Weekly update: placemat palooza and more

 There were about 20 trick-or-treaters on Friday afternoon.  The little kids are the cutest.  And most said "Thank you" without any coaching.   Three 11-year-old boys were wide-eyed at the bags of popcorn I gave out.  "You are the WINNER!!" one of them said.

 Autumn colors and a wooly bear caterpillar at Illinois Beach State Park yesterday.   Bottom left:  two mullein sprouting new green leaves.  We haven't had a frost yet.

As so often happens, it takes an obituary or a funeral to reveal all of a person's accomplishments and how many lives that person touched.  Saturday afternoon I went to a memorial service at my hometown church.  I knew Phyllis as the junior high librarian who wrote the manual on how to write a term paper. (I still have my copy.)  Her oldest daughter is my sister's classmate and they are good friends. (A quick visit with my sister was a reason that I went.)  Phyllis was an elegant Southern lady who did everything beautifully and with determination.  (My sister observed that she rather intimidated my mother, who ordinarily was quite un-intimidate-able.)  In retrospect Phyllis was influential in my decision to become a librarian and I wish I could have told her that.  

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In the studio:   OMG for November is half-done!  The 20 placemats are flimsies.  I had great fun using orphan blocks.   

I also caught up with one of October's OMGs.  These red/white/blue blocks are for a semi-quincentennial quilt for the 2026 ALA auction.    (Semi-quincentennial doesn't roll off the tongue, does it?  It means 250th.) 

 

 

I recovered from jet lag and then we changed to standard time on Saturday.   

Years ago the assistant librarian, then in her 50's, grumbled about the change every spring and fall.  I was in my 20's and it didn't bother me.  Now I understand.

Linking up this bright Monday morning with Design Wall Monday  Oh Scrap!  Sew and Tell Monday Musings   Thanks for the shout out, Brenda.