Cooler nights....

bring all kinds of interesting thoughts into play....

I think fall is coming. Though this summer has been strange where weather is concerned with more than normal rain and cooler temps. Our nights are now consistently in the low 50's and though our days are still warm..... I'm finally ready for a change. So perhaps this is all wishful thinking on my part?

Fall days mean bundling up for rides watching the changing of the leaves and having them fall around you as you travel down a mountain road, feeling the cooler temps on your face and smelling the clean wonderful fragrances all around you. You know that your an intimate part of it all.

Sending the kids off, to school or play, all snuggled up in their sweaters, hats and scarves. Giving them a hug before they go and feeling them in your arms all warm and safe.

I really do love this time of year!

My knitting "focus" has returned and I've begun working on my cashmere socks again.

I also have the desire to do a couple of sweaters. Me thinks Olivia and Jolie may be the recipients of those. Do I still have a quickie pattern that could be fun to do?

(This IS where cashmere comes from! Cute isn't he...)

Since my Blog is called, "Coffee, Cycles, Kids and More" and coffee is such an integral part of my every day life I thought it was about time that I included it in a post.
Coffee stops are becoming or have become a habit or better yet the culmination of nice rides. There's nothing nicer than a warm drink in your belly (and perhaps a nice pastry or slice of cheesecake on occasion) to send you riding home with.

We've discovered many new coffee shops and Starbucks, for us, have become passe. We stop at all the local small coffee shops for really unique experiences. One of our favourite stops is Pikes Perk on North Academy which on occasion has live music.

I think I'll start taking the camera with me for photo op's at the different locations that we relax at.

A chilly afternoon with a good friend...

Karen was able to get away yesterday afternoon and I picked her up on the bike and we quickly rode back to the house to get David. He wasn't up for a ride so Karen jumped on his bike and we were off for a quick ride in the nice 70* weather.

Clouds started rolling in, the temp dropped and we found ourselves on Powers Blvd (across town) starting to get chilled. Burrrr. So we decided to head towards the house to warm up. The minute we turned to climp the hill to the house the sun popped out, the temps climbed up to reasonable and we decided to stay on the west side of I-25 to do the remaider of our riding. Not exactly what we would have liked, but definitely better than nothing, in my opinion. I guess we stayed out another 20 min's and once again the temps started dropping, legitimately for the evening this time.

We arrived at the house just in time to grab a cup of joe and warm the rest of the way up by cooking dinner. After finishing the coffee we started on dinner which consisted of trying some new mini pastas that we thought the kids would enjoy. They did! The adults didn't so much. Oh well, I never claimed to be a great cook. Karen and I enjoyed a glass of Pinot Grigio which I suspect was the best part of the meal. ;-) Though Kristina's salad was very good.

Soon it was time to drop Karen off at the USOC and head home to do some knitting. I, with all my knitting needles, didn't have a particular size that I needed to start another project. So earlier when I first picked Karen up I headed over to the Knitters Kove to pick up the required size. This project is a scarf of Baby Alpaca. I can't wait to wear it this year.