Late Autumn handicrafts

Spooky tale recommend: if you like gothic stories be sure to read Mexican Gothic. 

Here is my 10.5” x 22” turkey runner. I’ll finish my design with a dark brown plaid wool peeking out. Question: there is more space between the front end of Ms Turkey and the bittersweet. Should I add a falling leaf or acorn to balance?

And our rug group is making wooly trees but I experimented with wooly wreaths first . Here is the progress I’ve made: 

It’s several cream shades on a 10” grapevine. My co-chair and I decided against these because it takes lots more wool and wire and this size wreath is not cheap or easy to find here. I got this one at a thrift store and removed the tattered scarecrow and shredded leaves. 

 I am happy with my Apple SE 3rd edition. I finally got a new phone. My last was a 7SE from 2017. The sales assistant looked at me like I had two heads. 

Happy Thanksgiving

 In Canada it’s Thanksgiving weekend! We expect friends tomorrow (if electricity holds due to tropical storm) so I have flowers in a favourite vase. Hubby and I love Dunbar Falls, a mere 1/2 mile from our home on the river. The leaves were coming along just fine yesterday, as you can see♥️

It's been since July thay I last posted and I thank   Peggy H. for reaching out and reminding me! Scotland was beyond fantastic and a huge personal reminder that I can be alone and strong. I credit Christ’s presence. My most precious day was a 25 mile lochs bike ride I peddled. Still processing it all.

Other experiences: my parents came for six days and the septic failed the last two, a bear joined me on a walk and then took off back into the woods, I attended a hook-in at an old train station, our son spent a long weekend here, and I put on 10 pounds since starting  hormone replacement therapy (grrrrrr). 

I continue to clean and document mats at Kings Landing but have cut back to every other week as gas prices are higher and we are now 45 minutes away and it’s voluntary.

I’ve been in a more reflective space; perhaps this is why I’d not posted. Besides aging parents and aunts and uncles, cancer seems to be touching too many in my sphere. 

I’ll leave you with what I have been working on: the turkey will be a very primitive runner I am creating as I go. The cross stitch is a freebie by Lori at NotforgottenFarm.