Have you ever been so busy that your mind is “out of gear? Today, after the gym, I needed to purchase gas and go to the post office. I was being very efficient and making one trip or so was the plan. Gym done, gas in car and off to the post office. I parked, picked up the package to mail and realized that I had not addressed it, nor was I able to get the address from where I was. So, I went back home, addressed the box and sent it out later today. Sometimes efficiency is not efficient!
We finished changing coats on the Cormos who have outgrown their coats and this fellow really seems to be enjoying the dogs bed.
Sunbonnet Sue #2 is quilted and just needs to be bound and washed and sent off to a little girl in California. This quilt is 50 x 62″ and the Sunbonnets were pieced by my sister.
I have a home for Sunbonnet Sue #2, so have started quilting this flimsy.
It’s rather difficult to see, but these are leaves in the pink area. The darker red with have feathers.
First October sewing day, where more than half of the day was spent actually sewing. What a treat that was! The applique on this scarecrow is all sewn down, the binding is finished and all the little clips are now off. I have never used the little Wonder clips instead of pins before. Now I believe I will have to invest in more and also some of the larger size. They hold so nicely and they don’t poke the fingers. The Pattern is “
Look how pretty those white coats show up. Give them two weeks and they will no longer be white until washed again.
Today the coats that we took off yesterday were washed and marked with the size ready for wear next time.
And we went shoe and boot shopping. This is all we came home with. Is it really necessary to have all those psychedelic colors on street shoes? It was difficult to find comfortable shoes that were “plain”. I utterly failed on the boots as I need something very “farm” practical that zips up. Another day, I’ll look again.
I was going to make red socks, but since we’ll be doing some travel, I decided on something happy that would have an easy to remember pattern. So this is what I have chosen. I haven’t started them – only selected the pattern and yarn. I made this yarn up last year in another pattern. I absolutely love the way it wears and washes and dries in the regular wash.
Today my neighbor (who has the truck) and I brought home 1000 pounds of grain which will last the rest of this year. Even if the bags were only 40# bags, by the time we unloaded all of them, it seemed like a big job.
Mid-morning it was off to Whole Foods shopping for items unique to Whole Foods. This is a half day trip for us as we spend an hour getting there and then a couple hours looking at everything and another hour getting home (usually). Today we stopped unsuccessfully at a shoe store.
In Costco on October 1st.
The grapes are finished for this season and
this crew was very willing to clean up the leaves and any left grapes that weren’t suitable for humans.
This morning my neighbor sent me this photo which sent me into a panic for a moment. He is such an escape artist and I thought he was over at her house. But I looked and he was actually on the back deck. She enjoyed my moment of panic as she had taken the photo last week when she was here.