Fall and nursery

I just love the fall season. I love spring, but there is something about fall. I love the colors of fall, the coolness, the crispness, the fresh apples and applesauce donuts (when I can find them!). I love to decorate for fall. So in that spirit, I will share a couple of things that means it's fall at the Weatherbee home....(of course it's gotta mean quilts!) This first quilt I made because I love the colors of the fall leaves. So it is my renedition of the fall leaves! I just love the fun Halloween fabrics so I made this one in honor of the fun side of Halloween.



Oh, Gordon grew these gorgeous pumpkins. They greet you at the door :o)They are the prettiest colors. They are flat on one side, so they don't stand up :o) Fun, Fun!

This is the pumpkin I grew! lol



I went into Nursery today and took a few pictures of Gordon and his nursery kids. I thought you might enjoy a couple of them! The kids think Gordon is part jungle gym! They love him and he loves them. Whenever he leaves the room, I've been told that the room goes quiet as they watch him leave and they wait until he returns :o) One little girl calls him 'Brudduh Wedderbee'. When they go to visit family in Ohio and they take her to that nursery, she just stands at the door and asks "Where's Brudduh Wedderbee?" Of course he's not there, so she won't go in :o)

Gone back to school....kind of!

A friend, Deon Tait, and I took a class this last week at a local scrapbook store. It was for Photoshop Elements. It was a 2 hour class where we took a couple of pictures with us and we created a 12 x12 page. It was a lot of fun, and we came away with a cool page! Of course I have to show off my page! It's not really all that good, but it was fun and I learned a few things in the process (now if they will only stick to me!).

We have little friends....

We have been enjoying our table outside for our meals. I just want to enjoy our pretty weather while we can. We can watch the birds and deer from our deck.

We have 2 particular little friends....little hummingbirds. We have 2 hummingbird feeders. I didn't think we had any little birds around. But low and behold...we do! I have learned that hummingbirds don't play well together. One will come to eat and the other will come and chase it! They are quite fun to watch.
Gordon is gone to Chicago this week....so let the party begin! hehe....That will teach him to leave for a week :o) Who's bringing the chips? Actually, it's pretty lonely around here when he's gone. I asked him to bring me a t-shirt home from Chicago. He just scrunched up his nose and said 'That means I have to go shopping and you know how much I enjoy that!' I tried to get him to get me one from Venzuela, but you'd have thought I had asked him to have his teeth pulled! lol Needless to say, I didn't get one :o(

I am trying to collect t-shirts for a t-shirt quilt. I have been buying some from thrift stores for some samples for my quilting business, but I would like to make one that has some meaning to me or to someone. I've checked the kids closets, but they took their good ones! What's with that??

Not much else this week. We made more salsa. We had a rain storm yesterday...leftovers from the lastest hurrican....can't even remember the name of this one.

The Harvest

It's that time of year....the harvest! The garden did very well this year. We've had a ton of raspberries, blackberries, blueberries, bumper crop of summer squash and zucchini, cucumbers, tomatoes, peppers, cantelope, spaghetti squash, butternut squash, pumpkins (picture at a later time!), corn, popcorn, and acorn squash. the deer got the beans. All in all, it was a pretty good year, considering that it didn't rain much this summer.

Here is our latest batch of salsa. When you come, you will get to try our yummy salsa and chips!

Check out this raspberry pie! It is a new recipe I tried...can you tell that we like it :o) Wish you were all here to enjoy it with us.

We also got 300 pounds of honey! Wowzer!! That is a LOT of little honey bears running around here! Gordon always has the biggest grin as he is putting the honey in the containers. He just grins and says 'I earned this honey with all of the stings I got!' They were busy little bees...that includes my busy little bee, Gordon! Let the word out that Gordon is selling his local Maryland honey....and let me just say....it is beyond yummy!!!

I have been a busy bee myself :o) I have been working on a couple of quilts. Here is my first t-shirt quilt. I will be making another t-shirt quilt soon. They will serve as my samples as I try to promote my quilting business...both machine quilting and making memory t-shirt quilts for people. Sooooooo....If you know anyone looking for someone to quilt their quilts or have a bunch of t-shirts they don't wear but want to keep, let them know I will make them a scrapbook quilt full of their memories! (for a price of course ;o)

Gordon's Mosaic

Why should I have all the fun?! Here some things about our little Gordon.....

From Left to Right

1. Name: Gordon...Flash for short
2. Favorite food: Raspberries
3. High School: MacArther the Generals!
4. Favorite color: not pink
5. Celebrity crush: Carol Burnette
6. Favorite drink: Raspberry milkshake
7. Dream Vacation: nap
8. Favorite dessert: anything with raspberries
9. What do you want to be when you grow up: Bum
10. What do you love most in life: being lazy
11. One word that describes you: lazy
12. Pet name: Gordito

I'm not quite sure what to say after all that! :o)

My Mosaic Sunday, August 19

I saw this on Molly's blog so I thought I would give it a try. It was fun.

Left to Right

1. Name: Carrie
2. Favorite Food: Meat Loaf
3. High School: San Juan Trojans
4. Favorite color: Blue
5. Celebrity crush: Tom Hanks
6. Favorite Drink: Root Beer Float in a frosted mug yummy!
7. Dream Vacation: Bahamas
8. Favorite Dessert: Strawberry Shortcake
9. What do you want to be when you grow up: A Mom
10. What do you love most in life: My family
11. One word that describes you: Quilter (When your life goes to pieces, Love a Quilter!)
12. Pet name: Mamu

Did you learn something new about me? This was fun! Thanks for looking!

Sad Dr. Seuss Tail

This is the sad tale of a tail. Periscope had big hairballs and they wouldn't brush out, so Gordon had to take the clippers to her. So now we call her our Dr. Seuss cat! Check out the tail!....