If we had any that is..... The grass sure looked crisp this morning but in the time for me to run for the camera and come back, the sun had warmed parts of the lawn. You can see it recently got its last cut for the year and a newly purchased leaf rake and leaf bags are waiting for the inevitable!
You have to admire those last few roses that keep on blooming! (bottom right corner).
Meanwhile, inside is all organized chaos. These were taken Saturday and shows the ceiling getting its second coat of paint. By my reckoning, the tall guy on the right should be on the higher ceiling to the left and vice versa. Its interesting how they use the lighting conditions to show them where they have done and where the next stroke of the roller should be. Much like using a play of light on tone with tone weaving...
Normally there is just the two painters. Lovely couple who have been painting homes for over 30 years together.
Much of this plastic drapery disappeared today and they are settling in on the walls. Bathroom has its two coats on both ceiling and walls.
Meanwhile I hope to get this big pile of stuff back into the room soon. Bruce is emptying his den / office and they are heading to the other side of the house next. I can't imagine what doing the main open areas will involve next spring.... I'm going to like the end results, but no one said I had to like the process of getting there!
So my latest project is off the loom and had hand sewing of the hems done, then washed, dried and the "bejesus" pressed out of the linen using the steam press and regular iron and board. Then tagged, wrapped and boxed to go off to Virginia. Sorry no pictures this time round. It was two runners 15 inches by 58 inches, plus a third one of 15 inches by 77 inches. I had planned for a fourth runner of 15 by 58 but it came up short at 45 inches. Being a thicker grist yarn, the take up was more than I allocated for. Notes will be made on the record sheets to that effect for the future! It seemed safer to get them wrapped and protected and shipped on their way rather than leave them in this chaos. I had no where to take pictures of them anyhow.
There's going to be one last warm summer like day today and I'm going to sit outside and spin on my wheel and enjoy the Fall colours in our back yard. Apparently from tomorrow onwards it will be below freezing at night and just barely above freezing during the day. Possibly snow on Thursday or sometime on the weekend. oh, joy! Hub has tuned up the snow thrower and brought in extra gasoline to run it.
Happily, it will be a dry night for the little ones trick or treating on Halloween!
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Happy Halloween to you, too! Will you have trick or treaters at your house? I will, and I love to see their costumes, even though too many are store-bought.
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