While I was away for two weeks in September, the weather changed. I knew it was coming….the calendar does not lie….but I was surprised nonetheless when we went from a continuous line of hummingbirds at the feeders to none at all, and from windows full open to let in fresh air to windows completely shut.
Almost abruptly our continuous and abundant supply of summer squash and tomatoes from the garden ended. The night before the first big frost we searched through the vines and gleaned a nice batch of tomatoes and squash to extend our summer’s bounty a few weeks longer.
This weekend our son, daughter-in-law and two of our grandchildren came down for a visit and to select their pumpkins from our local pumpkin patch. It was cold and snowing on and off throughout the day. Nonetheless we were not deterred and a quick phone call to the owner of the closed pumpkin patch got us permission to trudge through the mud and choose the most perfect pumpkins in the whole patch! That same afternoon we made homemade donuts to celebrate the event. Let the season begin!
P.S. I have received many comments both on and off of this blog about my Houston Quilt show observations. An interesting e-mail on this topic, along with my response, is posted in the Sewing Room. You may find it interesting reading.
tracey Says:
October 18th, 2007 at 4:42 pmVisit tracey
snow?!? oh dear. i don’t envy you. we have been having a beautiful fall in my part of the country…definitely no snow!
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it was very interesting to read your thoughts on the comments a reader shared with you. although i never see myself entering in a show (just not of interest to me), i will say that i agree with you. those of us that are traditional quilters need to keep our “voice” out there. there have been so many times in the past few years that i’ve walked away from a quilt show disappointed at *only* seeing one kind of style (art). i enjoy looking at all of the different kinds…and there are far too little traditional ones out there.
i think one of the reasons why i would never enter one of my quilts in a show is because i don’t care for the very heavy quilting that seems to be so popular nowadays. the majority of the quilts look like they would be stiff as a board and probably stand on their own with all of the intense quilting. definitely not a kind of quilt i’d want to curl up with. ;o)
xoxo