At least, we are getting a break from the high heat indexes and warnings we had most of August. Your temperature blanket is looking good. Fingers crossed you can get caught up this month.

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