Did you ever have one of those days where you have two hours of sleep to work with, a nasty gastrointestinal virus kicks you all over, and your camera won’t turn on anymore?

Me too! Like today for instance.

Don’t worry, I’ll spare you the details, and just sum it up with: yuck, yuck, and more yuck.

So that’s how my rainy day was going up until just a few minutes ago when I found out that I won a beautiful wool felting kit from Selena over at Apron Thrift Girl. It’s the makings of an adorable bluebird from Wool Pets (love that website!) and I can’t wait to give it a go. It’s much like the bluebird in the banner of my shop, only soft and felty.

All I’m saying is everyone needs a bluebird of happiness in their lives and I’m pleased to welcome this one into mine while simultaneously kicking this virus out the door.

This is why I love Passive Agressive Notes and wish I had thought to start that website.

I’d be laughing all day with these submissions.

And with it comes the chilly mornings, limited hours of sunshine, and cool evenings. How can there be a frost warning and still my tomatoes haven’t even turned red? Some have, of course, and we’ve been enjoying those daily, as one must do when one harvests a dozen a day. But still, the green prevails.
Time to make sauce, put the pesto in the freezer, and cut all the perennials down. Um, yeah, I’ll get to that… tomorrow? After I make the granola:

(Ha! Just checked Amanda’s site and she’s talking about the same thing except with a whole lot more get-up-and-go and better photos. Such is the life.)

This weekend will find us all over the darned state; chasing fame in Buckfield: Neil is a featured guest of the Early Evening Show at the Oddfellow Theatre on both Friday and Saturday. He’ll be singing his songs and tellings stories, come on out and have a listen if you’re around.
And he plays Sunday at the Common Ground Fair. It’s our fall tradition to go there anyway, we just happen to have this extra fun opportunity to add to it. He’ll be on the Children’s stage at 3pm.

Have a wonderful weekend everyone! And what are you all doing on this fine early-Fall weekend?

And the lucky winner is: Alison, who had this to say about Fall.

“My favorite part of fall is the fact that the shade FINALLY offers some relief from the hot sun! I live in Arizona… fall is so ‘relative.’

So get back to me with your super-secret mailing information so I can stalk mail this out to you.

It’s a good thing I checked my calendar yesterday since I was due in for my glucose test and a big old shot of Rhogam. Good times!

I ate a large plate of french toast (with cinnamon swirl bread from Big Sky, thank you very much) with 1/4 cup maple syrup and a tall glass of juice.

Naturally, it was delicious, and I’m incredibly grateful that I don’t have to drink that nasty looking orange syrupy stuff that it seems everyone else has to (thank you midwives!), but do you know how much 1/4 cup of syrup really is?

A. Lot.

I was all jittery until mid-afternoon when the protein finally began to counteract the sugar. Anyway, good good good times. And my apologies to anyone who met up with me while I was all hyped up.

Just a quick post because I have to fold my laundry (such a housefrau today). Don’t forget to enter the contest to win all sorts of glamorous and decadent prizes from yours truly. Today is the final day!