Fall Garden

Fall is showing up all around us in the yard. Leaves are falling - Dave will have to put the net over the pond soon. There are more acorns in the yard than you can imagine - just ask Dave, he spends hours on his knees picking up acorns so he can cut the grass.

The last few tomatoes from the garden.

The asparagus was beautiful with huge, airy foliage, just hope we have some to eat next year.

We planted a few fall vegies: collards and brocolli.

My favorite herb - rosemary. This is a sign that is painted on screen.

Dave built this platform under our table, which eliminates a lot of mess from being directly on the ground.

My tobacco basket has seen its better days.

Another sign painted on screen.

Can you believe it? We have strawberries - very sweet.

We use to have this little stone fishing boy at the lake. It has been at the shed, I think it looks great by our little pond.

Time to rest Dave - he works so hard on our yard.

Dave's Summer Project

Dave built a tree house for Ian this past summer. It was quite a project - it turned out great and I think Ian really likes it.

Pretty cool Grandpa!

Fall Updates

Halloween cookie time! I have been busy making cookies - I always pull out a recipe that I have used since before Amy was born. I have made a few changes over the years - but these cookies are delish and I make them most holidays. It is messy and time consuming but worth it.

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These are candy corn cookies from Martha Stewarts' EveryDay Food. They are quite good.

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I found this cute pattern for pillowcase dresses - I want to make more, they are so cute. I made this one for Meighan for Halloween.

A ghost for our little man.
This is a felt bag that I started knitting last year. I just finished the handles and I am going to felt it soon. It is huge! I am a little nervous as to how it may turn out.

Embroidered shirt with ribbons.

We wanted something good and chocolatey, so I made Pots de Creme.

They turned out beautiful.

Upside down ramekins.

The inside is a chocolate sauce - heaven on a plate.

Dave and I love steak - he loves hamburger steak with mushroom gravy. I like the real thing, marinated in Teriyaki and cooked med rare.

I have finally found a bread machine recipe that is perfect!

I made this dish a few weeks ago - Lentils with sausage. I had never made lentils before - good, but not our favorite.

Our first Hokie Game

This was our first trip for a football game. It was the weekend that the hurricane was to hit Texas - so we had trouble finding gas and when we did it was very high.

Our game wasn't until 3:30 so we had time to go to "Salem Days" - a craft show that we went to several years ago and I always wanted to go back. It was fun and we found some unique Christmas presents.

Ifound this black chair, couldn't pass it up for the price.

We had lunch at one of my favorite restaurants in Blacksburg. "Fish Cabo"



Dave watching a game.

A nice apple martini before the game.




Dave had shrimp cocktail and bean soup.

I had fish tacos - delish!







The weather was great and the game enjoyable.