It's All Good

I got the Workout quilt off the rails yesterday, it measures 58" square. I've really enjoyed working on this one. It's from the Wonderful Curves Sampler Book and uses the Wonder Curve ruler. I'll get the binding attached and whipped down today. The curved pieces are my last little bits of true Indigo fabric that I have saved hoarded over the years for something special- apparently this was it! I'm going to try more of the blocks from this book, I love using the Wonder Curve!

"Timeless" has all of the blocks pieced but not set together yet, hopefully over the weekend. I have the border fabrics all ready to go for this one too.

While I've been working inside the house Mr. G. has been pressure washing outside: the eaves, the gutters. I'm always scared to death of him doing ladder work, it ramps up my blood pressure to the limit. The other morning I heard noises that sounded unfamiliar, I wondered if he was off the ladder. This is what I found. I almost had a stroke on the spot; I never expected to see this! In all fairness, he was wearing the Cougar Paws that I bought him a few years ago when he had to check on the chimney but, still. He's fine, on the ground and all in one piece. It's all good. 

Thank you all for your prayers for my Mom; I hope you'll continue to pray for this next step. She's graduated from the rehab and is at home with my Dad again. She's transitioning just fine, it's just going to take time and some patience; she will be attending out-patient PT a few times a week near their home. In honor of her happy news I made her favorite dessert to celebrate! Grape Nut Custard, an old New England favorite. I found the recipe, one that came from Yankee magazine, and linked it here, if you'd like to try it. 

And, in other great news, the baby Bluebirds have hatched 

and are thriving atop that electrified pole!

So far, so good.

Yes, it's all good!

Life is Good!

It's October...

... and you know what that means, it's the time of year for scary things!   It is also the time of year for cleaning out the flower pots of their tired, leggy annuals and replanting them with fall flowers. While I was pulling out the spent plants this morning I ran across this evil-looking spider crawling away. I had no idea what it was and quickly ran for the camera to capture this image. My websearch revealed this to be a "Marbeled Orb Weaver"; there seem to be differing opinions among spider experts as to the poisonous nature of this spider. That's okay, I'm not taking any chances and trapped it securely for disposal.

The pots are all done now, the outside of our home is ready for fall and cooler weather. Oh, back to scary things... today is my dear mother-in-law's 92nd birthday. My husband's brother and his sister, and their spouses, have all gathered in town to celebrate; we're taking her out to dinner this evening. My husband calculated that the average age of each of the seven participants who'll be seated at the birthday table tonight is just over 70 years... now that's really scary! Happy October, everyone.

Life is Good!