The year is coming to a close

It  time for another year.

2018 will be here soon.

The cranes are whooping it up at the 

game preserve.

Its been a good year but 2018 will be better.

Christmas coming soon

Time to get cozy

Winter is here 

Christmas is in 3 days.

Are you ready?

Sharing images from the internet.

I love red foxes. 

I love Owls

I love owls.

17 years ago when we moved in this house.

the owls would hoot at night.

Such a nice sound to fall to sleep to. 

Dan my great grand son loves owls too.

In fact he loves all birds.

Airplanes too.

After all they fly too. 

I found these awesome photos online.

Enjoy them as you prepare for the Holiday weekend.

May your time with family and friends be

BLESSED.

November at the Dunse

My friend Wendy was able to find a studio on

the Dunes. Her walks include many sites

of the dunes and Lake Michigan.

She is truly blessed.

Her photos inspire me.

Winter

Love this winter bear I found on the net.

Finally back to my self.

I find I sweat so much when working that

I lose my nutrients.

Causing my exhaustion.

Need to learn to drink water

MORE water.

Exhausted

Exhausted

Thanksgiving

Looking forward to Thanksgiving.

All the good food and gathering with family.

My contribution is Mashed potatoes,

punkin roll and Brussel sprouts.

Sunset

Sorry I have not posted.

I am having a problem with

hits from Russia to my blog.

I have changed my password

every day lately.

What do I do to stop it.

Reflecting

Softly fall is calling

Wordless Wednesday

Fall

Have a great day

Tea on a Saturday afternoon.

I went to my friend Doris's house Saturday

afternoon to pick up 3 silk shells she had dyed

for the Holiday Art Show this Friday and Saturday.

I need to sew up the sides for her.

Doris is going to be 96  this month.

She was busy painting watercolors.

I saw my Gate art quilt on her wall.

She made some tea and we visited.

Alert, active and interesting as usual.

On my way home I saw the cranes in the sky.

Good Day

Art quilts from the past

2011 was a good year.

I fully went to fabric art.

Creating art with fabric as paint.

I wish I could find some time and energy to

create this year. 

I promise 2018 will be better,

Coming soon : Winter

Soon winter will be upon us.

I will be happy .

My best work is done during the winter.

I go to the studio and emerge again in April.

Sunday morning

Peace to you this Sunday morning.

Shipshewanna

Did you notice we were gone.

We went to Shipshewanna  to attend 2 southern

gospel concerts.

Thursday the BOOTH BROTHERS

Friday the ISSAC'S

Both were awesome.

We arrived home refreshed in the spirit.

Plus the car was filled with fabric, more fabric

and food.

Fresh suet for the birds, breads for the freezer,

A case of Yoder canned peaches.

Sausages from Yoder meats.

A winter worth of treats.

Did I say seeing lots of quilts.

Shipsee is the mecca for quilters. 

Fall back this week end.

Wordless Wednesday

Finally a new quilt.

I finally got something new on the design board.

Imagine sunflowers on the stems.

That's how far my brain can think.

Lets see how far I progress.

Wordless Thursday

Robins inspire art quilt

THESE PHOTOS   INSPIRED THE

QUILT AT THE BOTTOM

On their way south the Robins stopped in our

pond to take a drink.

Ate as many berries as they could find 

and headed south. 

I used the photos as patterns to make this quilt. 

Winter

My friend Claudia Pletting took this wonderful

photo of winter. We both love cold weather.

Today was the first really cool day.

40 degrees this morning.

Love it.

Praying Mantis

Yesterday we were putting the flower pots to 

bed for the winter. We found this bug while

we where tipping over the large pots.

I store the larger pots upside down to keep

them from freezing and splitting over the 

winter. 

Last week I found a walking stick bug.

Love the connections with nature.

Firey

Flower quilt

Love the quilting 

Acorns

Leaf

Quilts I like

Some of the quilts I have liked on face book lately.

The colors  of the circle one are so restful.

I could see doing this one. 

Like the wonky diamonds.

Will need to do this one. 

Again the colors grab my eye.

The brown fabrics  in the lower right 

are unexpected. Like the contrast.

Do you save photos of quilts and color

combinations that grab you eye?

Nature

Marilyn Lees photo of this dandelion is awesome.

I follow her journey as she builds a cabin on

the way upper Minnesota border.

A strong women.

Her husband's sudden death had not stopped her.

She continues to build with help from friends.

Wordless Wednesday

Fall is here

The prettiest time of the year is here. 

It doesn't last long enough.

We really need lots of rain going into winter.

The pond is the lowest I have seen since 

we moved here. 

All the birds have left the farm except for the 

ones that stay all winter.

The winter birds haven't come back from 

up north yet though.

Relax and enjoy the month of October.