Midweek: end of leisure

 The Buffalo Creek Forest Preserve is the farthest Hike Lake County site from our house (diagonally southwest).  I thought we could avoid heavy traffic by going on Labor Day but I was surprised at how many cars were on the road.   When a trail is unfamiliar it seems to take a lot longer!   I was glad the temperature was a cool 73 for the 2.7-mile loop.  

Obedient plant, boneset / eupatorium ("eupatorium" is fun to say), tickseed, a field of goldenrod.   Buffalo Creek  was a farm for several generations.

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The Zion Woman's Club's opening meeting was Tuesday.  The speaker, Cheri Neal, walked the entire Camino de Santiago in Spain earlier this year.   Her travelog was inspirational. (Cheri is Zion Twp Supervisor and a long time friend to so many.)  

The ZWC education/libraries chair asked us to show our library cards for Library Card Sign Up Month. I did not put her up to this but I'm pleased that nearly everyone did! (ZWC led the effort to create the Zion Memorial Library in 1937, now the Zion-Benton PL)

"End of leisure" = AAUW book group this afternoon, quilt guild tonight, Rotary tomorrow, church stewardship tomorrow, and Wisconsin Quilt Expo all day Friday! 

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In the studio:   the churn dashes are all set and under the needle.  The border/sashing looks pink in the photo but it is red-and-white check. 

  
There was absolutely no rush to (a) make these blocks, (b) set them, (c) baste and quilt them.  And because of that of course the project is proceeding swiftly.  LOL!  

Linking up with Midweek Makers  #348.   That's 6.69 years of posts -- thank you, Susan!