Tuesday Update

Hello, hello on  this dreary too dark/ too early evening. Tonight I am just catching up on a few random things. If you saw this on FB in briefer form, just disregard.

Lime harvest:  

We had the first cool day last week, I think Friday? I cut back my deck garden and hauled away the remnants. I am so sad to see summer end. Next year I have decided---NO garden, or just one pot. I couldn't haul enough water for the flowers to thrive, so no. 

[We'll see how my resolve is next May, when I see all the tempting seeds.]

This is my lime tree final harvest. Got maybe 4 dozen this year! Some are small but they're thin skinned, juicy, and fragrant.

I am saving lime tree seeds for Mel, maybe she'll grow a vicious thorny lime tree too?

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accurate color

I'm juggling many little doings and projects, seems like not much gets done, but I'm caught up on Lori's Mystery Little Quilt, Almost Amish.

I hated how it was looking but now it's either growing on me, or I'm getting used to it.

The sixth color is not-yet-used green. These are the choices.

Far right green was my original choice.

We have also cut some maroon and some brown little squares---will they be cornerstones? Is the green a sashing?  A border? Time will tell, new clue tomorrow.

I am excited despite not liking what I've done so far. If only I had the willpower to do as blog friend QB suggests: Wait til all the clues are in and then make the project from a position of knowledge. On the other hand I always mostly love all the mystery quilts we've made [not a fan of my Madder project, though the Indigo and Cheddar second version is delightful, I think].

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Yesterday and today I finally got up my nerve, and if not enthusiasm at least resolve, and began cutting up t-shirts for my best friend's daughter's t-shirt quilt.

I hope I can puzzle the pieces into an appealing whole. She has saved tees for many many years.

Doing the cutting makes my back hurt so I have one more day of cutting, then must adhere fusible to all and recut. Then the fitting together begins.

"Spring Formal ~ May 2006", how  cute. I hope she had a wonderful time and  that the quilt brings back good times and memories.

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This afternoon, on our walk: abalone skies. Very Autumn-y.

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Dinner tonight---I only make this once a year! ---is kielbasa with sauerkraut, mashed turnips, and faux fried apples. The house smells good! Baking bread tomorrow if it's a rain day. And I want to make this cake  here---need a new bundt pan tho. I'll look when we go thrifting later in the month or the recipe shows a link to a beautiful and not too $$$ Nordicware pan, under $30.oo on Amazon. [recipe is labor intensive.].



love

lizzy

gone to the beach.......

 The goldenrod are finally in bloom.

 The oystercatchers left promptly, October 2nd. Birds in photo are sanderlings, maybe.

Pink Pumpkins and an Amish Fail

Hello from the hot and sunny beach!

I know it's hot where you are too, but these temps are a bit of a shocker, hottest it's been all summer.

But October it is and so we must have pumpkins. Here are the early crop of glass pumpkins found at Home Goods in early September. They were, uh, hmm, yes----pink.

Other pale pastel choices.

A few traditional jacks.

Do you think the pearl encrusted Jacks are like a fancy version of the warty pumpkins we admire in horror each fall? Kind of sow's purse from a pig ear? [''silk purse from a sow's ear"]

Isn't this sign great! I wish I'd bought it.

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Later/ next day: I couldn't finish writing my post because the Internet was out for awhile. Things have changed, we went from mid 90s to next day, today, low 50s. Good thing, a-  I have a drawer designated ''transition'' clothes and b-I never actually entirely put away the winter clothes bec I couldn't lift the bin.
It is a lovely rain day, too bad I had to go in torrential rain to the Jeep dealer , about a half hour each way, to retrieve my now recall-free Jeep. This should last for like, a week?, til a new recall appears. My current Jeep has had, I think 12 recalls, though most were fixed before I got it [new]. Seems this is now a common car thing, not just Jeep poor quality. But still.

Anyway earlier in the week Mo and I sewed on September, better late than never, though still incomplete.

Isn't it cute? I added the oak leaves and acorns .

And when we were at Michael's yesterday, I treated myself to more embroidery thread. Such an array of colors. It's supposed to be again warm and sunny after tonight so I hope to get this block done; the October block is darling, have looked forward to it all year.

I also caught up on Lori's sewalong, Almost Amish.

I finished parts two and three so far. Fine, they're square, they're exactly 2 1/2" each, they look cute in their box and so on.

I didn't like the maroon and pale pink together, so 70s tacky so I switched in a few shades of very pale lavender.

On to Step Four: Late last night I just had to set out a preview, a Four Patch Nine Patch.

But! Ugh, they're awful, how disappointing.

And everyone else's on FB look so great. Start over or persevere?

The baby poop brown is darker than the photos and artificial 3 AM lighting make it look  but---ick. (Don't try to make me feel better, I know they're awful.)

 And! Look how these expensive Bella solids fray, what a mess.

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Mo liked the change in weather. But the rocky landscaping here, by a new bench I wanted us to try,  hurt his feet and he cried. [I lifted him over instead.] How mean to put sharp  rocks beneath a public bench!

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On the way home from the Jeep service/ repair as I drove through the marshes and wetlands I saw many flocks of bids, including blackbirds and Canada geese (some migrate in big Vs; some winter over on the golf course.) And a small group of 3 blue herons, flying together, quite low, long legs distinctively trailing behind. Sorry, no pics because I was driving.

And as of yesterday, October 2, The oystercatchers have gone. I wish them a safe journey and a happy return in March.

This wonderful photo taken Monday October 1, as the flock assembled near my beach, is from a nearby FB group, who monitor the OCs.



Have a great weekend. I'll be at the beach!


love

lizzy

gone to the beach.........