Catching Up!

 TUESDAY:

 Before we left for dinner at a friend's on Tuesday evening, I put the last stitch on the binding for the apple core quilt!

 I played around with the panoramic feature on my camera to catch the beautiful scenery around their home.  This is the front of the house.

 This is their back view leading to the lake.

 How is this for water decorations!?

 And one of these on the other side!

 The last waterlily open (they close at night!) after every other one had closed up!

 Bill and I caught the last sounds and sights of the sunset over the lake-it was breath-taking!

Bill enjoyed his dog fix!  I resisted.......

WEDNESDAY:

Sons had business trips so I got two daughters-in-laws and grandchildren!  The water was

And a lot of this helped with the activity level-their favorite indoor or outdoor actions was running and screaming and laughing-cute but.....well, LOUD!

 Bling had to go to the vet's for a cortisone shot to stop his allergic reaction-he doesn't do well in the Fall.

I ripped out the whole heel as I realized this yarn came with its own spool of reinforcing heel yarn and I forgot to use it!   RIPPPPPPP!
THURSDAY:

The water was a bit chilly and Will wouldn't part with his shirt-Ella on the other hand, was like a polar bear!  (The water was 80F)

Caleb came and collected his girls and lingered for a good dinner and visit.

There, that is better!   Well onto the second sock.   Great knitting.

FRIDAY:

Ashley worked on piecing her blocks into rows after she lined them all back up on the design wall.  

 Once she caught on to the whole diagonal thing, she worked right along.

 We blocked her fresh off the hook crocheted scarf!

 And in the evening she works on the new dishcloth learning several more new stitches!

 I have Millie's psychedelic quilt on the frame and found just the right pattern for making a groovy stitch pattern!

 It is bright!

 When we have a minute, I worked on some glass again-this one got this weird divot so I will have to take it to the grinder but I love the colors!

This one turned out pretty spiffy-considering I used brown glass, it changed color in the heat!

This guy is keeping us all hopping!

Recovery Time!

 I did the repair on Bill's tencel socks that had holes in both heels.   I did rip them back and reknit them;  that said, it is successful repair but it wouldn't work for wool yarn.   I can say I did this-once!  He is happy.

 When the knitting was done on the this Wild Leaves Hat from Patternfish, I cast on the second one with the remaining yarn.  Yes, I like doing the pattern that much.

 I managed to sew all the blocks together in little bits of time but it added up and now I have to look for more of the white to work the border out. What I can find for fabric will really help me decide on the border design.

 The quilting is fine' for the apple core quilt.

 Yes, it just needs its binding!

 Hat number two just about knit itself!  (I had just a few yards of yarn left!)  This makes hat number three from this pattern.  There might be one more!  (I have another indigo cake of yarn!)

 The tile for one of the spare bedrooms has been sitting in the bed table drawer.  For years.  Not any more!  Bill pulled the ceramic saw back out for me and I buzzed the row of tiles and then adhered them to the sill.

 The cut off pieces adhered to the front so the corner is complete!  Tomorrow it will take just a bit of grout time and I can say, "Completed!" ( I needed a small project of tile-the kitchen was very hard on my body! )

The sock  for Matthew has just turned the heel.  I forgot how much I enjoy working with a faux isle type yarn!   So far, there has been no repeat in the pattern!  I will finish these soon because he wants a short crew sock.   I hope to cast on the toe of the next one tonight!

Tiled........

 I worked the rest of the wall and then added tile around the corner...

 Hmmmm, it didn't look right.  So I Googled how to apply back splash tile at corners;  the consensus was to NEVER DO IT THIS WAY!

 Okay.  I pulled back the 'around the corner' tiles and scrubbed the adhesive off the wall.

 Ahhh, yes;  much better!

 Now on to the stove and baking counter area.  It went pretty quickly after I worked around the electrical boxes!  They were fiddly, but the tile and glass saw made it doable.  Never try to put up your own tile without one of these saws!  It cranks through ceramic and glass very easily.

 Yes, I am so pleased with the results!   I have an appointment tomorrow so I won't be hitting the grout-trail until Friday.   (The day off will do me good, too!)

 Bill finished the siding on the well house!  It is so nice to look out and see it finished!

 I had one box of tile left over so we will be going back to the Floor Decor store for a return and then we will be purchasing tile to finish the chimney box!  I'm thinking beige ( like the house)  with some colored tiles scattered in randomly for a pop of color!  I am going to wait to see what they have before I get too specific on the design!

Now to the recliner for some down-time!  ( a new pair of socks for Matthew on the needles!)

Tile by Tile

                                 
I had just about given up on the hunt for tile for the back splash in our new kitchen.   Then our neighbor told us about this great place, Floor Decor,  in Orange Park so we took a drive.  Wow!  I would go there just to walk around and see the cool displays again and again!  I was excited to see this tile arrangement -it is the same pattern as the quilt I am working on right now!   Isn't this pretty?

It is a tessellation and it is really cool whether it is in a quilt or on the wall!

After we voted and stopped in for a lovely visit with friends today, and ate lunch, I got to work.  Here is my first day's progress.  It is going to take the rest of the week.  Definitely.

 When I finished for today, I went to see how Bill was doing-he was adding siding to the well pump house-almost finished!  He said the only way I was allowed to get a picture of him was if I included one of me with my tile......

 .......but don't expect another until Thanksgiving!  The tile involved a bit of planning, math and cutting the glass tile with my cool tile saw but once I understood my game plan, it unfolded pretty easily.   I didn't realize all the strength needed to place and work the tiles into place though.  The recliner time is reducing some of the soreness tonight!  I have to wake up fresh so I can finish this wall tomorrow!

While cooking supper, I did piece the blue block corner of the quilt-I missed my sewing room time!

I did a bit of this tonight-another Wild Leaves Hat in worsted weight acrylic.  It is nice to knit and look over at my new kitchen all over again!   It feels good to perk up that room........

Season's First Fire

 It is a cold northern wind that blows our warm air right out of the state!  Bill is popping the popcorn.......

and I have the Gator socks to reknit for him.

The cats are happy with the fire, too.  We are content.