Trees

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 I should have brought the trash cans in before I took the picture huh? : )

Water World

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.
Here is a photo of the Toledo Lighthouse. I know it's not much in the world of lighthouses but we like it :) My son took this picture last spring while fishing for walleye. Isn't that water beautiful?

Flashback Friday

Way back- Feb.1943. My Aunt Margie and her DH a Coast guard Dentist were stationed at Mahatten Beach NY. Here is their wedding picture taken the spring before.

Aunt Margie is 99 now and a couple weeks ago she gave my sis a scrap book .Among the other things there was this article about a young Guardsman saving a drowning child.

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.

got my ducks in a row

Here is the fourth row for the nesting robin, The book was "Make Way for Ducklings" I think there are eight ducklings in the book and I only have seven. But that's as many as I could make and keep the row close to the same size of the others. As you see I've changed Harolds Purple Crayon a little. Took out the rick rack mountain and replaced it with a moon over the mountain block. The rows are not sewn together yet, just pinned to the board so things look a little wonky. And of couse I still have to do the details,bus wheels, racoon eyes,duckling eyes and dragon teeth. I tried sewing the purple rick rack on for teeth but it looked like the dragon was wearing purple lipstick.

The third book "The Giving Tree" I put off for lack of inspiration,but have since came up with a idea. So will start it this afternoon. I want to get it done by Nov. 1st when Dorothy anounces the fifth book. This quilt is a Christmas gift so I gotta keep up: )

Dutch Blue and White

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.
I'm planning a Dutch Delft wall hanging there. I hope to get started on soon. I've collected some cute quilt patterns for it, a wooden shoe,a dutch girl carrying water and a windmill. I think I'll start that as soon as the nesting robin is finished.

Cats and Pumpkins

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.

Vicky is not the only one with cats in the batt. I left this out after getting home from the LQS Thu. Next time I looked these two were snoozing away on it.
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Flash back Friday

Well not too far back. Eight years ago I was having a lot of

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 :)