apples and applesause..

yesterday grandbabe #1 came over to help me with a couple things... we picked apples, got the fish in for the winter and brought apples over to great grandma and great grandpa. i did hear that there was a knock later on angies door and great grandpa was there with APPLE SAUCE!

 

i got a picture text to me and jeff/tonya and grandbabe #2 were at a turkey farm. gobble gobble! 

 

enjoy your day!                 jody

Wind and snow...

 wow, guess im done in the yard at least for today....

 

 

 

 

 

k mom...just let me in.

 

 

enjoy your day!                jody

yesterday i played...

today i need to stick to the schedule!

 

 

 

mom humored me and came for tea..... 

moms feeling better each day, after her fall she developed pneumonia then her back went out... sister janas husband the chiropractor is getting her back in shape tho...

 

enjoy your day!       jody

perfect fall days...

we have had a few perfect fall days up here in the north! i wish they could stay for the next few months. i have still been busy out in the yard and sooo enjoying these perfect days.. but boy im sore! can tell i didnt get enough garden time this summer! i decided to trim my shrubs in the back yard. they were getting a bit wild which i love but... im leaving the ones out front tho and will trim after they bloom next spring.

 

dad was telling me he and his dad planted this tree, my parents sold the garden store about 6 years ago, that my father and his dad started over 40 years ago. 

 

sadie was visiting this week and thought she'd help me in the garden..                     

 

she thought i was working her a bit hard tho..... i bet she was glad to go home last night.

 

i bet if we get wind...we wont have many leaves on the trees. 

 

enjoy your day!                 jody

cobblers were here...

well it was another fun evening...altho we were missing a couple cobblers. so i sent left overs home with everyone. i made chili/jalapeno cornbread and all the fixings...sister jana brought a artichoke dip, auntie mary brought a wonderful date desert and carol- pumpkin bars, auntie pat brought kiwi. we always have way to much to eat... it was an early night, but we had fun.

 

sister jana is taking a class and making a tree skirt, using paper/foundation piecing.  

 

she kept busy working away...they all humor me with the pictures.... 

 

carol brought her finished mats...

 

we all want this one.....

 

carol made auntie pat this mat using uncle jacks old wool pants..great wool!

 

carol showed me she was using the sewing hussif i made them all a couple years ago inspired by a wool friend. i think i made 10 in all..each a bit different.

 

and carol kept on stitchen....

 

auntie mary has been punchen! she ran out of thread soo... 

 

she started a new one....

 

they are such inspiration!

 

enjoy your day!                            jody!

 

 

 

 

mondays road trip..

yesterday my partner  in crime-cindy and i went to a near by town to there community sale. everything is 1.00 with the exception of a few larger items in a near by corner... i should have taken a picture of the stuff piled when we walked in the door... it is held 2 x a year spring/fall and they know us well now.  it starts at 12 noon, we shop, take a break for lunch (always wonderfully home made..) and then we shop again and were home about 3pm. here are a few pictures...

not that i needed another quilt but...for a 1.00 i couldnt resist! love the calico's in it! may retie or not..another blanket is in the wash...

 

wonderful wool to over dye or not...i will be washing and cutting wool soon! thanx cathy (orange sink) for some needed advice!  

 

a few treasures for the shop or ebay...im a little tempted on keeping the pictures. may try them in one of the bed rooms, they are beautiful! 

 

im keeping the tea towel love it! and i've had food processors before and thought i didnt need them... its a nice size with book even! and the pyrex still had the sticker on and i gave it to mom, i loved the ends on it..easy to handle. 

 

enjoy your day!                        jody

friday road trip...

sister Jana, Carol p and i kinda spur of the moment ... decided to drive to Fargo, ND ( 1 1/2 ) hours to the quilt show. we had a nice time, i got to visit with a couple vendor friends and we of course came away overwhelmed with lots of ideas and inspiration! click on the pictures to get a closer look!

 Stacy from buttermilk basin and her husband were there...  great to visit with them! she is a wonderful gal with so much talent and energy! i told her she must of designed patterns in high school because i have some of her halloween patterns from years ago. here is her web site go check it out!
 http://buttermilkbasin.com/

 this is what i came home with from Stacy's booth... i loved her idea of the little mats. i can change the middle,  with the seasons. she had lots of great patterns for each month, its a nice size to mount on a larger bread board, hang on the wall, or what ever!

 Emily from the red button was there, we loved going to her quilt shop Emily's cottage but now enjoy seeing her with her new pattern company. here is her web site....  http://www.redbuttonquiltco.com/

and bonnie from willow wood market...
  http://www.willowwoodmarketdesigns.com/page/page/4237891.htm , bonnie has a out door harvest festival that's wonderful! we missed it last weekend but will try hard to get there next year!  we are fortunate to have these wonderful talented gals here in the north!

 daughter Angie is out of town again this weekend so i am keeping her dogs company thru out the day... it gets to be to many at my house now as i have Sadie the beagle visiting this weekend too soo its a good thing Angie lives only 3 blocks away... this was morning coffee on her porch with a new magazine... of course Koa was on my lap and Oliver tried to get on my lap but....is getting a bit big, altho he sure doesnt think so!

enjoy your day my blogging friends and have a nice weekend!            jody