Oh Fall How I Love Thee

On the weekend while I was at my daughter's watching them all work on the peacock pen, 

I decided to take a walk and take some color inspiration photos. 

 I wanted to try to capture some great fall colors and shots. 

 First up are some I shot of our dog, Abbey.  She is a beautiful golden fall color all the time!

Then there were the amazing leaves everywhere.  Red maple is one of my favorites.

Sassafras is also beautiful.  This one looks like the state I live in.  Anyone want to guess?

So pretty with the red/orange against the vibrant greens.

You can't leave out the beautiful berries with their red and pink goodness.

These are just weird pods. Not sure what they actually belong to but they were kind of cool.

I love the look of the delicate white wisps of fluff that carry the Milkweed seeds to new homes.  These pods were literally exploding with their seeds.

This one concerns me a little bit.  Can you tell what it is?  

Ever heard "leaves of three let it be?"

YEP, It's Poison Ivy and it has grown into a TREE!!!

This thing is HUGE.

Lastly I leave you with a Praying Mantis.  

It looks like a pregnant female so daughter is keeping it to get the egg case and have them hatch in her area in the spring.

What a great fall color palette to inspire some fall colored quilting!

Are you making any fall colored or themed quilts?  

I don't happen to have any going currently.

I hope to have a Halloween one going for next year. 

I hate to start a new project but there are so many great fall/Halloween ones out there I may not be able to resist making one too.

I hope you enjoyed the color inspiration.

~XOP~

Farmer's Market and Second Star

I went to the farmer's market with my DH on Sunday.  I got the biggest cauliflower and head of cabbage I have ever seen, just one dollar each!! 

The purple and yellow ones were just amazing!

The colorful eye candy was everywhere.  I love fall in the midwest!

There was this man carving a gigantic pumpkin too, fascinating!

This market is realtively small but it was fun to get some great deals on some amazing produce!

So backing up to Saturday, I got up and went to Zumba, came home, showered and watched the MSU vs U of M game. A HUGE rivalry, which MSU won yet again!! It was a good game too. Then it was time to put up my Halloween decorations and clean up the sewing room. Done. I also managed to sew my second star from the FQ Star QAL hosted by Moose on the Porch. I'm happy with it.

I managed to sew all the lines on yet another chenille blanket, now for the cutting part! UGH that makes my hands hurt already!! 2 more to do and then done with that. I wanted to work on a top for my friend's mom but just could not get to it. Hopefully I will be able to work on it this upcoming weekend as it is one I need to have done before Thanksgiving.  I did talk with a friend and have another pattern to test for her, yeah!  Looking forward to working with her again.  So I guess that brings you up to date with what I have going on.  How was your weekend?  ~XOP~