Fall

 Dakota Man made me a new scarecrow. He even did the painting.

I picked up pumpkins and a mum while we were in Door County.  They were doing a lot of decorating for fall there which inspired me. 

What's not to love about fall right? Help a pumpkin farmer out and go buy a a few or ten.

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Fall finally

Happy fall y'all. 

           We survived another hot summer.

We hit a farm stand Saturday, one of my favorite things to do this time of year. It won't be our last stand either.

I wonder if I have any pearl buttons in my button box?

This is for you daughter knit and pearl...

On the merry-go-round at the Lark Toy Store in Kellog Minnesota.

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Home again

 We took off early yesterday morning and headed home.

We were camped on the Wisconsin Minnesota border by the Mississippi River.

There was fog rising above the cornfield as we left.

Today I have been back in my routine making soup and bread.

It was another great fall trip for us.

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Sailing

            Two more outfits I made the grands for their dolls before we left on our trip.

Now if I were going sailing today I would wear the cute pants and top then come back and put on the dress for a nice seafood meal on the wharf.

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Fall trip

We are on our fall camping trip. This year we drove east landing in the beautiful Preston Minnesota area with its Root River. There is a bike trail that we got on close by our campsite. There is also a beautiful golf course on the grounds that Mr. b took advantage of.

Today we are on Door County, one of our favorite destinations.

This morning we had their famous cherry jam on our toast and Door County coffee in our mugs.

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Back to school

 I went back to school in the late 1950's in a dress similar to this one. Plaid, puffed sleeves and skirt with a slip underneath it. If you were a lucky little girl the slip was a can-can style even if it meant sitting on that scratchy thing all day.

Dresses were mandatory all twelve of my school years.

In 1970 I wore mini skirts like this. I sewed most of my own clothes. 

Dotted swiss and rick rack trim was popular.

I sewed these dresses for our granddaughter's American Girl dolls.

Life was good.  

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Peaches

 Peach crates are in the stores! The first thing I made with them is peach jam.

We had a cat named Peach Jam

 when our kids were young. We called her PJ. She was a snooty Siamese but she was a loyal cat. 

This morning I painted peaches in my art journal.

Today sounds like a good day for a peach cobbler with homemade vanilla ice cream.

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