END OF SEPTEMBER

Just discovered I somehow deleted last weeks post! It’s there now. Good thing I have been copying to my old blog site! Not sure if I will keep this one going once it’s time for renewal. That is months away so have time to think about it.

We are still having some hot weather and the forecasted rain rarely comes. We did get 2 tenths on Wednesday. That was a far cry from what accu-weather said. According to our weather station that is all we have had in September. Not good.

We got out one morning. Not much flying. A nice drive though. And we tried a new place for lunch on Wednesday. We have so many new places opening up in the past 6 months. We need to try more of them.

Galen has been in the Rio Grande valley this past weekend. Gets home today. Over 200 pictures to go through and edit! I know what he will be doing over the next few days. I finished up the first batch of Halloween and Fall Dog bandanas for my friend’s 2 salons. Want to get the ones in the mail foe California by the end of the week.

More are in the works.

I managed to bind one of the quilts I got back the other week. Started to work on another one bit haven’t finished it yet. This one if I remember is a Merry Mayhem one day mystery quilt from several months ago. I really need to double to double check that.

You can see my Amaryllis. They have really started to grow again. Some of the bulbs are 4 years old. They stay out year round on the deck. If we get a heavy frost or the occasional freeze we cover them up. Only brought them inside the winter we had the really bad week of snow and ice and yes no electricity. Think 2021!!

That’s all for now. Just heard from Galen he should be home in another hour. Need to get busy! Hope everyone has a good week.

 OFFICIALLY FALL

I took a few months off from my blog. Been keeping busy with day to day activities. Sorting and getting rid of things. Enjoying our back yard watching the birds. The hummingbirds are migrating through, stopping at our 2 feeders. We did have a very big bird at them the other day. A Baltimore Oriole.!

We have been going out more again to see what is flying. Dragonflies have been scarce in the usual places. Not sure the reasoning. Not as many birds either. We were able to find the Wood Storks near Thrall the other week. So they are back.

The corn has been pretty well picked, although we did see some being picked this past weekend. Cotton is also being picked.

On one of the back roads we passed by a field that we had no idea what was planted. Got my plant app and grabbed a picture or 2 for I.D. Galen also took some close ups. Plant App said Sim Sim. Had to google that when we got home. Sesame!!!! The 3rd picture is of the seed pods. Sometime in October they mature are picked and opened to find a lot of little sesame seeds! I never thought about growing them!!!! Galen figured the field must be about 100 acres.

I did meet up with Osie to give her 4 quilts to quilt for me. Have then back and am now sewing on the bindings. Nice busy work when it’s too hot upstairs to get much done. Don’t have the AC turned down up there. When I can I work on dog bandanas for the 2 grooming salons I give them too! Have a system set up now. Each container for the 3 sizes I make more of most of the time. Have squares cut to size so now I can grab a front and back, stack them and cut 4 at a time. Get a bunch cut and near my machine. Sew a few whenever I have time. These are a few of the ones done and given to the shops. Now I am working on some for Halloween and Fall.

I have a lot of waste triangles cut from these that I have been keeping in a container. Not sure how I will use them. I did sort them to sizes one afternoon. Now those are bagged. Have been making bandanas for about 3 years so there is quite an assortment- holidays, bright colors, children’s prints. Whatever I thought would make cute ones!

Will try and do better about keeping up with my blog.

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