End of Summer

I love Labor Day Weekend!  The unofficial end of summer!  I hate summer!  I hate the heat!  I hate paying for the air conditioner!  Usually by now everything is dead from the heat but this year we have had record breaking rain in Kansas and everything is still green.  It hasn't been a horrible year for the heat.  It's got over 100 many times, including Saturday, but it's been ok.  By next weekend it's forecasted to be in the 70s-80s.  And with any luck  we are done with the 90s.

Labor Day is my official weekend to start getting the yard ready for winter.  It seems every year that there is so much to do.  I have started again this year.  The front yard is done.  I would like to put a couple bags of dirt near the house but over all it done.  As I'm looking at the pictures I see several things I want to do but overall it's ready.



We still have green grass



No more weeds

 My other finish was framing finished cross stitch.  I had to paint 4 of the frames.  You would think this would not be a big finish but I have had some of these sitting around for years.  I didn't even frame everything but I did frame 6!

Took 2 years but finished for this year

My 6 framed cross stitch

The other thing I worked on was one of my started quilts.  This if from the October 2011 magazine I have on my side bar.  I didn't finish but I made progress.  I would like to finish everything started before starting anything new.  I have had this plan for awhile but I keep starting new quilts and cross stitch.

This was my inspiration

Blocks I made

 All in all it's been a great weekend.  This is one of my little helpers, Charlie.  He has been in the middle of everything we  have done this weekend.  He even rode along to the drive through at McDonalds.  I was trying to take pictures of the frames and blocks and had to keep chasing him off.  He wants to be in the middle of the action all of the time.

Charlie