Fall In New England

Last Monday I had the day off so we took advantage of a beautiful day and headed out to lunch in a very quaint town.

spires reach for the beautiful blue sky

We visited a WW2 museum, I really thought I would be bored to tears but it was so interesting. they had it set up that each room was a year of the war. they had what was happening at home, what 

children might get for christmas, the music and what was in the movies.

I thought this was pretty interesting that home prices were

about 2X the average income. Not so now. 

To use up some of the apples we picked last weekend

I made apple butter...

I canned some for gifts. It came out so amazing.

In all of it's beautiful yummyness. I used

fresh ginger and cider, the apple comes through so well.

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This piece has been giving me more trouble then

I can say. I think my confidence is gone and I don't trust my decisions. First the back ground was not dark enough, So I over dyed it with some med brown that was solved.

Then the letter looked to much like crayon so I cut the wool thinner, no luck, now I have taken two different browns let's see if that will work. 

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Like most of you I have heard the scary awful news of this country.

I have my views why and what should be done or should have been done, but I guess that is for another time.

We have decided that to stay close to home is probably the 

best thing. And pray a lot.

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Coming events cast their shadows before.

Campbell

How To Eat A Fresh Apple

Friday was our 39th anniversary, yes 39 for some reason I posted 38 on the last post I must of lost a year some where.

We could not have asked for a better day! It was high 70's

sunny, and the color was was amazing.

I was standing on a covered bridge taking this picture.

It is hard to see but there is a class of school children wading in the water I believe taking a science class. That is how warm and lovely it was. 

This is a very small sample of what I bought at King Arthur flour.

It is one amazing place if you bake. The smell of bread just fills the store and the cafe was so amazing. I spend more than I should have but I just couldn't help myself. I see some great baked things in my future!

We hit lots of antique stores nothing. We go to a Vermont distillery and yummmmmmmmmm this is like baileys that taste like a lovely hint of apples and maple not cheap but so worth it. I see a trip back to Vermont before Christmas.

Saturday rainy and cold I went to my guild meeting but left early.

Once home I made a batch of pasta sauce to use up the last of my tomatoes and a homemade soup. It tasted so good on a chilly day.

Sunday back to beautiful and time with Miss B! apple picking,

She just loved it so much we had to stop her when we had between us 18 lbs of apples.

She is so stinking cute she ate 2 whole apples while picking.

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If a man is alone in the woods and he speaks, and there is no wife to hear him, is he still wrong. :)

Anniversary....

I went to the Deerfield fair and saw some of my guilds rugs

Do you see all of those blue ribbons?

This was best in show and she was also featured artist.

again part of our guild.

This is also one of our guilds and now you know why

I feel a bit intimidated when I am with them. 

This was a teaching piece I am not sure if  it belonged to our 

group or not but a great way to see how different the same pattern could be.

I baked a pear tart tonight to use up some very ripe pears

I really did just made it up with some puff pastry.

It turned out very yummuy

And I finally mastered the light fluffy biscuit.

Now I need to stop eating so much!

38 years ago tomorrow this handsome guy and I married.

We were so young and had no idea what life had in store for us.

But I would do it all over again!

We are off to a little day trip tomorrow to celebrate, and do some 

leaf peeping.

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It's never to late to have a happy childhood.

Before And After!

I am not sure if you remember this dump find. I had all the plans in the world of keeping it but no room...

And this is how it came out!

He put on locking wheels and chalk paint on the front.

Finished off the back and put one large board on the top also a dump find. Don't you just love it!

around the fourth of July I hit a yard sale and purchased this butter churn that had seen better days,it was 10.00.

Behind this wire frame is an old bread board that sorta matched it. Also at the same yard sale!

Ta Da! it is now a coffee table!

The top is attached and then we wiped it down with 

a restorer and it matches almost perfect.

We have the back that was badly warped but I love

that it can be used for magazine or wool!

It's a keeper! I love it to much to let husband sell it.

We have been having summer like temps 80's!

So we loaded up the kayaks and hit two different ponds today.

I completely fell in love with this pond it is a working man's pond

No huge million dollar homes. Just lovely camps.

I think husband loved it as much as I did. It is clear as a bell

no motors just lovely.

Then off to the next town and the next pond.

It is called a bog but huge. and beautiful.

And as you can see the colors are coming into their full beauty.

Lots of exercise today so I will be ready for bed early.

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Have a great week everyone!

Priorities

The world is full of priorities and each day

we get to decide them. When I see people wait in line

for days for a phone I know that is not my priority. We only 

have so many days on this earth and waiting for a phone would not be how I use my days.

Of course going to the dump would not be on some people's

list of priorities. But hey you have to get rid of garbage right?

and look for great finds. This is a shoe box full.

I truly love all the notes! It was someone's priority to note all the good recipes.

Cleaning is not a priority in my house when there is

other things I want to do.

I have had the worst time with this rug! The colors I chose

look like crayon colors not what I was going for so out it all comes.

This is an idea for the new colors, comments please I need help!

I put the background in a dye bath of med brown.

hoping it would tone it down. I will let you know.

For now my priorities are family, friends, and watching the 

leaves turn. 

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Another Week Another Hike And Another yard Sale

My friend Cathy and I try to meet up on Thursday and do something together and it could be anything this week it was a hike

And a climb! yes this is me I am pretty proud of myself I 

made it up but when I turned around I was shocked at how high up we were! 

So down we went, we got to the bottom no car keys! Up we go again! We were both shocked at how fast we made it up the second time. Well long story short husband rescued us and a friend found the keys on her hike up this weekend, all is well :)

I also met up with another friend and we went to a woman who is selling off all of her wool. I bought some pieces of hand dyed at a great price. Some of it is for the piece I am hooking now.

There were 4 of us who met up to yard sale.

I got a sweet cake plate with a promise of my almond tea

cake to be served on it.

I hit all of the holidays. This is a vintage Santa in good shape.

A cutie Halloween ghoul.

and these sweet eggs I believe they are hand done just amazing for 1.00!

I picked up this movie for our viewing pleasure tonight 

1.00 a cheap evening. 

And I will leave you with my cute find of the day.

and apparently he does :)