Roads I have traveled.

 I love winding roads through the woods.

I grew up playing along the winding woods road.

I noticed that the leaves are changing already.

Fall is here.

Yesterday my husband and I put up 2 bushels of apples.

The smell of fresh apples cooking in the house on

a cold windy fall day is luscious.

I also made up a dutch apple pie to eat with supper.

Yum the house smelled good.

We are ready for winter except for digging potatoes.

That is my husbands job.

Ever wonder why we do all of this.

Good clean food without chemicals.

The only ingredient is food.

No salt no sugar just plain food.

But I am sure glad to be done.

We are glad to share whats left in the garden

 with friends. Our larder is full.

Nancy Crow workshop

I did an impulsive thing.

Signed up for a Nancy Crow workshop in December.

In Muskegon Michigan right on the lake.

In the lake effect snow area.

For a whole week.

Think positive.

I am going to have knee surgery October 10 for a

torn meniscus. Bothered me since May.

Time to get rid of the pain.

 I will have 2 months to get in shape.

What a great incentive.

SO I went to my stash to look for 80 solids.

I found 13.

yikes.

I went on line and ordered 56 more.

I will dye the rest of what I need.

She recommends 80 to 100 one yard cuts.

plus 5 yards black and white each.

plus 9 grey

and the list goes on.

I figure I can wash and iron all of this

while I am recovering.

It is great to have a new project.

I have been burned out with the knee and

all that has gone on this summer.

This will recharge my muse.

:)

 

 



Wordlesss Wednesday

In Harmony with nature.

We have a new medical facility coming to Chesterton, IN

They are interested in hanging art in their building.

The Chesterton Art Center is organizing the endevor.

All of the members can submitt work.

I had to make a CD of my larger works.

Both fabric and painted.

I came up with 14 potential works.

I love this fall scene.

So fitting for now,

This is a day of running for me.

Another doctor appointment.

I will kind out if I need knee surgery.

Not something to look forward too.

But life goes on.

The colors are starting.

I can tell fall is approaching.

Color is starting to appear.

The nights are 55 degrees and daytime is delightful.

We just have to do applesauce and dig potatoes.

Than the harvest is done.

My friend April said if there is a catastrophe

she will come to my house.

She knows there will be food.

She will have to fight off those 6 grandsons.

Those 6 ft 4 inch frames take lots of food.

I haven't been in the studio much

Life just gets in the way.

In a way I am enjoying the break.

I was pretty involved from January to July.

A little rest is welcome.

 

 

Looking at photos past.

 Here are some more of the photos I sent my client.

It brings back memories of the flower beds of past.

Each year they evolve into something new.

The basket above finally rotted out the bottom.

It was so pretty for a few years.

I love pathways into areas.

I remember hauling the rocks and dead branches

 to create this pathway 9 years ago.

Not something I could do now.

I remember the year I asked a grandchild to pick up sticks.

I had to put the dead branches back on this pathway.

I am glad I take photos to keep the memories going.

Any one of them will make a great art quilt.

Today we will chop down most of the dead

flower stems, Our regular putting the yard to bed

for the winter.  It is almost that time again.

We do it early so the white pine needles

that fall in October  can re mulch the beds.

How fast this year has gone.

It seems they go faster each year.

Last night we had Andy our grandson over for supper.

Today Brad another grandson will help.

We love to visit with them.

I will make Brad homemade thick chili.

And will send some food back to college with him.

I freeze containers of food for him  to

supplement his food budget.

Thank goodness he is only 50 minutes away.

 

Travels.

 One of my customers wanted some photos  for

her new kitchen redecorating.

I browsed through my photos looking for candidates.

Like traveling memory lane.

Remembering the travels we took to Wisconsin and Michigan.

A river scene in northern Wisconsin.

 The view outside my kitchen window.

The winding road to the cabin in the woods

we stayed in last September.

Life is good to us.

I hope we can find time to go somewhere this fall

My favorite time of the year.

I have officially closed the canning kitchen.

I am done.

I will be glad to get back to art.

I am having a sink installed in my furnace room

so I can play with the messy dyes and paints in there.

My goal is to have a play date the first week of October.

I have a couple of friends who have

questions on how to do things.

So we will play.