Silent Sunday

 

It was a good year

for opossums.

These are just two of the babies that have shown up this last month.  Last night there were a total of six possums (three babies and 3 adults) on the deck looking for food.  I've gotten better about making sure the pans are empty by night fall.  I'm sure there is some kind of food available to these little guys other than my expensive cat food.

The cats don't seem to mind sharing. 

I did get a blanket made for a new baby boy of a friend. 

I used flannel and the tutorial from Fresh Cut Quilts.  There is also a video on youtube called the self binding baby blanket.  It makes a quick and easy little light weight blanket.

 

Quilted Kitty

I haven't been entering contests lately.  I have so much fabric and too many UFOs.  I saw on Facebook that Quilted Kitty was having a Halloween give away of some Henry Glass fabrics, so of course I entered.  I was a lucky winner!

Look at this cute package of fabric.

 

 

 I love the little quilted kitty that is their mascot along with their many real cats, Wally, Opie, Molly  and Olivia.    I have subscribed to their newsletter for years.  They stock many different fabrics with cats on them.  I've never been lucky enough to visit their shop--I'd like to some day.

 
I received 1 yard of Delightfully Frightful by Debbie Taylor.  What a cute print!

 There were also 2 half yard cuts.  The spiders and webs are Debbie Taylor too.  The pumpkins are Frank-N-Friends by Barbara Jones.   Thank you Quilted Kitty for the fun fabrics!!!!  If you go to the link, you will see these fabrics are on sale right now.

I thought I would make a table runner for the kitchen table.   Well, it seems I can't find the bright pumpkin fabric.  I have looked high and low!  Has that ever happened to you?  I'm sure it will show up, but it has been a frustrating afternoon of looking for it.  It's got to be under something!  I thought all three pieces of fabric were together on the table.  I'm giving up for tonight!!

Here are a few of my cats.  They look a little startled to have their pictures taken.

I would love to get my hands on this pretty Siamese.  He is very timid and not one bit trusting of the one who feeds him.  We haven't had a Siamese cat on the farm for 15 years.  I'm not sure if he is a throw back from the gene pool or what.  His siblings are all black.   He is the prettiest colors.

I'll be back to show you what I finally did sew today.

Silent Sunday

Fall

It's fall and I'm not liking the cold weather.  I'm going to show you my flowers and pretend it was 80 today.

The Lamb's Ears really spread-which I hear is normal.  My one perennial, Brown eyed Susan was lovely.

 I forgot what these were, but I loved their pretty purple flowers.  I had to water a lot to keep them going.

 My hen I planted last year had a good little brood going this year. Do you know do I need to cover them for the winter?  We had a hard freeze last week, so the flowers are done for the season.

Oh, look!!  Another llama baby!!  The llamas have been in the far pasture for the summer, do we haven't seen much of them.  This little one will be just as wild as last years.  It will be fun to have them closer to home, so we can see them more often.

This is kind of a silly post.  I wanted to blog, but I don't have much for material to blog about.  I have not been sewing.  I hope some day to do that again.  I really miss it and I miss all of you. 

 

Getting Caught Up

We are getting things caught up from being gone for a week.  There is still plenty of fall work to complete tho.  We finished cutting silage and covered the pile with plastic tarp before we could leave for the wedding.  

One of DH's older sisters and her husband (both retired) spent the week at the ranch while we were gone.  They made sure everyone stayed on their side of the fence and all the water tanks were full.  Feeding Lambie Pie and all the cats were on their list of chores too.  We are so thankful for their watching over things for us--it really helped us to relax and enjoy our time away.

We rented a two bedroom condo on Pensacola Beach.  We were on the 10th floor.  The views are beautiful from the balcony.  We loved drinking coffee every morning and watching the beach action. The waves were still high from Hurricane Isaac.  There were a lot more shells and sand bars too.

Ryan's parents and family rented a four bedroom condo on the beach.  He has two sisters and a brother.  They are all married and have families already.  We went to their condo on Friday night and met them all.  It was nice to meet and visit so everyone knew each other before the wedding the next day.

Ryan's brother took the official wedding photos.  It all went so fast, but I did take a few to share with you.  The couple had made arrangements to have the ceremony at Fort Pickens, but  Isaac spoiled that plan (no refund for the permit fee either). 

 

Here is DH and the barefoot bride.

 

 

Ryan's father performed the ceremony.

 

 

We had supper at the Holiday Inn Resort.  It was lovely and the food was wonderful.  (Jen now has six nephews and one niece.)   There is beautiful DD 1 coming in the door with her friend and DH.

The couple spent a few days in St Thomas on honeymoon.  They are back to the real world and settling into everyday life.

 

We attended my niece Erin's wedding this last Saturday 9/22.  It was a beautiful wedding of fall colors.  She and her groom rode away from the church on his motorcycle.  It was a fun day with family.

 

Thank you for all your good wishes and comments on the last post.  We are stacking and hauling hay bales for winter feed.  It is sooooo very, very dry.  We have to be very careful as the fire danger is so high now.  The ground is hard as a rock and the dust flies everywhere we drive.  We will be moving the cattle home from the north soon and letting them graze the fall pasture and corn stubble.  We will need to do some sorting and culling.  Feed is going to be at a premium this winter. 

 

 

 

 

Beach Wedding

 

 

It was a beautiful wedding.  We had a fun week of activities and preparations.  I'll share more later.