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I was wading through my freezer and found chicken bits and bones in a freezer bag. We had a rotisserie chicken this summer so I put the bones in a freezer bag for cooler times.  I put it in some chicken stock that needed to be used up and let it simmer. There was still lots of chicken on those bones. My spice mix a few bay leaves some veggies and I have soup!!! Sooo good to!

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I also found some pie crust I hadn't used in the freezer too. So, I made some apple turnovers. Husband approved!

I kept reading about the fruit and nut crackers you could make. I had all the ingredients, and it was pouring outside so why not. There are blueberries, raisins,cherries,dates, and cashews. (Next time I will use pecans) I tried them with some cream cheese and a smear of apple chutney OMG they are so good I know I am bragging but yumm!

Sunday the rain left, and the sun came out time for a walk. Everyone and their uncles are in our area this past weekend looking for colored leaves, so we did not go out much at all. As you can see there is a lot on the ground.

And the trees are getting bare. Not much color this year that's for sure. So sad about that. 

I started taking pictures of the little cemetery on my walk and no matter where I took the picture, I had this blur in the photo. What do you think? I just love this cemetery with all the leaves on it, it looks like it is getting ready for winter. 

Now onto the fair the good old, good old Sandwich fair!

We went at 400PM today husband got a couple of things to eat we walked around no crowds at this time of day. Just perfect for us.

I entered 2 rugs, and I got a 1st and 2nd and now before you get all excited there were only 4 pieces entered. But it was nice I had a couple of friends texting me from the fair this weekend letting me know and telling me how talented I am lol. Gotta love your friends.

Here is the grand winner. She submitted it under primitive not realistic and her own pattern. Thoughts on this please. It truly is a beauty. 

On the way out this little girl and her smaller brother were leading these two sheep out of the fair when we were leaving. They were so darn cute I could never get a good picture of them. But the sheep were so happy to be with the kids they kept brushing up against them my heart just melted. With all the trouble in the world that moment with those kids and their sheep made me smile. 

I have said before I spend way too much time online and well another idea. I bought this at a thrift store for 3.00.

And I turned it into this! Now I am no artist, but I dabbled, and I see where I could have done things differently, but it was fun, and I may try it again sometime. Don't miss the witch in the right corner Booo.

I had been out for a walk, and I come in and husband is washing the skylights in the upstairs hall as you can see, they were long past due for it. Well, you can't wash the windows and not vacuum or move some furniture etc. etc. well you know how it goes. There went the rest of that afternoon. 

In closing we are under a frost warning tonight. I went out and cut the rest of my herbs and I saw online (see what I mean?) that you can use a tension rod in a window to hang your herbs. Great idea! This window doesn't get a lot of sun and it is right in the kitchen win win! I also have a large pot of Geraniums wanted to protect. It is right by our walkout basement door, so I slid the pot in voila. about an hour or so later I went down to make sure I had locked the door. There was the sweetest frog singing up a storm. But since I do not want him in the house, I pulled the pot back outside and put a few towels over the flowers. The minute the pot hit the coolness of the night he stopped singing sorry little frog.

Have a wonderful week!