How About That

We harvested our sweet potatoes over the weekend.

We hadn't really planned on planting any but decided to try it anyway.

This was from five hills.

Our crop weighed 27 pounds!

Not bad for not trying too hard.

The first hill was dug up a couple of weeks ago.

My father-in-law did it because he was curious to see how mine did.

And truthfully, I think he was a little jealous.

Check out the size of that potato!

That one potato is enough for a pie.

We joked with my father-in-law that he should stop tending his potatoes and try the neglecting method instead. (I did weed some, but not as much as he did.)

I think it worked pretty well.

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Nolan found these guys sunning themselves in our lane.

We thought it was mighty late in the season for snakes.

Kind of on the small side.

We think they were common garter snakes.

I certainly wasn't about to house them for the winter,

so we let them go so they could find a place to hibernate.

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Nolan carved a pumpkin at a harvest party.

He did a good job on all those pointy teeth.

So naturally we got one for Connor to do too.

He did the entire thing all by himself.

I didn't have to touch any pumpkin guts!

Such a happy little pumpkin.

Which turned into a shoe eating pumpkin.

Apparently someone borrowed my shoes and kicked them off...

landing the shoe close to its mouth.

Then Connor helped the pumpkin out by shoving it in farther.

Progress

I've made great progress on the Christmas tree skirt.

It's a simple and fast project.

This is the final size with borders.

After it's quilted I will cut the center and access seam.

I'm loving the holly print and red border.

I'm a little short on batting right now.

Being the frugal person I am, I sewed large scraps together.

Who would throw away such large pieces?

I call it Frankenstein batting.

I'm hoping to start quilting soon.

Number Twenty-two

Today was our 22nd wedding anniversary.

I made a homemade yellow cake with duck eggs.

We enjoyed it with some chocolate ice cream.

A photo test shot... with goofy antics.

Connor is glaring at Dwayne.

They were trying to out glare each other.

I think it's safe to say Dwayne won.

Every year, for twenty-two years, we have taken a family picture on our anniversary.

It's been a fun tradition.

I was testing the light again with this photo.

Oh the perils of a breeze and naturally curly hair!

This one's a keeper.