Cloudy, rainy and windy Tuesday....

They warned us it would rain but also said we would have a lot of wind didn't happen thanks to you know who.

I finally finished the mini quilt for the swap at HGTV and am glad. I will be mailing it out tomorrow. I also finished the pumpkin pin cushion last week and will mail it out too.
Last Saturday we went to the Heart of Ohio antique mall. I found 3 cross stitch magazines from the 90's for $1 each. My DH bought some 1956 Ohio license plates for our 56 Chevy. He is allowed to put them on the car after paying $4.50 to register them. I think that is so neat.
They are celebrating Halloween this Thursday as Beggar's Night instead of the 31st like most places.  I loved going Trick or Treating when I was a kid.

Darlene

Chilly Friday

A little rain and now sunshine.  We need the rain so badly.
I haven't done much in the way of sewing I did make a pumpkin pin cushion but I think I will try something else. They don't take very long to make and I have a lot of patterns from the Web.
I also finished a book by Peter Perelli called Francesca's Kitchen and it is such a good well written book.  I had read another book of his awhile ago.
I am now reading The Birthdays and it's an easy read too.
My Ohio friends from HGTV are having a get together on Tuesday but I chose not to attend and I probably won't go to another quilt show either. It's a long story but I wish them well.
Maggie our dog is getting groomed today I was almost ashamed to take her in there; she was in bad shape since July was her last one.
 She always does well for these gals but not for me. LOL

What a beautiful day

It is 66° right now, sunny and just a pretty day; we even had rain yesterday.
I want to share this brownie recipe with you from an old cookbook I got in 1965 during the Vietnam war. It is called Salute to Cooking and I bought it from a woman I worked with. Her husband was in the service.


                                      BROWNIES
Grease bottom only of a 8" square pan.
2/3 cup flour, 1/2 tsp. baking powder, 1/4 tsp. salt, 1/3 cup butter or stk. margarine, 2 squares unsweetened chocolate, 2 eggs beaten, 1 cup sugar, 1 tsp. vanilla and 1 cup broken nuts (opt.)
Melt in a small bowl in the microwave the butter and chocolate squares, then stir well.
In a larger bowl mix together flour, salt and baking powder. Add chocolate mixture, eggs, sugar and vanilla. Stir until well blended.  Add nuts if desired.


Bake at 350° for 18 minutes. Do not overbake. Cool cut and frost if desired.

Cooler weather ahead....

It is a sunny morning and nice and cool. We had 90's all week, whew!
Yesterday I bought two cans of pumpkin for a pie and Coolwhip. But I forgot the evaporated milk. So this morning I hurry down to the little corner store and it's not open (this is 7:15 am). So I thought I will run to Walmart I know it's open.  I got two cans of Carnation because I will be making another pie soon. I run back home watch Fons and Porter on PBS. Jump up and start the pie dough I always use a 10" pie dish for these because it makes a lot of filling.
Of course I have trouble with it sticking but manage to get it rolled out and start to make my filling. I use cinnamon and pumpkin pie spice and no cloves which I can't stand. The spice contains a little but not much.
I get it in the oven and watch Sewing with Nancy and it is good about Amish quilts.
I have the dishes washed, the pie done and cooling and it is only 8:45am how great is that?
 I always let the pie cool on the counter and then refrigerate to get cold I love cold pumpkin pie.
I have picked out my pattern for the mini quilt swap at HGTV and it is so cute of a Santa with buttons for a beard. I can't wait to start it. It's not due until the middle of November.
I am doing well on my Xstitch picture and I hope to have it framed when I am done. They have coupons to have it done professionally at Joann's or Hobby Lobby.
My DH is doing well and I have been cleared of doing drops for my eyes. I graduated so to speak. LOL I don't even have to get new glasses if I want. Yeah!
Have a wonderful weekend     Darlene

It has been a wonderful Saturday here in Ohio...

especially since my DH is home after 10 days in the hospital.
The cat, dog and our daughter were so glad to see him. I was the lone visitor.
Our DD came today for her regular visit and it was good to see her. She went to a concert last week and saw Reba McIntyre and had her shirt on. She has been to many concerts over the years and even saw Celine Dion one time. A customer in her store gave her two $200.00 tickets to see it. She hasn't seen that lady since. If you are reading this we all thank you.  DD is a greeter at a local Kroger.
I have been working on a counted cross stitch picture and am enjoying it immensely. Now that I can see good again. LOL
The yard is in a brown state now and is so dry. My flowers are still going strong since they don't get much sun. I am going to bring in my hanging geranium plant and try to save it over the winter in the basement. I have to read up on that.
I love fall decorations and want to get them out this week. When I did ceramics I made a lot of Halloween items that I have had for many years and I never get tired of looking at them.
We have had very cool mornings and warm afternoons. I hope the rest of the country has been relieved of the very hot temps. 
Hope you are having a quilty day
Darlene

What a great day----

First of all I want to say my cataract surgeries are over and they were a success. My dr. seemed really pleased at the outcome of the last one which was the tricky one.
I received quite a surprise in my mailbox it is a rooster needle punched cutie. It was from my friend Lillian and also included a sweet card and a cute rooster bookmark which is downstairs in my library book. Thanks Lillian I love it.
It has been pretty warm today around 90° but with a good breeze and low humidity. I wish it would stop I am so tired of this hot weather.
I mailed the pumpkin wall hanging to Diane in Louisiana Monday and she received it today. She said she loved purple so that was good. Here is a photo

I am in a different kind of challenge where they mail us 3 different paint chips and we are to find fabrics to match and can include one thing from our stash and make a quilted item with it. I need to look at Joann's before I can start figuring out what to make. I also signed up for a Secret Santa swap for later on in the Fall. I haven't done one of these before. Looking forward to it.
I hope you are having a good September 1st
Darlene

Beautiful Monday...

We have had a wonderful, beautiful no -humidity day.  It is supposed to be nice all week.
I have started my Pumpkin wall hanging finally after having cut it out last week. I received mine from Gail in Ontario, Canada. isn't it pretty?

She also sent me a pattern and a really pretty pin from her local guild. The swap was at Quilted Table.
We transplanted a Rose of Sharon bush out of the flower bed and into the back yard. I had already moved one last year and it is getting big. I have this crazy vine growing over there and thought it was a kudzu vine. But online sites didn't mention red berries on the kudzu so mine is something else. It really grows fast and covered some bushes I had there. I ripped out as much as I could.
I have started the Val Laird BOM embroidery blocks and have 6 more to do. You combine fabric inserts and embroidery to make these wonderful blocks.
With summer winding down there is yard work to do like dividing overgrown perennials and cutting off dead flowers.
I had my first cataract removed a week ago tomorrow and will have the next one done the end of the month. 
I hope you all are getting some relief from the heat.