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This post was supposed to go up last week, but with all my computer issues last weekend, it didn't even get written.  We ended up taking a few weeks with this challenge card because fall didn't really set in till early November.   

Both My Guy and I went out for walks and we both captured a few leaves that were changing, but definitely nothing spectacular in the week after we drew this challenge card.  It was very different during my walk after I got back from Houston. 

Kate: Reds and Yellows

Though I didn't have to walk ...

Good morning, my friends. It was a busy sewing day yesterday. I managed to finish off my "Motion" challenge, and then I had time to quilt the first row of the Whimsical Garden quilt.

My sewing started with embroidery, as always. But then I moved to hand-stitching the binding for the "Motion" project. It was a small quilt, but I'm sure it was easier to stitch with the help of my trusty stitching cat.

In short order, my quilt was finished. Here's your final peek ...

Good morning, my friends. It was a busy sewing day yesterday. I managed to finish off my "Motion" challenge, and then I had time to quilt the first row of the Whimsical Garden quilt.

My sewing started with embroidery, as always. But then I moved to hand-stitching the binding for the "Motion" project. It was a small quilt, but I'm sure it was easier to stitch with the help of my trusty stitching cat.

In short order, my quilt was finished. Here's your final peek ...

Good morning, my friends. We had a little let-up from the rain yesterday. By afternoon, the sun was shining and we had a blue sky...a welcome sight. We were out in our hot tub last night, and we could see stars for the first time in many nights. This morning, the sun is shining, and there isn't a cloud in the sky. For sure, I'm going to get outside and cut back that last dahlia today. I might have done it yesterday while I was out filling the bird feeders. But there was a drizzle falling, and ...

Good morning, my friends. We had a little let-up from the rain yesterday. By afternoon, the sun was shining and we had a blue sky...a welcome sight. We were out in our hot tub last night, and we could see stars for the first time in many nights. This morning, the sun is shining, and there isn't a cloud in the sky. For sure, I'm going to get outside and cut back that last dahlia today. I might have done it yesterday while I was out filling the bird feeders. But there was a drizzle falling, and ...

Good morning, my friends, and Happy Halloween!

I'm happy to say it was a day for slow yesterday. I took care of a few domestic things in the morning, and then I plopped myself down in a chair and spent ...

Good morning, my friends, and Happy Halloween!

I'm happy to say it was a day for slow yesterday. I took care of a few domestic things in the morning, and then I plopped myself down in a chair and spent ...

 After dealing with computer problems this week, I was glad to be able to sit down and go through my September photos. Not sure what the issue was with the computer but it finally recovered after a hard shut down and reboot. First thing I did after the reboot was to back up everything to an external drive and email myself some files (mainly guild BOM instructions) that would be disappointing if I didn't have access too.  

September was another busy month.  The first week of the month we moved Grad Girl (still need to come up with her ...

Good morning, my friends. How are y'all doing this morning? It rained for a good part of the day yesterday. By afternoon, the clouds cleared off, and there was blue sky and sunshine. It was nice because Mike wanted to go out for dinner. After being cooped up inside for the past two days trying not to drown, we were both approaching a serious case of cabin fever. Then, when I awakened this morning, rain was coming down in buckets again. Possibly it was the last gasp of the atmospheric river that passed through because as I'm writing ...

Good morning, my friends. How are y'all doing this morning? It rained for a good part of the day yesterday. By afternoon, the clouds cleared off, and there was blue sky and sunshine. It was nice because Mike wanted to go out for dinner. After being cooped up inside for the past two days trying not to drown, we were both approaching a serious case of cabin fever. Then, when I awakened this morning, rain was coming down in buckets again. Possibly it was the last gasp of the atmospheric river that passed through because as I'm writing ...

Good morning, my friends. After writing yesterday's post, I proceeded to waste my morning hours messing with ChatGPT. This is the sort of thing that interests me not at all, but I was trying to create an AI image. It took me quite a while to understand the ins and outs of this. At one point I realized I was wasting my whole morning, and I decided to indulge in that luxury for a single morning. Since I needed to leave the house at 11:45 a.m., it didn't seem as if there was enough time to ...

Good morning, my friends. After writing yesterday's post, I proceeded to waste my morning hours messing with ChatGPT. This is the sort of thing that interests me not at all, but I was trying to create an AI image. It took me quite a while to understand the ins and outs of this. At one point I realized I was wasting my whole morning, and I decided to indulge in that luxury for a single morning. Since I needed to leave the house at 11:45 a.m., it didn't seem as if there was enough time to ...

Good morning, my friends. These multi-appointment weeks are going to wear me down. I saw the dentist yesterday for a check-up and cleaning. Today I'm getting my monthly pedicure. The pedicure is nice, but it still means time out of the day, driving, traffic, and being away from home. I'm a homebody. There's no place I'd rather be, and so going out several times a week for two weeks running is wearisome.

Before leaving home yesterday, I had time to stitch the 8th Tiny Treasure. This one has stem stitch, stem fill, straight stitch, and French ...

Good morning, my friends. These multi-appointment weeks are going to wear me down. I saw the dentist yesterday for a check-up and cleaning. Today I'm getting my monthly pedicure. The pedicure is nice, but it still means time out of the day, driving, traffic, and being away from home. I'm a homebody. There's no place I'd rather be, and so going out several times a week for two weeks running is wearisome.

Before leaving home yesterday, I had time to stitch the 8th Tiny Treasure. This one has stem stitch, stem fill, straight stitch, and French ...

This week's photo challenge required night photography, but we could do it from the comfort of our home.  

Since all we had to do was walk to the kitchen when it was dark, that made it easy for all of us to get photos this week.  I was concerned that My Guy and I would have the same photograph more or less, so I changed my perspective a bit. 

Kate: Fridge Lighting

This is the counter across from the refrigerator. Yes we still have a land line, at least for now. This is the area behind the Keurig and ...

Good morning, my friends. It was a gardening day yesterday. I'm happy to have things mostly wrapped up for the winter. Before I started on that, though, I spent some time stitching the next Tiny Treasure. It looks like one treasure per day will probably be my limit. This one has stem stitch, satin stitch, seed stitch and fishbone stitch.

Good morning, my friends. It was a gardening day yesterday. I'm happy to have things mostly wrapped up for the winter. Before I started on that, though, I spent some time stitching the next Tiny Treasure. It looks like one treasure per day will probably be my limit. This one has stem stitch, satin stitch, seed stitch and fishbone stitch.

August was another busy month this year. It was so nice to have Grad Girl home for a bit, but she was busy with interviews that meant road trips to Texas. That left me cat sitting while she was on the road.  I spent a lot of time out on our back porch because Queenie loved being outside. As in July, most of August's photos came from our own back yard.  The difference is I did take the DSLR out with me one day.  So most of the photos in this post were taken with the Canon 70D paired ...

These photos only took us two weeks to come up with compared to the two months we took for the Beauty of Winter challenge card.  This week's card wasn't quite as difficult. 

There aren't a lot of photos for July, but there are a few that stood out.  Most of those come from my I-phone as it's the one camera that's with me pretty much anywhere I go.  You can decide if "the best camera is the one you have with you" is true.  

The first photo was my second choice for the "Reflections" family photo challenge.  It's the only photo this month taken with my Canon 70D DSLR. I used a Sigma 105mm macro lens.  

It was close between this one and the one I used for ...