I do hear you about the annoyance of starting all holidays about 3 months early!!! Here in the US, Halloween candy is in our grocery stores at the end of August. UGH! And since our Columbus Day and Thanksgiving have been found to be historically frowned upon, we buy Turkey anything and put out some canned cranberry sauce and call that good. Double Ugh! My way of dealing with the current hellish time in my beloved country is to remind myself of what and who I like. And you have named a few I enjoy this time of the year. Big Cary Grant fan. In fact my cat, a handsome young tuxedo kitty is named Mr. Cary Grant, but you can call him Cary. And The Bishops Wife is a favorite, too. Thank you for including the link to the hat pattern with wonderful video’s. Knitting is another way to stay sane. Love your skirt and pockets! Your Misc. post is perfect! :-)