Late November in the state park: deep red Virginia creeper, new lichen, oak leaves, and the starry remains of asters.
There wasn't much left when I went to Stiles, the produce/flower stand just over the border in Wisconsin. Susan will close up next Sunday. She takes the holidays off and will get back to the greenhouse in January.
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In the studio: I finished the bowtie blocks and assembled them in rows (well, columns, but that doesn't rhyme).
I have enough of the terracotta background for borders but I'm considering the options.
I've known about this book forever because it was a Crime Club selection and in the collections of the libraries where I worked. (Or was it because Stevens had a paperback copy? At one time he had several hundred paperback classic mysteries.)
Last weekend I got a used copy (rebound in stout buckram, withdrawn from the Rockford PL) and I finally read it. In short: Adrian Messenger gives a list with 10 names to his friend at Scotland Yard. Days later he perishes in an airline crash over the Atlantic. The friend suspects foul play and engages Anthony Gethryn to investigate.
It's so good. Pleasantly dated but very well-written and suspenseful.
This is the original cover. According to GoodReads it's the 12th of MacDonald's books featuring Gethryn. I don't think I've read any of them.
Linking up with Wednesday Wait Loss
How nice to find and finally read a book you've always wanted to! Love your Bow Tie blocks. They look really great together. The variation in the blues adds so much! Happy Thanksgiving! Thanks for sharing on my weekly show and tell, Wednesday Wait Loss.
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Those deep red leaves are so pretty! So are your bowtie blocks - the terra cotta background is a great contrast with the blue. Happy turkey eating, and reading, too!
ReplyDeleteooh good recommendation for reading....i cut up my turkey uncooked...not a pretty sight...confess i tossed bones...no room in freezer and all my pans were in use...LOL...cooked and gave most to DD...ahh autumn's last gasp....
ReplyDeleteI love the red leaves on the Virginia Creeper. I have a couple plants that turned red and its too cold today to go out and take a photo.
ReplyDeleteI think a blue border would look nice on the bow tie quilt top.
Nann, those bow tie blocks are going to make a gorgeous, timeless quilt! Have a happy Thanksgiving with your family and keep warm up there. It's the perfect time of year to snuggle up under a quilt with a good book!
ReplyDeleteHave a very Happy Thanksgiving Nann! Le and I will be hosting some family and friends.
ReplyDeleteNann, wishing you a blessed Thanksgiving. Thank you again for your kindness in sharing the Christmas stocking fabric with me. The counted cross stitch ornament is finished and waiting for the great grandson to be born on Saturday so I can add his name. Happy times.
ReplyDeleteThe bowtie quilt is really fun, that terra cotta really perks up the design. Hope you enjoy the time with friends today (and eventually all that turkey!).
ReplyDeleteI keep studying your current Bow Tie quilt and seeing a different aspect of it each time. Very intriguing.
ReplyDeleteCheers,
Ceci