Tubers and Timing on a Slow Sunday...

Hello-... overall it was a pretty good week... not too busy and I got some stuff done .... the weather last Sunday and Monday was perfect for working outside and I attacked the 6 raised beds that had the dahlias in them.... and now they are EMPTY... and these containers are FULL ..

that big one is about 66 qts... maybe bigger and the Costco buckets are each 22 qts.... I didn't count the tubers as  I chucked them in the containers...nor did I label anything.... soooooooo if they survive the winter (I'm going to pack them with vermiculite) it will be a potluck surprise of what gets planted and what blooms... and I will still be making my pilgrimage to Costco in February to scarf up a bunch more... because more is more... LOL...

I have big plans for next year (don't I always)... I will definitely be planting them close together like this year... but I want to  get them in earlier than I did this year (I was waiting for the drip irrigation to get installed in the beds) and I'm going to do a better job of staking ... I'm going to try and use the plant trellis netting to give them more support...  and I already purchased some new fertilizer that is supposed to make the stems stronger... and I figured out how to add more emitters to my drip lines...and the plan is not to be spending as much time in the other garden beds as the new landscaping should be enough... fingers crossed.

As for crafty stuff, after ignoring my cross stitch for a couple of weeks I got the urge to pick up a needle and I decided to work on Prairie Schooler No. 177 January... comfort stitching... I started this in January of this year and haven't touched it since...all I had stitched were some of the words at the top... and here's where I am... I'm stitching this on a 32 ct Opalescent linen... my estimate is I'm about 45% done... once I get the house filled in the bottom half doesn't seem as dense.

nice progress for a couple of evenings of stitching... and there is a reason I didn't pick up a Christmas piece... TIMING... I've realized that several projects that I was involved in were not going to be able to be completed by Christmas... so I'm moving on... working on stuff that I'd like to see completed for  January...and I realized that while I like to work on seasonal stuff during the season it is ... to really get things done at the right time you have to work ahead of the season... sooooo I'm making notes in my calendar to get my butt in gear in Sept/Oct on the Christmas stuff I want... particularly quilts... remember those 100 blocks I showed last week for a Christmas quilt??   It was going to be BIG... like 80" square... and I know that Delinda wouldn't be able to get it back to me much before December 25... not her fault, she's super busy... so I shifted gears and got out a quilt project that I'd like to have done for January...

This is my Momo Dorothy quilt... as far as I can figure out I started this in January of 2023, and put it away... and got it out again in January of 2024, and put it away... and then got it out again in November of 2025, and put it away... but this time I don't want to put it away... I want to finish it... I've changed the size slightly and I'm adding a half block kinda border... this isn't the finished layout I just wanted to see some of the pieces...

and after looking at this from across the room while I did an hour on my recumbent bike... I like the layout but I think I want to be more mindful of the fabric placement... I feel like there are a lot of red blocks and I want to balance them with the cooler blue and turquoise blocks... and I do LOVE that creamy scissors print...need to pay attention when I sew the blocks together that the scissors are all pointing in the same direction...and I'm super mindful of the orientation of the blocks... lots of directional prints in these Momo fabrics and I don't want any hedgehogs or raindrops or flowers upside down... it would drive me crazy!!

And the math on this one got me all mixed up... but I think I've got it figured out and this should finish 84" square... and if I get this done in the next couple of weeks I should be able to get it back at the beginning of January... 

I also did some knitting and got another sock done... 

similar to the last pair I knitted... but a bit different... I cast on its mate today so hopefully it won't fall victim to second sock syndrome...

As for decor here's a bit more of the Thanksgiving stuff...  but before I get into this I just want to say I'm not happy with the pictures... I've had troubles uploading them as big files, so I've tried doing them smaller and sometimes they look okay and other times they don't... and sometimes even the bigger files aren't looking like they do on my phone... arggh... technology is frustrating.... 

So...this is the small shelf unit...

Left to right... my favorite Jim Shore piece that Nick bought for me... and a little pumpkin JS piece I bought for myself...

over on the right my mini white pumpkin quilt and Welcome Fall from The Drawn Thread...

Moving down... Gather from Pineberry Lane...

and on the other side... Turkey Hill Farm from Ewe & Eye & Friends... It says "Blessings are Many when you Look inside your Heart"!

On the bottom shelf I have Give Thanks by Threadworks Primitives and a Pineberry Lane  Cats & Jacks little pillow ... 

and on the other side...  I Love Fall by Calico Confectionary and another Pineberry Lane Cats & Jacks little pillow...

Over on my yellow tier table ...

Up top I have a little pillow from Prairie Schooler and a little bit bigger pillow that is Pineberry Lane's Fruits of our Labor...

              

And below  a collection of green pumpkins and a Lizzie Kate sampler pillow...

and on the other side a cute piece from Pinkernpunkin Quilting called Pumpkin and Bittersweet Sampler..

On the door I have my Thanksgiving wreath... got this at Homegoods years ago and I've never seen another themed Thanksgiving wreath... and that fact that it is vintage images just makes it for me!

And next to the door I hung a vintage sampler from Eileen Bennett... this was the very first band sampler I ever did... 

and it is so appropriate for the theme of this post as it speaks to the fact that ....

To every thing there is a season, and a time to every purpose under the heaven...

A time to plant and a time to pluck up that which is planted...

Every man should enjoy the good of all his labor,  it is the gift of God.

It is all about timing... our timing and God's timing... and His timing reigns...

So for the upcoming week... the timing is busy busy busy... Monday work out with Anna and Nick has a dentist appointment, Tuesday Nick has a haircut appointment and I pick up Elliott from school and hang out till his parents get home from work, Wednesday  I have lunch with a friend and Nick and I have dinner plans with other friends,   Thursday my cleaning lady Cyndi comes and I've booked a window cleaning ... Friday dinner plans with friends... not sure how much time this leaves for crafty stuff... but I'll try to work it in... 

Today I need to get groceries for a family member and Nick's making a tasty dinner... penne and Bolognese sauce... not sure what I'll do with the rest of my day ... maybe knit or cross stitch ... I'll link up with Kathy's Quilts ... I always enjoy seeing what everyone else is up to ...

Hope your week ahead is a good one... and maybe not quite as busy as mine... 

happy stitching-

carol fun