foxes and squirrels and campers and quail !!!!!

Camp Sur by Birch Organics
Omigosh! I just saw this line and thought it was so cute I just wanted the picture of it on here!!!! I really hope to acquire some, Geoff loves the campers, so maybe....

Thank you!

To God be the glory for the things He has done!!!!

Everything and everyone for whom I am thankful today, begins and ends on the firm foundation of the Rock of Ages! To God be the glory! He is infinite and infintessimal. He was there before, and will be there before us!

"Be ye born out of the carnal, into the liberty (isn't it vast?) of the Spirit of the Living God!" HalleluYah!

Happy Thanksgiving!

Coasters, check!

I loved playing with Parson Gray!!!!

Give Thanks and Praise!

My dog, who was stuck, now is loose...she was lost and now she's found!

An explanation: After being put up all weekend, due to it's being the opener of firearms deer season, I turned Sandy loose early Monday morning. I didn't see her again until around 4:00 pm. For some dogs, that may not be remarkable, but Sandy is my girl and she is never away from me, the house or out of earshot for any amount of time. In fact, I've always fancied that, given the opportunity, Sandy would be a "hero dog". But there were variables...she has been known to find fresh cow "leavings" next door (well within earshot), and with the events of the weekend, she could surely find something of interest...but it was nonetheless quite surprising when I couldn't call her in by 12:00. And by 3:00 I knew she was not coming under her own power, or she would already be here.

I was messing with one end of a long hose, wondering where in the world she was...***I ALWAYS believe that no matter where something is misplaced or hidden, God knows exactly where "in the world" it is, and He will certainly lead us to it if we will only ask, this has never failed me***...and so there, at the end of the hose, I finally asked Him where she was, and if she needed my help, which she certainly would or she would be there, He would have to help me find her. I proceeded to the other end of the hose, to hook it up to an outdoor spigot, and was no sooner busy with that, than I heard Sandy whimper, right behind me. The frost free hydrant stands right against the wall of a very old cabin on our property, so Sandy was under this building!!! Right under my nose, not anywhere my imaginations and doubts might otherwise have led me. It takes courage to have faith, to believe that the Father has protected and provided for us in dubious situations.

So after unsuccessfully trying to saw through the floor, I finally donned my old coveralls, and in the last light of day, squinched back under there with a hoe, and managed to scrape away enough dirt for her to squeeze under the joist that had held her. She was free...and my husband is sure I am her hero :)

Never doubt the care the Father has for you and for the things you care about...I believe it would have been a shameful thing to have lost Sandy for lack of asking Him where she was!

Block of the Month: November

Only one more month to go! I am really looking forward to seeing how Jeni wraps this up! I have never participated in or followed a Block of the Month before, so the suspense is building!

Fabric Fun!

A big THANK YOU to my brother-in-law for the belated birthday gift! As it happened, he discovered an (obviously) hip and happenin' quilt shop, InTown Quilters, just a couple miles from his home in Atlanta! I love that these fabrics will always say "Greg" to me, no matter how they are used!

A set of Parson Gray coasters are the first order of business, this much I know!

Saturday Something

"Behold the fowls of the air for they sow not, neither do they reap, nor gather into barns, yet your heavenly Father feedeth them. Are ye not much better than they?" Matthew 6:26

Getting Ready for Winter

We have got such gooood help these days!

Saturday Something**

"For now we see through a glass, darkly; but then face to face: now I know in part; but then shall I know even as I am known." I Corinthians 13:12



**I have so enjoyed "Sunday Something"s over on Lollyquiltz for several years now, and I thought my new blog could use something of the same flavor! Thank you, Carla:)

Blocks of the Month

January through October for In Color Order's HST BOM:

Toys are fun:)

A Little Sewing

I was happy to get a wee bit of sewing in before the end of October. My October block for the In Color Order HST (half square triangle) BOM (block of the month):

I put the last of the light blue borders on my It's A Hoot HST quilt top. This has been a fun, impromptu project that started with a charm pack purchased at a small local quilt show this spring.