Happy Happenings.

We sure have enjoyed wonderfully warm days, cool mornings and pretty foliage this autumn.  We seem to be a week or two ahead of other years as it is about peak color now.  Usually it is closer to Columbus Day.  After having plentiful rainfall this summer, we are now in need of rain.

From the back patio

As we count down the days until our annual migration to the warmer south, we delight in spending  a busy time with friends and family.  Met with class mates, mine for breakfast as we gather once a month and Den's for luncheon once a month.  Both well attended events and always a fun time.

Our 12th great grand baby, a girl is expected to arrive before we leave.  Sure hope we get to meet her before we have to go!

Last weekend I attended a church retreat with others from church at a lovely, quiet place in the hills of northern VT.  It was a peaceful and inspiring time at a beautiful spot.  I've had some really good times too with our daughter, Angel and her hubby, Paul now that they are once again living here in VT just across the meadow.  Angel and I have had some nice outings together.  On Wednesday she picked the apples at her place and we made 3 kettles full of applesauce and 4 pies.  A nice fun and productive day.

Angel and one of her apple pies.

Had a nice luncheon at church on Friday, the monthly Senior Luncheon with home made Chicken Pie and the fixings, made by Pastor George and Avis' apple pie for dessert. Yum!  We took a ride up to Darling Hill for our final trip there this fall.  Beautiful ride and a sweet time with friends for supper.  

Enjoyed a surprise visit from our Grandson and his family from the Northeast Kingdom this week too,  So glad to see them and stock up on hugs to last until Spring.

Our little Miss Lizzie kitty has to have a tooth extraction.  OUCH!  No insurance for that! OUCH again!  Thought maybe that new Obamacare might just cover that .. she IS our 'baby' and is under 26 and living at home, (she's only 9 ) But guess I'm dreaming, huh?  Oh well.

Saw lots of neat things at the Chester Fall Festival this year.  Someone is making these great warm mittens out of old woolen sweaters that have been felted (some by accident) or by intentionally putting them into the washer with very HOT water and agitating them for awhile.  Then these fibers shrink and make  nice tightly woven and really warm woolen mittens when you trace a pattern of your hand on the sweater, cut them out and sew them together.  The ones we saw were also lined with a thin fleece and the cuffs were from the sweater's wrist and bottom ribbing.  Now you know just what to do with your nice wool sweater that got tossed into the washer with all the other clothes and shrunk to child size!  I actually did make mittens without the linings, for my kids from a sweater I shrunk once years ago.  Now they are selling them for $27.00 a pair !  So it isn't a brand new idea, just a revived one made 'trendy'.  AND by people smarter than I was!  

I'm a bit weary this Saturday night.  After a whirlwind week, we went to the Weathersfield School today to attend the annual Antique and Unique Car Show.  It is a huge fund raiser for the 8th grade class' trip this coming June.  A roaring success and a good time to meet old friends and look over all the nice old and odd cars on display. Around 100 of them today.  So I think I'll just crash and turn my brain to 'off' for the evening.  Too tired to knit so the poncho I am working on will have to wait for another evening.   "Night all"!

"Commit whatever grieves thee
Into the gracious hands
Of Him who never leaves thee,
Who heaven and earth commands...     Paul Gerhardt