DINNER WITH MY QUILTING FRIENDS

Last night I hosted a dinner with my quilting friends. We shared some wine, food, lots of laughs and we even got some sewing done. I made some appetizers to start, then we had curried butternut squash and apple soup, followed by Feta and Swiss Chard pie with a side salad. For desert we enjoyed some Pumpkin Praline pie with Pumpkin ice cream. I always enjoy getting together with these ladies. 

Some appetizers

Brenda is working on a sample for one of her new patterns

Linda is doing some hand quilting

Mary and Michelle 

Shirley

HAPPY THANKSGIVING

This weekend is our Thanksgiving in Canada. I would like to wish everyone a "Happy Thanksgiving" and a wonderful weekend.

~Janet

SAMMIE'S KITTENS

A couple of weeks ago our cat Sammie had a litter of kittens and they were buried deep upstairs in the hayloft of our barn. Last night we had a huge storm and she moved them all downstairs in the barn. They all have their eyes open now and here is a picture that I took of them. These are our future mousers.

Seven baby kittens

BILLY JACOB PRINTS

Thought I'd post a picture of the Billy Jacob prints I purchased while visiting his gallery in Navaare, Ohio a couple of weeks ago while on an excursion to Berlin. I have always loved his art so now I own a couple of his pieces. I love almost all of his prints, but these two were there and framed in a black frame, so home they came with me.

Hope you all have a great weekend!

~Janet

"Amish Quilt Barn"

"Keeping Watch"

CINDERELLA PUMPKINS

This year I thought I'd try to grow some cinderella pumpkins. I think I got a pretty good crop!
Hope everyone is enjoying this wonderful weather. Has been a busy time for me. I've been making roasted tomato sauce, soups, apple sauce, apple pies for the freezer and now I have to cook and freeze my squash for the winter. I did manage to fit in a three day trip down to Berlin Ohio last week with my friend Michelle. We had a great time. We stayed in Roscoe Village in Cochocton, Ohio which a quaint little hamlet. I don't think I have ever seen such beautiful scenery as we saw down there. It was breathtaking. Went to Lehman's on the way down too. Here are some pictures. Stopped at a couple of great Quilt shops on the way too.
Janet

Door Mouse Quilt shop, Bettsville Ohio

Lehman's

Roscoe Village, Cochocton, Ohio

Rocoe Village

Roscoe Village

Roscoe Village. This is where we had dinner. All you can eat Walleye, with baked potato and wine :)

Billy Jacob's Gallery, Navaare, Ohio

My Cinderella pumpkins

HARVEST SWAP

Today I received an awesome package from Theresa http://dulaneywoodstreasures.blogspot.com/
I signed up to participate in a Harvest Swap that Amy from Bumble Bee Lane blog http://bumblebeelanecottage.blogspot.ca/ was hosting.
Well, Theresa made my day! I just love all of the awesome things she sent me. Thank you so much. Everything is very much appreciated. Here is a picture of the lovely fall creations and goodies that she sent. Thanks to Amy for hosting this swap.
~Janet

Candle, Tart Melts and Autumn Sachet

Yum........Chocolate

Old Crow Pin keep handmade by Theresa

Pumpkin Pincushion

Pumpkin Runner

Crow Cupboard Keep...Just love this!!

VACATION

Good morning. Just wanted to share a few pictures from our little vacation that DH and I took last week. We went up north to the Bancroft area to visit SIL and BIL. We had a great time. My SIL is a wonderful cook and she prepared us some delicious meals. We did some antiquing while we were there and we went to my favorite shop, the Old Tin Shed. It looked wonderful all decorated up for Autumn.

Kit went along too, but she had to stay on her leash the whole time we were outside because there are so many wolves and bears around. She would pick up a scent and run away. I don't think she minds for the few days we are there. Hope everyone is enjoying this cooler weather like I am.

