The Leaf-Peepers, the Knitter, and Me The title of this section is a riff on a Muppet song, “Rainbow Connection.” You can listen to it here This past weekend, my spouse and I went to a festival where there was a ton of yarn, some sheep, some herding dogs (mostly border collies) and lots of leaves turning color for the autumn. It was a wonderful trip, and I encountered many people I would have never met. It was also a hard trip for me because I couldn’t see the changing of the leaves. Everything looked either faded green or brown to my visually impaired eyes. I miss seeing color, but I did get to see some, as my spouse took pictures of my guide dog sitting in a meadow of leaves. With my dog for comparison, ...