Catching Up

Aloe Soap, Apple Pie, crochet, Making Soap, Pie, Pumpkin, Reflections, Sewing, Snow, Weather, Winter

Hello and welcome.

I’ve fallen a bit behind in my posting so today I’m going to be playing catch up.

From the Garden

Back in early October, my husband harvested our squash and pumpkins. Like nearly everything else, we had a nice crop this year. I put a lot of squash and pumpkin in the freezer, and we’ve been including squash in our meals once or twice a week.

We shared some with family and friends and still have some fresh in the storeroom.

I made five or six pumpkin pies in October. They are my husbands favorite.

By the end of the month, he had his fill of pumpkin pie, so we finished the month with apple pie.

But we still enjoyed some butternut squash with dinner.

Crochet

I dropped off the meandering paws afghan (can you see the paw prints in the crochet pattern?) that I made earlier this year at the Humane Society. A donation for them to raffle off at their upcoming pawzar fund raiser.

Soap Making

I also made a batch of soap in October. We liked the aloe soap that I made earlier this year so much that I decided to make that again. If you’d like you can find the recipe in this post.

Things to Celebrate

The holidays will be here before we know it – Thanksgiving in November followed by Christmas then the New Year. As usual I will be spending time making Christmas gifts for the kids and grandkids over the next several weeks.

But first we had (granddaughter) Addie’s birthday to celebrate last Saturday. I made her this hoodie and a pair of matching black leggings. I didn’t get a picture of her wearing it, but it was a perfect fit.

On Sunday we celebrated a Detroit Lions win over the Washington Commanders. Our Lions currently have 6 wins and 3 losses and are in first place in the NFC North division.

We are hoping to celebrate another win this coming Sunday when the Lions play the Philadelphia Eagles who are in first place in the NFC East division. It should be a good game. GO LIONS!

Winter Comes Early

Sunday, November 9, was our first snow of the season. Even though it snowed most of the day it didn’t really start to accumulate until it was getting dark. We only had about an inch of snow around 8:00 p.m. but when the dogs got me up to go outside around midnight this is what I saw.

We had about for inches of snow and it was still coming down. By the time we got up Monday morning the snow was finished, and we had between five and six inches on the ground (and everything else).

We do need all of the precipitation we can get because we had such a dry summer, and since it will melt away as the temperatures warm back up later this week this snow really was a blessing.

Thanks for visiting? Are you looking forward to the holidays?

16 thoughts on “Catching Up”

    1. Thanks, Anne. I don’t remember the last time I bought canned pumpkin. We’ll be hosting Thanksgiving as well. I’m looking forward to smelling that turkey roasting. Happy Thanksgiving to you and yours.

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  5. It seems we are never ready for winter, but I am learning to enjoy the time of hibernation more now that we are retired. We have no need to be out on the roads anymore and it really is a beautiful sight to see from the cozy wood stove heated house

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  6. Your pies sound so good. I love squash and especially when it comes straight out of the garden. The pumpkins are pretty. You are a lady of many talents. I really like the afghan and the hoodie is nice. You got a good snow. Just cold and windy here. We need rain badly and are hoping to get some before winter. Hugs and blessings.

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    1. Thanks, Mags. I do enjoy crafting (sewing, crocheting and more). It has now warmed enough that the snow has melted away. I’m happy that we will have some warmer weather before the real cold of winter gets here. We still need a lot more rain or snow though to bring us out of this drought. Hugs and blessings to you too, my friend.

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      1. Praying we both get some rain or snow. I too am glad we will have some warm weather before winter hits and sets in. Thank you, for the hugs and blessings, they are well received. Blessings to you too, my friend.

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  7. You had good crops of everything – those are fine-looking pumpkins Ruth. I like Addie’s hoodie; you are so creative. The snow was kind of a kick in the pants wasn’t it when we had enjoyed such a warm Fall? Sunday morning was rainy here, but it morphed to snow quickly, but only on grassy surfaces, but Monday morning we had more snow and it was a bit crunchy, so I think we had some freezing rain the mix. The Park’s perimeter path was icy in spots so I should have worn boots – the pavement was clear at the house, so I assumed …. just going to have a nice quiet holiday and do some painting and sketching and enjoy myself and looking forward to that.

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    1. Thanks, Linda. It really was a great growing year. Yes, I wouldn’t mind the snow so much but don’t like the cold that comes with it. At least it is warming up again a bit. I hope you have a great holiday.

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