I never thought I would see a hurricane in Ohio but that is what happened on September 14th. We had winds up to 75 MPH in gusts with steady winds at 40 MPH. Our lights went out at 3:15 PM that Sunday and didn't come back on until the following Friday at 4:45 PM. You talk about being in such a quandary with no TV computer or lights. I hadn't done the laundry for awhile so we were getting low on clothes. I was bound and determined not to go to a laudromat. The thing was the rest of the 550 homes came back on on Tuesday and 43 homes around the neighborhood were still in the dark. We called so many times about this I can't count. I guess when the majority of homes got their power it blew a tranformer to the 43 homes.

It really teaches you humility and I guess because it was summer and we needed no heat it took a little longer over 400,00 homes and businesses lost power. There were people really suffering because of health problems like oxygen users and such.

I made the tote bag during our blackout.

Anyway things are great again.

The cat quilt I finally finished it is not done in the pic.

Well the first week of September is almost over and today has been cloudy and cool but is now sunny. Went to breakfast and read the paper but not much else LOL.

I have been working on a quilt I started back in the 80's it was all put together but I didn't quilt it so slowly but surely I have been working on that and then I will bind it and voila a new quilt.

I finished the cat quilt and it turned out good.

For some reason I can't get into the crochet mood I guess I am burned out for now but I know I will be starting something for a Fall Swap at Eri's. I have never swapped there so hope things go well. I still do not have 4 blocks from another swap I am in but they are not too late yet.

My volunteer tomato plant has finally ripened some of the cherry tomatoes. It popped up in August and has grown so fast and produced fast too. I never had good luck with those before in pots. I guess a bird dropped a seed in the right place. My other tomatoes are just about finished the plants have died back a lot.