Morning Routine, Quilt Finish, Embroidering Flowers, Wildlife

So it is Halloween here in Canada and a very wet, cold one in our corner of the country. Here is what I've done this morning before sitting down with a cup of half caf. 

Fed the dogs and let them out and back in. Put cream on Ned's little spot he's licked too much. Also had to chase him to get a tissue from him. Boy, does he love tissues and he has an insane ability to sus them out! 

Ran the swifter over the floor in the t.v.room and this main area. Dog hairs and threads, ugh! Btw, I saw a hack online to cut up an old sock and use on the swifter and it works really well.

Watered my plants...all have been given severe cuts and repotted since bringing them inside for the winter. The Geranium is actually reblooming since the cutting.

Nice to have so much green in the house again.

Moved the recycling to the outside back deck and tidied it. Something tipped it over in the night but couldn't get the lid off the big can I use out there- thankfully.

Remembered to get ground beef from the downstairs freezer to make spaghetti sauce for supper. Also brought up two sheets that dried on the line down there and folded them and put them away. 

And the best bit...watched two large deer make their way across the front and up the lane way. And took photos. First sighting through the window on the back stairs, while bringing up the sheets and meat.

Deer look alike; they rarely have a distinguishing feature other than size. Just look at the leaves...a true carpet.

What is your morning routine? I decided not to include any exercise first thing this morning as I was on my feet a lot yesterday and will be again later today. 

I read an article lately called Celebrating The Science of Quilts that I think you might enjoy. The link is found HERE at Hyperallergic online magazine. The article included this beauty below, Pot of Flowers Quilt With Birds, made in 1860. Photo is Julie Schneider's and she also wrote the article. 

I love how nature has played such a huge role in quilting for inspiration, colours, textures, ideas, etc. 

We are enjoying the new season of Slow Horses. I confess I don't always follow the story lines but I do enjoy Gary Oldman's performance and I absolutely love how Kristin Scott Thomas looks like her own lovely self. You know what I mean. She has not plumped up anything the ridiculous way so many are doing.  

My enjoyable embroidery piece, Floralies, is moving along. This is a great project for when I have those smaller time frames and want something in my hands. I hope the colours are showing as they are so pretty. 

My goal is to finish this before the new year.

 I'm happy that the Propeller quilt is all done. I put it through the washer and dryer; nothing shrank and it is quite snuggly just the way I wanted it to feel. 

Here is the bright blue apples fabric on the back which I brought around to the front for a narrow border.

It finished at a good lap size of 48in x 50in. 

So happy with it. Here it is on our bed with my faithful assistant assisting.

I also worked on the four pumpkin tablemat. And I'm thinking of making a Christmas quilt this year so having fun looking online for a pattern, one labeled advanced beginner which applies to me on a couple of levels. It's time I pieced something on the machine. I just realized this...I must check out my post over there on the right...it's got a bank of free Christmas patterns link. 

LeeAnna at Not Afraid of Color's prompt this week is about handing out candy for Halloween Trick or Treaters. We don't get any kids here this far away from the cul de sac. In the old days, I used to dress up to hand out candy. I loved being a witch and I once really frightened two large boys (ones who were definitely too old to be trick or treating) who were not expecting a witch to jump out. They ran away screaming which I did not expect. BTW, I didn't jump scare any little kids, just for the record.

Hope nobody is jump scaring you...they're the worse, and everything is calm at your place. Take care all!

Happily sharing this post with Alycia Quilts, Quilting is More Fun Than Housework, Kathy's Quilts, Songbird Designs, Small Quilts and Doll Quilts and Quilting Patchwork Applique.