Took some pictures of the trees out front of our drive yesterday. We didn't get as much color as other years. It's been so warm the trees stayed green until late then rain and wind brought them down quickly. But what is left is pretty.
Maybe it's because I'm pisces . But I love being near water and Northwest Ohio is the place for it. This part of Ohio is known as the black swamp. It was once a huge wet land that stetched from Ft.Wayne IN to Lake Erie before settlers drained and cleared most of it for farm land. They still find frogs in the basement of the court house here. We have the Maumee river to the south and Lake Erie on the Northeast. Water everywhere.
Sis ask me to see if I could locate him or maybe his family thinking they might like to have the clipping. Well with the help Yahoo white pages I did manage to find his younger brother. He told me Arvel was now 86 a retired football coach and lived very near him and that they had just been talking about the rescue . He was very excited and said yes he couldn't wait to get the newspaper clipping. He was a very friendly gentlman and told me interesting stories of his own Military experience. How he ,took part in the Normandy invasion and the liberation of Dachau.
These WW2 vets are leaving us everyday and they have so much to tell we really should take more time to listen and record more of their stories.
Last spring I decorated my kitchen in a blue and white. Last week when I was at the local church thrift shop looking for things to dress up the cement geese for Halloween and I found this canister set. It goes perfect. I just love it! Only problem the Tea canister's lid is missing .But the tea pot next to it's lid fit perfect. I think if I find a white one that size and paint the knob blue sitting on the shelf no one will ever know. Oh my gosh I've turned into my mother ! That sounds just like something she would have done.
On the news they said it's been a bad year for pumpkins. You'd never know it here in NW Ohio their everywhere. Seems like every barn yard and every other cross roads has a truck of them for sale. I bought a couple here yesterday. In the truck on the left they were $3 on the right $2. While I was there the farmer lower the price to $1 and $2. The mums were only $1 too but I didn't get any. I always forget to water outdoor plants this time of year and they soon look pretty sad. 
problems with anxiety and making these little Red Work squares seemed to relax me. I really had no one in mind to give the quilt to so was not motivated to get it done. Well finally this week here it is all quilted. Just needs a binding. Yesterday I drove to the Maumee quilt shop and purchased the red fabric laying on top for that purpose. The gingham in the quilt is not a true red it has a pink tone to it so the sales lady and I decided a burgundy red would go best. I really prefer a true red, burgundy not being my favorite but... the true reds made the gingham look faded and/or washed out. I also have a bunch of Blue Work squares that need to be made into a quilt. Still don't know who to give them to. I think I need twin granddaughters (are you listening Paula and Jenny : )
The LQS in Maumee is about a block from the river so while I was waiting for it to open I walked down and took a couple pictures.There were some big white birds flying around but I don't think I caught any on camera.
So the projects of the coming week will be the binding the Red Work Quilt and working on the nesting Robin. Dorothy's 4th pick is "Make Way for Ducklings" A really cute book and I will of course be making little ducks in a row :)
Last May my son ask me what I'd like for mother's day. Usually I say something like I don't know or anythings fine. But this year it just jumped into my head to say "a cement goose for the front porch" My son had no idea what I was talking about but said his wife Kathy probably would. A couple days later Kathy called to confirm. She couldn't believe that's what I wanted it. She said it seemed totally out of character for me. She said she thought her mom had one in her garage that had been her grandma's would it be OK. I said great. Well it turned out Grandma's had a cracked neck so they bought me a new one but brought me grandma's too. Grandma's is the painted one with the orange beak dressed like a witch as long as she wears high neck lines the crack doesn't show .The new one is a little bigger and is dressed as a pirate. I know their hokey but they make me smile.
So... now you bloom ??
Patty's been whining that it was going to freeze before she got a flower. Then one morning about two weeks ago there was about twelve big blue flowers there to greet her in the morning. It's been a weird summer for flowers.
Don't you love happy endings?
Dh and I went on a day trip Fri. to Goll Woods A hundred acres of pristine forest in NW Ohio. Peter Goll bought and cleared the land in 1837 but he had the foresight to set aside 100 acrers that have never been cut. Some of the trees date back 400 years. Peter is my hero. It is so wonderful that he left this so we can get a glimpse of what Ohio looked like before it was cleared for farm land.
My son's den is done in an old west bar theme.DDIL and he ask me to make curtain to cover the wash room door in some appropriate fabric. I bought this thinking it looked like Indian print and since the room is done in red and greens I thought it would be perfect.
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