Yes, Halloween is approaching, but that’s not what frightened me this month. No, it was the apples that needed to be sliced for freezing, or
turned
into applesauce and apple butter. Then it was the cucumbers to be
pickled, followed by tomatoes to be sauced. Garden cleanup for final
fruiting began and next month I will be transplanting these raspberries as well
as planting a few new blueberry bushes.
Halloween cards are under way and I’ve used a few different techniques this year. One new technique involved quite a learning 
curse,
er rather, curve. 😉 There were many stencils that I wanted to buy
for making cards but instead, I went to my Cricut to cut stencils with happy
results! This simple pumpkin face and the photo at top are done with stencils I made on the Cricut.
Soon Thanksgiving and autumn cards will be started, and of course, Christmas gift planning is already underway. Learning curves continued when I took another sewing class to make bowl cozies. They turned out great and gave me ideas for Christmas gift bags!
And what else happens in November? Why, it’s NaNoWriMo—National Novel Writing Month. I’m plotting another Christmas story to write in November. It’s 50,000 words in November for the “win”!
With all that fall planning underway I'll be sure to stock chocolate for the trick-or-treaters! (And a piece or two for myself 😊.)
curse,
er rather, curve. 😉 There were many stencils that I wanted to buy
for making cards but instead, I went to my Cricut to cut stencils with happy
results! This simple pumpkin face and the photo at top are done with stencils I made on the Cricut.
