My daughter and I took two little jaunts a week or two ago, first to a corn maze and farm market and another day to Slate Run Farm, a living history Metro Park. These are two photos of the corn maze we visited, just to walk through the corn field.
I love pathways that are bordered on either side by arched trees, high shrubs, etc., and corn stalks.
I also love the expanse of corn stalks and sky in this photo.
Toward the end of the week we went to Slate Run Farm where they plant, harvest, can, cook, and bake (among other activities) as they would have in the late 1800s. Perhaps you can see the corn shocks at the end of this pathway to the barn? They were harvesting corn when we were there.
We discovered a persimmon tree, sometimes called sugarplums. They are beautiful little fruits.
They looked ripe and were soft to the touch so my daughter tasted one and quickly spit it out. She said it was sweet but felt really dry. We talked to a farm hand a little later and learned that persimmons are best eaten (or canned or turned into jam) when they're overly ripe and have fallen from the tree. (Read more about them
here.)
The most delightful find was this hazelnut seedpod. This one had four nuts in it. The pods are connected at their base and face outward in different directions.
For some reason it made me think of ladies in frills, dancing in autumn-colored
silk skirts. Isn't it wonderful? I brought two home to add to my
collection of seed pods. I don't know how long they will last. They are fragile.
Last month Fat Quarter Shop had a sale on Confetti Cotton (which I notice has not increased in price even now in November). Speaking independently here--no affiliation with Fat Quarter Shop or Riley Blake--I just love the feel of this particular solid fabric. I was looking for a good teal to go on the back of
Everyday Patchwork.
I chose Cape Verde, hopeful that it would be close to one of the sashing fabrics in the quilt. (It's definitely a scrappy quilt, with three or four fabrics in the sashing.) From the photo I thought it went really well.
The fabric arrived less than a week after I ordered it, but I couldn't bring myself to open the package. Does anyone else feel apprehensive or uncertain about color choices when buying fabric online? I think it's especially hard when I'm trying to find a fabric to go with a quilt I've already made.
The color of the Confetti Cotton is not quite the same as at the FQS website, not as intense and it seems a little more blue than teal, but I think it will work okay for a back. I hope this quilt will be up next for hand quilting but I won't get to it till next year since I just started quilting Flowers. Still, it will be good to have a quilt ready for the hoop as soon as the previous one is finished.
We're having beautiful autumn days this week but the forecast for the end of the week is rain on Friday and daytime temperatures in the 40s. It'll be time for my silk underwear soon!
Thanks for visiting.
--Nancy.
