Autumn is sauntering in . . .

I'm still working on this quilt.  I hand quilt every morning (except Sunday) and it's looking great but I'm always so surprised by how slow hand quilting is.  The full quilt is pictured at the right

Kinda crazy

We had a pumpkin block exchange in my quilt group.  I wanted to get something made out of them before they get stuck in a box and forgotten.  I tried all sorts of ideas and none of them worked with what I wanted or the amount of time I was willing to spend putting this together.  I had three of the corner pumpkins done so I needed to make one more.  I also made the double stacked pumpkins.

I found this leaf print in my stash from many moons ago.  It's not quilt weight fabric but it is really pretty.  I call it "The Pumpkin Patch" because it looks like the pumpkins are sitting among the leaves.

 

Look closely for the pumpkin

And speaking of pumpkin patches, it's really looking like fall around here in the garden.

Another pumpkin further along in the garden.

A small green pumpkin above and one just beginning below.

The patio looks lonely without the grandkids running about and people sitting down enjoying food.

We had our last family gathering of the summer.  It was a backyard campout.  One of my grandson's found an unguarded bag of gummi bears and promptly stuffed his mouth before anyone found out what he was doing.  Sugar. . . we love how it tastes but it does a number on a child's activity levels.

My husband always plants big clusters of marigolds that shine so brightly in the noonday sunshine.

Of course, they weren't very big when they were planted but by this time of year they out-do themselves.

The concord grapes are starting to ripen.  The leaves are spent and ready to be done with summer.

This corner of the garden has pumpkins growing in among the iris'.  This is where the quail hang out so I didn't disturb them looking for more orange orbs.

It's a lovely day,

Robin