CSA Potluck at the Farm

Last Saturday evening T and I went to the farm near the Sangamon outside of Rochester, for the yearly get-together. A bonfire with veggie soup cooking over it, huge potluck from the many members, goats(frisky), a newborn calf, chickens, etc. A "Mother Earth News", back to the land place IMO. Very cool. The picture is of the veggies we got tonight -Tues. Oct. 6.

Sangamon River in October

On Monday afternoon, I took a walk to the river. Not much rain lately and the river is very low.

Evening Star Block and a FINISHED Project!

Here is my September Evening Star block.
I actually finished something! (I have a lot of quilt pieces, but not so many actual quilts). The table runner is for our Guild bus trip challenge- if we finished a project bought on our July trip to Wisconsin before our fall trip (Oct. 24), we can enter our name for a prize drawing. I bought the pattern-Summer Fans table runner at Life's A Stitch Quilt Shoppe in Janesville, WI and about half the fabric on the trip. It was finished about the time of the Autumnal Equinox, so I named mine "Mabon Fans". I'll take it for show & tell to the evening group guild meeting next Monday.

Midwest Birding Symposium

Terry and I had a wonderful time Sept. 17-19 at the MBS in Lakeside Ohio. We stayed at the Evening Song Cottage Bed & Breakfast, went on a sunset cruise on Lake Erie, heard great naturalist speakers, saw some birds (including an osprey and a caspian tern), ate good food (especially Buckeye Classic ice cream), bought "birdy" stuff at the marketplace, Terry gave me Julie Zickefoose book "Letters from Eden" that she signed for my birthday, and walked around the town with cute little cottages. We enjoyed very beautiful weather and it was all over too soon.

Quilt WIPs

WIPS=Works in progress. In August did a little sewing; two more Dear Jane blocks, my fifth Applique Affair block, and another set of four 6" blocks for the guild BOM project.

Prairie Celebration

Took Nick to Rock Springs Center this afternoon. We watched the "old Time" artisans-a potter, yarn dyer, weaver, blacksmith, etc. Nick watched the blacksmith complete the long process of making the S hook, and he gave it to Nick when he finished. He's standing in front of the tall prairie grass.
Kids were trying the Native American atlatl which was used to hunt buffalo, and Nick made it really fly.
Terry was working there today, and drove the wagon ride when Nick and I went on it. After the ride we went inside and listened to a couple of songs from the bluegrass band that Chrissy and Cody's other grandparents play in.

Walk to Pond

Morning walk to Kingfisher Pond, the egret was there again today. Also I took a picture of "The Scream" tree.