End of summer :(

I will definally miss summer! All of our beautiful flowers, warm weather, etc. But as the saying goes. All things have their season. Jeff has been raking leaves all week. I did help some yesterday and today. But I have to admit that Jeff has done far more then me. I did cut back some of the perennials. I will wait until more die back to do more. With over 200 varieties it takes some time to get this all done. I am so glad that I take A LOT of pictures every year. It shows me how much the flower gardens have grown and also it is so nice to have something colorful to look at in the winter. Fresh snow is pretty, but you do need COLOR. LOL. We picked alot of cucumbers, both straight 8's and lemon. The lemon ones might look like lemons, ut they taste like regular cucumbers. We grow heirloom tomatoes and usually don't get a lot, but with all the rain and heat we have frozen more then usual. Nice for soup in the winter. We also froze a lot of green peppers. We still have to dig the beets. Their are a lot of them also. We'll have to decide on what we want to do with those. Maybe pickle some. I like those. Otherwise we boil them and eat them with butter on them.
I have been working on my HBS, Hobby Builder's Supple, contest building. I am getting there, but I have plenty to do yet. But it is starting to look like something now. LOL. I will post pictures when everyone has sent theiir pictures in. That is mid Dec. I have been working here and there on the Bellingham Farmhouse (Auntie Gertie is happy about that!). She is getting a little impatieent with standing around in unfinished rooms! But will have to get more done before I post pictures as what I have done lately doesn't add up to a lot. Just been kind of lazy.
I don't like the new way of posting pictures on here. I liked it better when you went right to the albumns and saw bigger pictures. Now I just get these tiny pictures to choose from. Maybe I am doing something wrong.
I want to welcome all my new followers. There are so many that I haven't said welcome to yet. Please forgive me for not naming everyone. I am so bad. But I do apprieciate everyone who cares to read what I write.
Well I guess that is all that is new in my world. Have a great week everyone. Mini hugs, Teresa

Mahjongg and miniature order.

How many of you play this on the computer. My DH just picked up a game to upload onto the computer. Now I have some harder ones to do. Called brain games. I think it is relaxing to play this game even the hard ones at least harder then the one that is on our computer. Not saying that I am a whiz at it or anything, but something to stimulate my brain.
I just love this picture. So peaceful and serene. It would be such a nice place to sit and dream.

 My HBS order came today. Now Gertie has her own old fashioned toaster and telephone. Very nice ones. I was pleasantly surprised on how nice they were. Especially since they were so reasonable in  price. She also has her sewing machine on the stand and a pair of boots for gardening. Her house is coming along slowly, but surely. I still want to make a quilting frame with a quilt in progress. I need to find another chair for the livingroom yet. I only have a couch so far. I am leaning towards a rocker but not sure yet. Nothing has really caught my eye. I also have a piano in the room and am thinking about a fireplace. I did get a few other things also. But they are for future projects. Yes, I really am working on it.
We went grocery shopping today and it was a mad house! I don't know if it was because of the football game tomorrow or just a typical saturday but it was nuts. I don't like shopping in that kind of mess. Being short doesn't help. Even the bookstore was busy. You can tell that winter is here. People are finding things to do inside.
It was a good day though. Except for the stores it was a relaxing at home kind of day.
Now that the Christmas tree and everything is put away the livingroom looks big. Funny how much smaller it looked with the tree in there. Not that the room is large but it looks less crowded now. 
Well i guess I had better tottle of to bed as it is 1:30am. Hugs, Teresa