Warped ...

HAPPY (LATE) HALLOWEEN!  This is Margo White's cute little Halloween cat.  Got it at the Made in Greene County event at WRV a few weeks ago.

Here's a few of us "Jolly" women all dolled up at the Hobo Heaven dinner in Spencer.  Bernadene, me, Karla & Penny.  It was a fun Halloween event!  So glad I went!  We have a really good County President this year with lots of creative ideas. 

Well, the loom is warped for another run of rugs.  Now all I have to do is thread the heddles and reed.  That's the easy part, though sometimes tedious.  I'm looking forward to using up lots more of my quilting cotton.  Plus I've been collecting such things as chenille bedspreads, wool that's too heavy or too lightweight for hooking, plastic shopping bags (!) and men's ties, to try some interesting effects!  We'll see ...  Wendell was a big help!  There was one problem spool of warp that kept running off the end, so one of us had to keep a finger on the end of that spool.  And the other one cranked.  ARGH!  Anyway, it's done now.

Last week I taught four very interested women how to hook.  The class was in Spencer so I'm "spreading the word" out of Greene County, into Owen County!  It's sort of like my mission, I guess.  They were all doing well by the end of the evening and we had a very comfortable place to use as a classroom.  And lots of fun and laughs.  What more could you ask?  There is always the fear that I'll find someone who just doesn't get it.  That's only happened for me one time.  I keep my fingers crossed every time I have newbies ...

I'm on the fellowship dinner committee now at church, so today I'll be roasting the turkey for Sunday's dinner.  Tomorrow I'll make a pumpkin pie and Sunday afternoon the bread dressing in the crock pot.  Hope I can do a decent job to replace the woman who was the lead person on that committee.  Nothing like being thrown right in, not only on the committee, but as the lead.  That's what prayer is all about, right?  That and a good cookbook ...

We've had several turkeys here lately.  Here's a few that visited several days ago.  They spent a lot of time out west of the house and I'm hoping they ate all of the box elder bugs!

We had lots of rain and wind yesterday and I'm thinking the gutters are probably filled with leaves today.  Poor Wendell ...  But now you can see through the trees and when a train goes through I can probably count the number of cars.  (Sometimes the high point of my day in the winter ...)  I was amazed that the leaves were being blown all of the way from the woods to the driveway !  Yikes !  It was way windy.  

Have a great weekend.  God Bless!

Since last we met ...

I've been busy!  Here's that rug I finished, "The Flying Gardener".  I really love her and want to give it to my grand daughter but don't know if she'd like it.  But I also would like to keep it for a while to enter in the fair next year.  Decisions, decisions ...

"The Flying Gardener", a JuJu Vail design.  Been hooking on this rug for more than a year; it was WAY out of the box for me because I usually choose more muted colors ...  Plus, it's pretty big, too!

We enjoyed lunch with my brother Don and his wife Nancy around the first of the month.  Went to Greencastle to Almost Home.  It was a good lunch and a great visit.  While we were there about a bazillion old Ford Model T's and A's went through.  We were all distracted (except Don, who had his back to the window) by the stream of cars going through on the highway!  I wish you could have seen all of those old cars!  W. talked to a couple who came into the restaurant to eat, and they said they were traveling as a group and headed to Rockville.  You know, that Covered Bridge Festival is going on there right now ...

The Holy Hookers had their first meeting at Select Insurance in the conference room and we had a great time.  I think it'll work!  There were 5 of us I think.  We think more could easily fit in and even spill out into the front room and/or hallway!  It was fun.  And good to catch up on what's going on with Jane & Deb!  However, the daytime group -- not so much.  I was the only one to show up at the library in September and yesterday it was just Margo and I.  So I'll give the daytime group till the end of the year then probably pull the plug.  It was a good idea but ...  Hey, I really do enjoy the time away from distractions here at home, where I can just sit and hook and get a lot done!

We had a good visit to Michigan to visit Ray, Gloria and Veronica.  We watched a soccer game (and they won).  W. & I are impressed with the improvement in play that just one season makes.  The team is doing well.   Ray took us to a nice brew pub in Hastings for my birthday lunch while we were there.  (Oh yes, I did have another one on the 7th ...)  I've gotta say, Gloria is a most excellent cook!  We had two amazing dinners at their house!  (And I'm not just kissing up.)  On the way there we stopped in Kalamazoo and I got an 8-dent reed for my loom so I can change the look somewhat on my next run.  The trees were changing up there and it was a beautiful drive home.  We took a detour through Bluffton and visited with Mom for a while, getting home LATE Sunday night.  She is doing really well and was in good spirits.  Here's a pix from the soccer game.

That's our little #27!

Also went to another Hoosier Hills Guild meeting and the Jolly Homemakers met, too.  It keeps me hoppin!  Made a big fruit tray for the church men's breakfast but was told only 9 guys showed up!  (frown)  Jeff and Jane came through and we met in Bloomington at the Trojan Horse for dinner Saturday night.  Another birthday celebration for me!  All in all, I've been busy.  Best news, I get to scratch "paint exterior doors" off my to-do list!  When I get those flower beds cleaned I can say I'm ready for winter.  Sign .....
 

The view from our front porch ... fall is here.

Have a blessed weekend!