Did I say that?? I do love autumn but what happened to summer??? The months rush past with quickening speed each year. Lee had some fun this year trying his hand at growing giant pumpkins. Shown is his "prize winner" weighing in at 91.2#. It didn't actually win any prizes, but we had many a comment about it from farm visitors.
He made 2 different newspapers with the giant. So he's grown a 52# watermelon, 10' Indian corn, and now this ... what will next year bring? :)
Seriously, it's hard to believe that it's November 1st already! October certainly didn't treat us well in Indiana. Plenty of gloom and more than our share of rainy days. We are praying for a short and sweet winter although it doesn't sound promising.
As for my fiber arts this summer, I did manage to keep very busy! I spent as many Saturdays as the weather allowed at an open-air artisan's & farmers market in Syracuse. I became quite adept at throwing up that tent and setting up shop for the day.
I haven't had much time to take photos of my latest pieces, but I can tell you that I finally finished my Mavic cabled hoodie and it's had many "oohs" and "ahhs" throughout the summer. It has to be the coziest piece in the shop. I also sold the green wool version and it looked fabulous on the young lady who bought it. That's a great feeling!
I also had a bit of time to put up a site on Etsy.com but have had little time to really add much of anything to it. Being a one-of-a-kind type of gal, I find it's too time consuming to take photos and go through the entire rigmarole to get things listed. :D In the meantime I've moved my office and expanded our farm shop. It's looking great! Come on out for a visit, and check out our newest crias for 2009. I'll post a few pictures later on - I promise!
I'll leave you with this funny photo taken at Suzie & Terry Hart's farm in Middlebury. Her boys were in rare form and hamming it up for the photographer (me!).
Warmly, Liz
