Memories of Fall at the cabin on Agate Lake, Minnesota

You can have the hot, humid, mosquito summers of Minnesota's Lake Country 

and you can have the cold, icy snowy winters that never seem to end 

but

I do miss Fall in Northern Minnesota with crisp cool days and glorious colorful woods 

  Looking up

Looking down

At the ready!

Late Summer Garden

 Last year we put creeping jenny plugs in our garden.  Even with the high heat we had this summer, jenny blanketed the space around our plants and flowers.

Our hops went a little crazy on the trellis (yes, there is a trellis under that growth)

and against all odds, plus the fact that t.o.b. chopped the plant down almost to the ground, a daisy found a way to push up and out!

A second blooming, although small, of my foxglove made me happy.

Not bad for September

September Already? (a repost from days gone by)

"The breezes taste

Of apple peel.

The air is full 

Of smells to feel- 

Ripe fruit, old footballs, 

Burning brush, 

New books, erasers, 

Chalk, and such. 

The bee, his hive, 

Well-honeyed hum, 

And Mother cuts 

Chrysanthemums. 

Like plates washed clean 

With suds, the days 

Are polished with 

A morning haze. " 

-  John Updike, September

Autumn always makes me a little nostalgic for years gone past where I spent my days on Agate Lake in Northern Minnesota . . .

You just can't beat the colors of the maples, oaks and hickory in that part of the world

the smell and warmth from the fire pit on a nippy Fall day

The lake always seemed to change in the waning days of summer . . . a bit choppier and grayer with the anticipation that before long it would be covered over with ice.

Autumn Leaves

~ I have been inspired lately by the glorious display the trees around us have presented to us ~

Haven't done any quilting for ages, but found this pattern in an old book and couldn't resist!  All the cottons came from my stash and I was surprised how beautifully they came together.

Picked up the lovely leaf on my walk yesterday