September 7th was a wonderful time also, I attended a Blog gathering at Harvest at the Mill in Holly Michigan and met some wonderful Blogging friends in person. We enjoyed a lovely meal together and chatted. Dawn did a wonderful job organizing everything. Her Harvest at the Mill show was a great success and she is already making plans for next year, September 6th, 2014. So mark you calendars, you won't want to miss it.

~Janet

Blogger gathering.
Harvest at the Mill in Holly Michigan

Kit on vacation.
She is in the kitchen looking for a snack.

Some fall mums outside of the Old Tin Shed

My favorite shop in Bancroft

DH and BIL looking at the old dodge truck.
One of the ornaments outside of the Old Tin Shed.

Some of my SIL old mason jars

My SIL's wood burning cookstove.

HOOSIER

June, here is a picture of my hoosier.
I have it in my summer kitchen.

HOW TIME FLIES

Today, I came across a picture of my grade 6 class photograph. I was 11 years old. Someone who was in my class back then posted it on Facebook. Check it out, I am in the front row, second from the left. I can actually remember the names of most of my classmates.

MY LATEST FINISH

I don't usually post pictures of my quilts until they have been quilted and the binding is on, but I just love this one. I finished piecing it today. It is a pattern by Kim Diehl called Twilight Hopscotch, from her book Simple Comforts. I used red and cream Civil War fabrics.

Can't wait to quilt it.

~Janet

Twilight Hopscotch

CABIN UPDATE

This afternoon DH was working back at the cabin finishing putting the batten strips on. I still have to do some work on the inside, like stain my table and paint the legs and the wood stove needs to be hooked up, so I will post pictures of the inside as soon as that is done. Here are some pictures of the outside. Now I have to stain it :(

Windows and batten strips are installed.
Kit is making sure everything looks good.

A look from the back

Louis and the front of the cabin. Can't wait to get it all decorated up for fall. I can picture Indian corn on the door and pumpkins on the porch :)

A BUSY WEEK

This has been such a busy week here and the weather has been absolutely gorgeous. Lots of gardening going on. Yesterday, I planted some fall mums and some ornamental cabbages around my gardens. My tomatoes are ripening so I have been making tomato sauce. I have cauliflower in the slow cooker to make cream of cauliflower soup, and I just finished baking an apple pie and made 2 for the freezer. The old apple tree is so full of apples this year and so is our pear tree. Look what I just took out of the oven. I made this apple pie for DH, his favorite. Never a dull moment around here :)

Hope you all have a great weekend.

Apple pie for DH

BARN CATS

This morning I snapped a picture of our little barn cats. They were born in April and growing like weeds. Of course Kit felt left out, so I had to take a picture of her too.

Some cute kitties. I just love their colors

Kit

Salem

A GIFT FROM MY DH

I have been working like crazy in my flower gardens this year and this morning DH surprised me with this load of organic black earth. I have wanted some of this for years. So we spent the day putting it in the flower gardens in the front of the house. What a job and what a hot day to do it. 
Needless to say, I am exhausted :( 

I will sleep well tonight. I am glad it is done.

FRESH OUT OF THE OVEN

I just took this out of the oven. Saskatoon pie (aka serviceberry pie). We have three bushes of these on the farm, so we picked and froze them for making pies, scones, muffins etc. Love them.

SUMMER'S LAST BLOOMS

I hope everyone here in Canada had a great long weekend. I did a lot of gardening yesterday and this morning I took some pictures. Still haven't taken any new pictures of the cabin as I am having trouble walking right now because I have so much pain in my right hip from getting up and down off of a chair to put up the pine planks on the inside of my cabin. I was kicked in my right hip by a horse about 23 years ago and from time to time it really bothers me. It is a 10 minute walk back there, so as soon as my hip feels better I will post some pictures. Here are pictures from my garden.....summer's last blooms.

~Janet

Echinacea

Rose of Sharon
I love these.
This is outside of my living room window

Brown eyed Susans

White Swan coneflower

Tansy

Hosta

Hydrangea