First Day of Fall

It is the first day of fall in my neck of the woods, but we are enjoying summer temperatures.

Soon the winds will be blowing these leaves away, but for now they are a feast to my eyes.  I don't often get reddish colors in my yard, so I think they are especially beautful.








I managed to get to the sewing room today and worked on some blocks.  They are the Solid Stars and Strings block pattern from a blog I have discovered: Making Scrap Quilts From Stash.  The pattern is available here:   www.marysquilts.com/,  Isn't it great that so many talented people are willing to share their patterns.  I think it is so generous of them and I sure do appreciate it. 

These 4 blocks were completed some time ago and today I worked on 2 more. 





These are the 2 blocks I did today.  Just have to finish sewing the 2 halves together. So a total of 6 blocks.  If I can keep at it, I will soon have a nice sized quilt.  I must say they are fun to work on.  Using up some stash material is also fun.  Why do I never see a big difference in the stash pile??

I am fairly new to blogging and reading blogs.  I keep finding some interesting new ones  everytime I preuse the net.  Lots of great stuff out there.

Another Beautiful Day

It is September 6th and here in Northern Alberta, we are still enjoying summer.  We have not had a killing frost so the leaves are still on the trees.  I have been covering the garden tomatoes, vegetable spagetti and zucchini every night with a tarp to give them some protection from a frost.  It has gotten down to +1 C. but no damage yet.  Some years by this time, it is very fall like already.   So we are feeling very blessed.

The sunflowers in the garden were very showy.

I enjoyed taking pictures of my neighbour's sunflowers.  she had the most gorgeous and unusual colored one. They grew very tall, while mine were a shorter variety.






Here's another one

The garden has produced abundantly.  In a few days I will dig the potatoes and carrots for winter storage.  Tomatoes in the greenhouse were prolific and they have done very well in the garden too.

Once the tomatoes started to ripen I could pick a big bowl every few days.  I have canned over 60 pints.  For those of you who do canning, isn't it a good feeling to hear the "popping" of the lids as the jars seal?

My quilting has taken a back seat, but I will get back to it one of these days and then share some pictures with you.