It's genuinely starting to experience similar autumn here. Yesterday I went out fairly early on to produce total the plane feeders as well as direct hold a picayune walk around the yard. Most of the trees are but straightaway firstly to alter color. The star of the exhibit is the maple tree at the far goal of the field. We planted it far away therefore that it could drib its leaves amongst wild abandon as well as nosotros wouldn't experience a demand to rake them up. I've been taking pictures of it from far away, but yesterday I walked downwards a picayune closer.
Probably I waited a picayune every bit good long to larn a ameliorate moving painting of the tree because it's already dropped a pregnant reveal of its leaves. Standing on the far side amongst the Sun shining through the leaves that remain, it looks similar this.
Standing in that place had me wondering what nosotros were doing this fourth dimension final year. And, non to worry, because I direct hold a weblog I tin lavatory cheque to see. I hadn't genuinely blogged on Oct 4th, but on Oct 3rd, nosotros were traveling through 3 states as well as visiting 3 friends. We'd taken the advice of many of y'all as well as driven through Letchworth State Park. We were alone but firstly to reckon the leaves changing there. While inward the park, I took this photo:
Shortly later on that, nosotros met upwardly amongst my friend Sarah from Sarah Did It.
Sarah is a volunteer EMT, as well as she gave us a tour of the firehouse there. This was 1 of Mike's favorite parts of the trip.
We were on our way to reckon my Oregon pal, Pat from Amity Quilter. Pat used to alive inward Oregon, but moved to New York several years ago.
The adjacent day, nosotros met upwardly amongst my friend Sharon from Vroomans Quilts. It was pure please to run across Sharon as well as her mom.
It was a fun yoke of days. But, ahem...getting dorsum to 2018, I had a yoke of guardian kitties out amongst me inward my walkabout. This adjacent prototype is a tale of two tails....one short, 1 long.
Watching them had me thinking almost that one-time Dionne Warwick song:
If y'all reckon me walking downwards the street
And I start to proper name each fourth dimension nosotros meet
Walk on by, walk on yesteryear ...
Smitty would similar to serenade Molly someday. He's a real proficient singer, as well as he's an first-class guitar player. Do y'all dubiousness me?
So earlier I went exterior yesterday, I filled the firstly hoop for Heart & Home. These are pocket-sized blocks, as well as therefore filling the firstly hoop agency I'm almost halfway finished.
Now it's laid upwardly for the adjacent round.
There was 1 housekeeping undertaking to do, as well as therefore I got busy amongst the handbag ladies. It was pretty quick to sew together the firstly row together.
By luncheon time, I had the minute row sewn together.
After lunch, I sewed the firstly 2 rows together.
Then I got to run on the tertiary row.
By the fourth dimension I finished yesterday, I had 3 rows sewn together.
There are but 3 to a greater extent than handbag ladies, as well as therefore the quilt take in volition hold upwardly finished. After that, I'll hold upwardly sewing 3 borders. It's possible I tin lavatory direct hold the exceed finished today, but that volition require patience as well as persistence. It tin lavatory larn pretty tiresome sewing all those borders. We'll but see, won't we?
There is 1 housekeeping undertaking to complete today, but aside from that, it's going to hold upwardly an NBS day. I mightiness wearable my daytime jammies today.