An October Day!

I woke up early yesterday - even before Louis Dean! That is unusual! As I opened up the kitchen French doors and turned on the coffee pot I marveled at the gorgeous morning sky! Cerulean Blue and Alizarin Crimson ( two of my favorite Windsor Newton oil colors!) were stroked across the sky......it was breath taking! A good start to a lovely day!

 I hurried through my morning routine and was off to Fort Worth by 9:00 am. Mother, Deanie (my sister) and I all drove to Granbury to visit with my cousin, Paula.

 

Mother loves to visit with family! We sat around Paula's kitchen table and talked for over an hour before we headed out to lunch at El Chico. The food was good and we all shared a delicious dessert - as recommended by Nita - apple pie with vanilla ice cream and topped with hot buttered rum sauce. Mmmmmm!!! We lingered long at the restaurant wanting to stretch out our visit.

Deanie and I enjoyed our time with each other as well as with Mother and Paula.

So often - even though we live fairly close - we seldom get to spend much time together.

Isn't that the way it is for nearly all of us? We are so busy!

As they were laughing and talking in the back seat on our way back to Paula's house,

Deanie and I looked at each other and commented how in time to come WE will be the ones sitting back there and OUR daughters will be in the front seat taking us places.

All we have to do is blink a time or two.......so I am trying NOT to blink!

Speaking of 'not blinking'.....later in the afternoon I stopped off to see the grand kids on my way home. Faith likes to challenge me to a 'DON'T BLINK' game! She is really good at it and won every time!

I gave Sam this Cowboy locker for his birthday and I think he LIKED it!

Since he (and his DAD!) love the Cowboys and since Sam plays a lot of sports he will use it to hold all his sports uniforms and shoes.

I had some good moments with Levi.

Sam showed me how to play his new Wii game.

He is a good sport and plays the 'easy' version so I can keep up.

These games are not as easy as you think!

It was a wonderful October day! Driving home I could detect a difference in the very air. I do believe fall is slowly arriving. Still warm but there is something about the light of an October day. Since I drove home by way of the back roads I noticed the trees are now a dull faded green.....like the life is being pulled out of them. There were lots of sunflowers blooming by the side of the road. Made me want to pick a bouquet!

The only other color change in the trees is the crunchy brown of dried and dead leaves.

No yellows or oranges and certainly no reds. Usually you see at least a LITTLE red from the sumac - but I haven't seen any YET!! I will continue to watch!

I have the denim quilt I am working on all ready to sew around the border.

So that is what I am off to do now. This is the second largest denim quilt I have ever made! The first was the very FIRST one I made for my son, Benjamin. KING size!

I have only made twin and crib size ones since.....until now!

Hopefully we will have some 'Quilt Weather' before too long!

"The best kind of sleep beneath Heaven above/ Is under a quilt, handmade with love."