The Best Way to Spend October

Here we are at my favorite month!

Of course I have firm plans on how I'm spending it.

Firstly I'll be finishing up this quilt top.

There will be more sashing and 4-patches between the rows

of stars and a fun, patchy border that will make it pop.  

And if I can be really quick, I might even get another top started.

By the way, I emptied another bolt.  That's #3...though I don't

know if 1 and 2 counted because I actually just rolled up some

larger pieces back on them.  Anything over 2 yds I try to keep

on a bolt.  But #3 is officially empty.

Today should be our last "hot" day (upper 80's).

Tomorrow dips a little lower and then we're looking

at some real shop hop weather with 60's and rain.

I'm very excited and ready to buy fabric.

My "shop hop buddy" even created t-shirts

for our annual excursion around central Kansas.

With its leaves and colors, sweaters and quilts,

cooler weather and coffee, October always finds

me smiling.  Except maybe when I get a little

reflective at all the change--and I think change is

never more dramatic in the seasons as it is in the fall.

To add to the reflection, there have been a couple

deaths lately:  the very sudden and tragic loss of a

young woman (30 yrs) and just this morning, a friend

of my husband who lost his battle with cancer.

Both are from our parish.  Both are too young.

Both such wonderful and kind people

touching innumerable lives.

The change of seasons will always be part of life.

It's God's way of reminding us that this one is just

temporary, and quick.  You really just never know when.

Let's make this October count.

Every walk taken and meal prepared,

every flower picked and given.

Every quilt pieced.

Every greeting to a friend and

every goodbye to family.

And when October ends we won't look back

in sadness that it's over but with a soft smile

that it was a month well-lived. 

Happy October!