Adventures and Plans - November 5

Adventures

As usual, lots has been happening around here, though I won't describe the cleaning of the rabbitry and quailery. Nobody needs that, though the animals and I appreciate having it done.

Lovey and I took advantage of being able to vote on a Saturday because his work schedule wouldn't otherwise have enabled him to vote. So we're thankful for the early voting option.

I've continued to make jams, jelly, and apple butter for the upcoming craft fair.

On my semi-plan from last post, I'd hoped to work on Scrappy Spools when my friend came for a crafting day, but I'm blaming her for side-tracking me into a new project. 😉 We had both previously bought the following book, and decided to start a small something from it.

She started cutting tiny pieces to make leaves on a tree, while I went simplistic and started with these:

In my defense, she'd done this before and this was my first time. 

I got a kick out of making the lighthouse light with this bicycle wheel from fabric I'd used for a dress.

So, now I need to do the topstitching/quilting on each 8"x10" piece and then frame them.

I also got to make three more crocheted pumpkins and sneakily left them on my sister-in-law's side table while I was at her house this weekend. 😇

Another project on which I work while watching TV or Youtube is these cross-stitch ornaments for the craft fair. They're involving more time than I thought they would, so I'm happy that I'm kinda multi-tasking to make them.

Yesterday the quail eggs from the incubator went into "lockdown" which is when the eggs are no longer tipped every two hours, but are laid down and left alone and the incubator humidity is raised to enable hatching. So, some might start hatching by tonight or tomorrow. It's an exciting time.

I now have five reliably laying quail hens with seven more that should start laying in about three weeks. It's fun to see my flock growing and I hope to be able to start selling eggs by the first of the year or sooner.

Plans

Happily making use of Joy's free planning page, these are my hopes for this week:

We'll see if my eyes are bigger than my tummy, or whatever.

{There may be some difficulty in binding the Autumn Jubilee quilt since Miss Pretty-pretty has made it her bed.}

Here's hoping your week goes well and you have many opportunities to give thanks for your many blessings.