Tomato harvest

I'm coming to the end of the tomato crop. These are some that ripened indoors and are either going to be made into salsa or else cooked and run through the food mill to make tomato sauce. I then freeze the tomato sauce. I have one more batch like this left, then that's all until next summer!!

Mira - 13th birthday

We had a family party to honor Mira's 13th birthday. It was a beautiful fall day, the view of the colors on the mountain was spectacular, and it seems like it colored overnight. The reds are scrub oak, a scraggly bush but that's what grows here. The boys are enjoying that gun that Sami bought, it was outrageously expensive, but fairly harmless.

Circus

Here is what the Quiltaholics mystery looks like we did this past weekend. Isn't it cute. I wish I had someone to give it to, but maybe I can donate it somewhere.

And MORE grapes

I am overwhelmed with grapes! I didn't think there would be this much on Joe's vines, and this is not all - there are more left on the vine. There are 15 bags here! I only picked 5 bags at Elizabeth's yesterday. And I have run out of jars, and just ran to Wal-Mart, K-Mart and two grocery stores who all were out! All this juice and not a jar to put it in! I bought some gallon size beverage containers which will have to do. Maybe more people are deciding to can their produce, it was just a week or two I saw the jars in several grocery stores.

Grape time

When you can smell the grapes on the vine, it's time to pick them. So I picked all of Elizabeth's grapes today. They are Concord grapes, purple and white. I have a terrific steamer that makes it a snap to make juice. First wash the grapes and pile them in the steamer, still on the stem. Steam for one hour and out comes the juice!




Tomorrow I'll go over to Joe's and pick his grapes and make juice for his family. Of course I take a percentage of the goods!

Antelope Island

I took Heather out to the Island and we noticed the very low level of the Great Salt Lake. But we had fun putting our feet in the water, hiking up the Buffalo Point trail and looking for buffalo. We also went to the Garr Ranch where this quilt was on a bed.

Finished Maverick Stars

Here is the finished top, now I need to quilt it. I think it turned out quite pretty. Since most of the squares were made in Texas, it is called "Texas Maverick Stars"