aaaaahh-ctober

has to be my very favorite month of the year....especially now that there's no horrific winter on the horizon.  but would gladly return to new england if things were different...after all, it's home.   and i do have a guest staying for a month....

looking good for his age, about 41 i'd guess...he's very quiet which is required in this nursing home/mausoleum....he and i have survived all the crappy moves and disruptions life has tossed us....one more move is probably in the cards--this time to a definitely safe and comfortable place where we can both finally relax and enjoy many more octobers....

local orchard has this display every year....you know how i feel about pumpkins in general...

progress on the triple irish chain continues, as well as the ocean waves....now that the pesky medical appointments are over for the week, can spend serious time having fun!

october already???

indeed...just one day away....so you know the holidays and a new year are not that far off....no problem, i'll take a new year gladly, how about you?  have kept busy trying to ignore the antics in the periphery....the ocean waves is coming along very nicely indeed....briefly debated about not quilting each triangle but happily abandoned different options...will be comfy for fall and early winter quilting....

and the plumberry fabric finally arrived!  altho i had requested my mail be delivered on the 22nd, somehow it didn't arrive until yesterday.....a large stack including flyers, my ballot, my mail order drugs and the package from fat quarter shop were all jammed into my institutional receptacle...

someone asked me what i was going to use them for....use them, i said....just going into the pile after the wash and dry.   i will incorporate some into the current repro project....

speaking of which, been busy working on the repro triple irish chain, a messy but enjoyable project...it occupies every available inch of space with various strip sets and units at hand....no, don't need a bigger table...would only encourage a bigger mess!

and in the battle of the command hooks, 3M has these replacement strips available....so they obviously realize the product has its drawbacks....i got 3 packages and my design wall is now back in its proper place....we'll see how long they hold....

blogger acting very badly indeed this morning....has taken me nearly half an hour to get this post ready to publish and still some of the spacing is off....oh well, it's small stuff indeed....will be sewing thru the rain today!