Where Have I Been?

Just where have I been these last couple months?

Running my boys (and their friends!) to:

Golf camp

Basketball camp

Conditioning camp

Football camp

Soccer camp

Baseball games

Lots of gardening & cooking with the harvest

 Preserving the following:

Tomatoes (diced, juice, sauce)

Carrots

Beans

Grape jelly

Apricot jelly

Blackberry sauce

Blackberries (whole)

Onions

Spinach

Dill seed, lavender & other herbs

Swiss Chard

Potatoes

Peppers 

(red, green, jalapeno, green chili)

Travelling

KS City 

CA:  San Francisco, the entire Napa Valley, Redding

(I'll share more on this later!)

Reading

The Zookeeper's Wife

We Two

The Pianist

Dear & Glorious Physician

My Life In France

The Heart Mender

Crafting/Sewing

[crickets]

That's right--not one single thing!  

But I'm pretty excited now that my crafting season

 is just around the corner!  School starts 

next week, we're headed to Colorado soon 

for one last vacation and then IT IS ON!

Though I did try to check in occasionally,

I've really missed following all my favorite blogs.

Just glancing today, I realized I don't even know 

what all the latest fabrics are, the latest trends....

and autumn decorating is my favorite!  

  I can't wait to see what you all have been busy with! 

(yes, I did just end my sentence with a preposition)

I have so much catching up to do!

But first, I'll be giving my sewing room a thorough

cleaning--not because it is gloriously messy, 

but because it's so pathetically DUSTY!!!