Blue Grannies

Really dark aren't they?

Well, this month the color was dark blue!

I've managed to mostly stay caught up on these this year.

Amazing!

After camping

I took Ceili (my little 23' camper) Out for 4 days beginning last Thursday.

It always takes a ton of work to get ready to go.

Mostly, because I am still modifying the interior.

I have to take power tools and wood and more.

Quinn and I did enjoy the days as the weather turned cool

and gave us glorious skies!

Many walks, both short and long were taken.

On Saturday, Scott (youngest son) came out to Arrow Rock State Park for the afternoon.

We had such a good time-always enjoy time with one of my children without any one else.

We also walked from the campground into the Town of Arrow Rock.

The picture above is of Main Street in late afternoon sun.

The business district is about 1 block long!

It does have a really nice yarn shop.

I didn't bring any home!

This is the Arrow Rock Lycecum.

A small theater that produces melodramas and some musical shows.

I haven't been but it is VERY popular!

The campground is small and it can be very hard to get a space on show weekends!

I did quite a bit of work on the inside of Ceili.

Mostly finish work now.

Then I'll try my hand a posting a video!

Quinn the photo bomber!  She turned 7 on the 23rd.

I did take along some hand work.

Of course!

I finished sewing down the binding on the pink four-patch.

Also worked on a somewhat secret paper piecing project 

and did quite a bit on Ethan's Stocking.

(Without any un-sewing I might add!)

Met up with my Baylor roomie in Columbia for lunch yesterday!

Crackerbarrel all the way!

She was traveling through with her youngest daughter and hubby.

Her daughter was moving from DC to Colorado Springs for a new job.

It's always nice to see her and visit as she lives in Texas!

After that I drove Ceili to storage

and then home.

A good weekend all in all.

Even if I'm quite tired!

Finished. . . Finally!

Nora's Stocking!

I think I worked on this for 3 or 4 years!

So much blending filament, I hate that stuff!

It really makes the icing sparkle though.

It will join the others on my stairs in December.

The first stitches have been taken on this:

Ethan's stocking.

No blending filament in this one!

On the Janome I've been building red and blue rails.

All the blocks are finished and I'm putting together the rows.

I started a new English Paper Piecing project.

I think there will be several thousand 3/4" squares in this project.

The little pink four patch quilt is

under the needle being quilted.

There's something hinky I need to fix in the border first though.

It's been raining lately so there's been lots of time in the studio.

Speaking of the studio,

I'm off to work!

On Fall

This once was a pepper plant!

Fall is coming.

Thank Goodness!

The sun no longer shines in my North facing windows.

The days are shorter.

That does not mean it is much cooler.

In the 80F's instead of the 90F's 

and quite humid.

We officially had 4 1/2 inches of rain in August 

that's at the airport far north of here.

The weather changes every 20 miles or so.

South of the Missouri river is different from the north (where the airport is.)

South of I-70 the same.

I live nearly into the next county I'm so far south.

I don't think the airport is much of a match

 but it's the "official" site for measuring such things.

At any rate we are still down 3 inches for the year.

Fall is typically dry but these days

 I don't think there is such a thing a typical weather.

One of many piles of tree branches dealt with.

While there was rain the fly population went into hiding.

It has returned and I am back to being a mass murderer.

I'm also dumping the potted veggies.

They look pretty sick.

Then, I'm turning the pot upside down in the Hosta garden

to keep little miss Quinn from digging and lying in the dirt.

She had unearthed part of the roots of one plant!

 No more of that!

I have several maple trees here,

It seems that their branches grow out a long way

 and then take a sharp turn 

towards the ground.

The one in the front had gotten so bad

 that I was ducking tree branches walking to the mail box! 

 Not to mention the branches caught in the door of the truck!

So last week,

I took the little chain saw on a pole out and cut down

branches-at the tree.

(Discovered I have a couple of more that need it since.)

Then I hauled the branches to the backyard.

I've been going out for a bit each day

Clipping off the leaves and smaller branches into yard waste bags.

I finished that this morning.

I still need to cut up the bigger pieces and tie them into a bundle for pickup.

Then I will deal with those that I missed.

Soon there will be leaves to rake.

Grass to rake and overseed.

Every season has it's own chores.

Fall chores have begun.

Still,

FALL IS COMING!