I Like Thursday: Can't Keep Up

I haven't had a chance to write other blog posts this week.  I've made lots of progress on my quilt - I hope to have a post soon.

We were invited to a neighborhood pumpkin party, so I carved a pumpkin to display.  I haven't carved one in years - I forgot how fun they are to do.  I decided to do something artistic instead of just a jack-o-lantern face.  I love how this came out.  Not too sure how structurally sound it would be, but it hasn't collapsed yet.  

The pumpkins needed to be dropped off on Friday, for a Saturday evening outdoor party.  At the time I dropped mine off, there weren't many there...

 

but when I arrived on Saturday, there was quite a collection.

Some seriously cool designs.  The little card between the masked and wigged pumpkins says "Donald Trumpkin debates Joe Biden".

It was dark when I arrived (I took these photos the following day).  Some pumpkins had already been retrieved - so I can't show you all of them.  Lots of creativity in all shapes and sizes. 

I was surprised my phone managed to take any photo at all (if I had known it came out, I'd have taken more!).  Neighbors were masked and bundled for the cold.  Made it difficult to recognize the few people I knew!  Most people were new to me - it's a large neighborhood.  There was a huge fire pit, which was warm and cheery.  It was nice to learn more about the people and the place, although I won't remember most of their names.<sigh> I didn't stay long, but having a little social contact was nice.

Speaking of parties - we had a bluebird party in the burning bush this week.  There must have been a dozen of them when I ran to grab the camera.  I wasn't sure they were at first, since so many were more gray than blue.  They're hard to see in the photograph (so I circled them).  The blue and the pink were a pretty combination.  

The one bird feeder we hung out there has been getting a TON of activity.  I'm getting all the regulars but also saw a pine siskin, a greedy purple finch and a red-breasted nuthatch.  I can't believe the number of birds the feeder had attracted.

I did get out on the kayak on Thursday afternoon.  I even found a fellow Oru kayaker (she has the nifty new Inlet kayak) and got to see how that looks and folds up.  I got attention from several people both in setting up and taking down my kayak. 

It was seriously windy out there, and I had to paddle hard to get back to where I started.  But I loved the trees and the water was cleared of much of the lily pads I had to navigate around in the summer.  Doesn't the photo shout New England?  Driving around here the last few weeks has been a wonderful treat.  I wish I could show you how beautiful the trees are.

I finished quilting Creekbed.  Now I need to decide if I'm squaring the quilt to bind it, or leaving it with curved edges.  I got to try out the new quilting gloves and a Supreme Slider.  Oh, what a difference it made for the freemotion quilting!  I'll see how it works with the bigger quilt next.

I was unable on Sunday to meet a friend of mine for a walk.  I had to cancel last minute and was bummed about it.  However, she was kind enough to drive out here (bearing gifts of apple sauce!) to visit.  We parked ourselves on lawn chairs in the driveway (masked and social distance) to enjoy the fall weather and catch up.  It made my day.

That's it for me this week.  The I Like Thursday group keeps growing!  Stop by Not Afraid of Color to check out this week's posts.