The Sun has been shining!

While Michigan can have its blurry and dreary days, this past week or so has been wonderful!  Really, too pretty and nice out to sew.  So.......

Monday was my autumn to do list!.  Since I have told you enough on this quilt, but just had to show this newly washed quilt blowing in the fall winds.  The tree colors all around were and still are perfect and the billowing quilt just made life seem more wonderful than it is!  To continue the country and cozy feeling of quilting and all that goes with, I decided to do my local farm tour for fall produce.

While not in order (still learning this pic stitch app) here are my favorite local farms.  Upper left is a Brechting.  Their family farm store is on 6 Mile just west of Alpine.  The bags of onions and potatoes are common there.  They grow the longest carrots I have ever seen, all for a $1/bag!  The peppers are common at Under the Pines, on Alpine just north of 7 Mile.  They open in the early summer, have several stands in the markets around Kent County, but here is the Mothership!  I have never seen so many variety of peppers representing several ethnic group favorites....Hungarian, Hispanic etc.  While not a big pepper eater I LOVE the colors.  Lower left is the sweetheart of all "roadside" stands, Bernie Klein.  The Happy Apple needed new digs this year as their farm is in Ottawa County. Bernie has been running the family stand for years....along with daughter-in-law Tammy and several grandchildren and great grandchildren.  The corn shown is from there.  Her son owns the farm and had an empty piece of land and decided to try a late planting.  The corn was wonderful....a summer treat in late October.  The colors along Walker Road were magnificent!   Oh!  Brechtings have had their own brussel sprouts for sale.  Unlike the Urban Market farmers, they won't sell their sprouts until after a frost....they're sweeter then!  All three families:  The Kleins' Breathings and Homrichs have been long standing leaders in Kent and Ottawa counties and also the farming community.

 My haul for trip, after about an hour, with the dogs of course, is shown.  The pumpkins are now pies and the apples are baked into two Amish Pies and two loaves of apple bread.  The apples were so large this year, an absolute delight to peel, that I have enough for two more pies!  Tomorrow!

As this week has continued....a wild turkey from up the block sauntered down my way.  A neighbor walking her dog rang my door bell for us all to watch glide over the yard and cross the street! He, the turnkey, was unfazed by my barking dogs and the cars!  Thanksgiving is coming folks!  Ever try wild turkey?  So good....not tame like our traditional store bought kind.


Also, as a follow up to my QAYG method, I found this video, I hate watching these things-but she's pretty good - and I like her method....she abuts the seams....The Gourmet Quilter! Enjoy!