Season's Change

Autumn is coming!! You can feel it. There has been a subtle shift in the weather. The light, the air, the entire natural state has changed just enough to let you know there is a change. There is a need for an extra quilt on the bed, the odd leaf drops and the flowers are looking faded. I am not sad, Fall is my favourite season. Its a nip in the air, beautiful coloured leaves, warm days, cool nights and pumpkin spice everything. It makes my heart happy.

The Banker, bless her heart, has been hard at it, felling my lilac bushes. Clear cut all the way. My miniature lilacs, which had reached at least the seven foot mark, thanks to my total neglect. They needed to be raised to the ground so we can both start afresh. Now you see them:

And now you don't:

There are a small bit left. She has to leave some because the compost dumpster can only hold so much at one time. Once again I am so grateful for the blessing of good friends. They are so generous to me. My hope is that this time I can keep them trimmed down.

I have gotten to work on the wall hangings for Teddy Bear. She has asked for five of them. Small single buffalo ones not five of them with the four buffalo.

I have finished the applique on all of them, I have added the boarders and they are ready to quilt. I will sandwich them and get on it this weekend. She needs them for September so I need to get at it. Once these are done I am going to make a four buffalo one for myself. I will start it right after these.

I also need to get on the Safe and Warm quilt, the quilt for Best Friend , new quilt for the red bedroom and a zillion other things that I also want to make. Mosaic stars, tiled table top, and the list goes on and on.

Speaking of things that I want to make, I have one of KitKat's runners quilted and ready to bind. I need to make her one more after this:

I want to bind it with blue. I rather like this grey and blue colour scheme she wanted. I was not sure at first but its grown on me. I guess I was thinking Christmas, but this is more a winter thing with the snowmen. 

I have finally decided what to spend my last year's Christmas gift card on. I had originally set my heart on an old fashioned screen door. I never saw one on sale this year so I changed my plans and settled on a new dining room light. I got this one.

Now I have to get it installed but that will happen in time. I absolutely love it. Edison bulbs all the way Baby!! Be still my heart. I think it will match very nicely with the new dining room clock.

Oh my goodness look what KitKat gave me for my birthday!! I absolutely love him. Isn't he the cutest little porker?

I have to find the perfect spot for him. He is meant for the garden but I want him someplace where he will not easily be seen, so no one walks off with him. He is just too cute to lose.

So I had started this post earlier in the weekend. Its now Sunday evening and I have gotten two and 3/4 of these finished

Quilting and binge watching Doctor Foster. This is a good way to spend the weekend as far as I am  concerned. I just have to get a list of things to watch on Netflix.  I finished the Blacklist so now I have to find other things to watch. Doctor Foster is a British drama and not a bad series.I managed to watch the two seasons that were on Netfix.

Today besides quilting I have been catching up on the laundry, Not a very exciting day but it all needs to be done. I go through half the things on the "to do" list. Its the best I seem to manage these days. I still live in hope that I will work up the energy to do the yard work that needs to be done. I cannot expect the Banker to do it all. I can't afford to hire someone so I need to do it. Its good for me to do it. I need to stay mobile, I need to keep pushing. Its good for me. That is my story and I am sticking to it.

toodles
Linda

Another Long Weeked Done

It truly is blissful to wake on a Monday morning on your own and not to the sound of the alarm clock. I love it, just sayin'.

This has been a good weekend. Very peaceful and lazy, not a lot accomplished but some things did get done. Unfortunately it was so hot and humid on Saturday that I stiffened up to no end. I was so stiff and sore, I was not be able to do all the errands I hoped to do. Its ok, they will wait for me and will get done when I am more able. So I came home after groceries and worked on pillow shams for Busy and the Carpenter.

I got them done while I watched the last of the Black List that is currently on Netlix. (Now what am I gonna watch???) So with the completion of the shams I have finished their new bedroom set.

As promised here is a picture of the finished product. I texted pictures to the owners this morning so I can post some here

The colour of the picture is not true, its more lavender and grey but you get the drift. Its a lovely quilt and I was tickled to do it for them. They are very good to me and its nice to be able to do something for them.

I bought myself a new toy this last week. It came out at the right price and I treated myself. I bought this:

Busy had very kindly lent me her old machine and I was very grateful to have it. I made use of it as I cannot function without a sewing machine  but I feel more comfortable with my own.  I got to play with it this weekend. I did the last two blocks on my 52 blocks in 52 weeks quilt project.

Not much else happened over the weekend. Teddy Bear stopped in for coffee on Sunday and Kit Kat was here today. Its nice sitting on the veranda and chatting. Thank goodness it has cooled off  and the humidity has dropped. Kit Kat watered my scrubs and flowers for me. A chore I have not been very good at lately. My down spout at the back is plugged and so is the one at the front. so my rain  barrels remain mostly empty. To water means hauling water from the kitchen.

I have decided that I need to get a lock of some sort for my outside tap so I can have my garden hose accessible. I am scared to turn the water on without it being locked because I do not trust that the neighbours kids will not turn it on and leave it run or they will think they can use it. Especially if I have hoses connected to it.While they are reasonably good most of the time they do have some boundary issues now and then. I am going to be on the hunt for a lock.

Back to work tomorrow. Oh joy!!

Toodles
Linda