A street near my house
Fall has definitely arrived in Asheville!
Obviously you can’t miss the spectacular fall colors, but if you have
your eyes closed, there’s a crispness in the air that screams – colder weather
is coming. I haven’t heard that scream
in decades - except for last October which was my first visit to Asheville when I fell in love with this town.
A view off my deck
The maples are a brilliant red – though my camera has a hard
time capturing that color. It turns out
a bit brown. The yellows are blazing on
the oaks, and depending on where you are, the greens change little by little
each day, putting on their autumn paints.
Hiking in the Blue Ridge Mountains
I had planned to start working on the garden – getting rid
of the grass and putting in perennials and habitat plants, but the inside of
the house has kept me busy. Finally got new appliances in the kitchen. The guest
room is almost done, but the studio is still a work-in-progress. I’ll have to do a whole blog on that one!
New appliances in the kitchen
I have managed to get a quilting class into my busy schedule
of working on the house, writing classes, dancing, and endless
other fun things like bookclub, hiking and finding my way around! The class was on free-motion machine
quilting, which I’ve done a little of in the past and have been terrified of it, but after
practicing on a dozen 9x12 quilt sandwiches, I’m not frightened anymore! I can’t say that I’m good at it (in fact,
I’ll say that I’m still pretty bad at it!) but practice will improve it and
I plan to use it as much as I can – once the studio is finished and I actually
have time to start quilting again.
Baby steps learning free-motion machine quilting
Dancing continues to be my greatest source of fun, dancing
east coast swing at least three nights a week.
I have yet to try contra, but I will be diving into country
western for the first time this weekend.
How amazing to have dancing to live music seven nights a week! I love this town!!!
