Fall colors and a thought provoking quote

Our cypress has finally started to turn to it's fall colors of rust and gold. Two weeks ago she was all green , but now the weather is beginning to turn cooler and so all the trees are beginning to turn beautifully. Another week or so and there will be more color change and then all the strange little leaves (I guess that's what they are) will fall and cover my front yard. And my last lawn care job of the season will take place. I'll rake every thing up and use it like mulch around shrubs, etc. Those little leaves are a little prickly which causes them to stick together. I've been doing this for about 3 years and I have no weeds or anything grow up through these layers.
I reuse whatever I can in my yard. It seems a waste of time and energy to rake and bag and dispose of when it can be used right in my yard.

Now the quote. When I am at my bank in the drive thru I can see through the window to an inside wall where there's a chalk board. I guess there's a different quote each day. Even though I don't go every day there is always a new one to see when I am there. This one especially caught my eye. It's something to think about something to think about.

"WE ARE NOT PRIMARILY PUT ON THIS EARTH TO SEE THROUGH PEOPLE, BUT TO SEE PEOPLE THROUGH."

Peter De Vries

My Little Monster

Here's my last Halloween project. Hooray! He's done. I didn't really have a lot of things going but what I started I finished. So that feels good. Many times I add more items to my stash of UFOs. I have a little bit of Christmas started so now I can go at those full out. I'm afraid when it comes to Christmas I always overdo in what I start to make. This year I'm going to try to work harder at finishing as best I can. I really love all my quilting, crochet, and crafting so much that I'm sure if I could I would spend all my days just doing hand work. Fat Chance! Before I forget this was a ghost pattern that came from Emily Millers Emporium on Etsy. She suggested getting creative and turning the ghost body into a monster.

Watching for a beautiful fall

This is the beautiful 30 year old Cypress tree in our front yard. It's a pretty tree during the summer but as fall comes the color change is gorgeous. I have always wanted to photograph it but never have until now. So for the next few weeks I've decided to photograph it as the colors change and then of course post them here. This is of course photo #1 taken October 11, 2007. In past years I believe it had begun to turn sooner, but we had a Hellishly hot summer this year. I'm definitely glad fall is here. Today it's rainy and cool. Ahhhhhhhhhh!!!!

Candy Corn Man

Here's my little Amigurumi Candy Corn Man. I think he's really cute and have to give credit to Stormycrochet at Etsy. I ordered the pattern from her. Each one of my kids is getting one for their home adding to their Halloween decorations. I've got a little monster I'm finishing up so will
get that posted next. Then it's full speed on to Christmas with so many things I want to do. The question is how many of those wants will I get done.

Muffins

Well, no pictures today one of my favorite recipes along with some thoughts. Blogging is still relatively new to me as far as finding out how many great ideas there are for posting. Whether they might not seem very interesting to each of us or maybe very exciting we never know what others might think or enjoy. Maybe enjoy is to broad a word. When someone has poured there heart over something sad in their life and their heart is aching we don't enjoy reading but we care and feel for them..When someone is excited or happy about something in their life we feel that too. And then there are all of the fabulous photos of pets crafts kids homes food art and so many other thing. Bloggers open their world to all of us other bloggers and vice versa.
This started out to be a very simple post of a recipe, but then I started thinking about what encouraged me to begin to post some of my recipes and I came up with the above thoughts. I saw a very nice simple muffin recipe posted by KathyAnn at be-stitched artfully, which I will definitely be baking, This made me think of one of my favorite muffin recipe and decided maybe those visiting my blog would enjoy it. I have found some other great recipes that I have or will be trying at these blogs-- Oiyi's Crafts, Dark Oak Woman, and Bumpy Doink--to name just a few. And there are many more at other great blogs. Now I guess I better get this recipe posted.

SIMPLE AND PLAIN OATMEAL MUFFINS FROM ELDA KURZEJESKI

Sift 1 cup of all purpose flour with 1/4 cup sugar, 3 tsp. baking powder and 1/2 tsp. salt.

Add 1 cup quick cooking oats, one slightly beaten egg, 1 cup milk, and 3 tbsp. salad oil.

Stir just to moisten. ( optionally, sometimes we add some chopped golden raisins along with some chopped dried or fresh cranberries. I especially like adding these extras in the fall)

Fill 12 greases muffin cups 2/3 full.

Bake at 425 degrees for about 15 minutes.

These are great for breakfast or even on a chilly fall or winter afternoon with a nice hot cup of tea.

Sit and Sew #2 Tiger Quilt

Another Sit and Sew project done. And actually I was able t0 sew this in one evening. Now, all the flannel squares were pre-cut beforehand, but still I was very excited at the minimum of time it took--about 3 1/2 hours. There was more time involved in finishing but that I could do sitting in front of the TV. The quilt is sewn together with a half inch seam leaving the raw edges. After it's all put together those edges have to be snipped into fringe about 1/4 inch apart. Then all I had to do was wash it to make it fringe more. It's a real no brainer and thing don't have to be perfect. the other neat thing I learned is that this can be done with other shapes and lengths of fabrics. It's just the technique of sewing. I think I'll have to try a few more of this type of quilt. This one goes to my son, a BIG Mizzou Tiger football and basketball fan.

The sit and sew was fun as usual. I've met some new quilting friends. And all of us keep signing up for every month so we're becoming a nice little group. Also the food we have is always great. This time it was snacks and appetizers-little hot dogs in BBQ sauce, cheeses, crackers, fruits and veggies with dip and more. We had plenty to eat. In October they're having Chile( one of my favorite foods) and we'll be using fall fabrics for a quilt-pattern still a secret at this time. As usual I'm looking forward to it.