My Husqvarna has gremlins!

Or maybe it is mischievous gnomes. The project I was sewing last night required much stopping and starting. Lost count on how many times the machine jumped to zig zag when I'd start up again. I DID NOT touch the button by mistake either. In the past the zig zag would happen about once a month. After sewing about 2 hours last night it suddenly stopped and then smooth sewing the rest of the night. Go figure!!

The squirrels are into nesting mode. They are building a nest in the tree that hangs over the driveway and what a mess they are making. We could sweep twice a day and the driveway would still be littered with small end branches with leaves. They also sit up on there to eat acorns and throw down the shells. Oh, Lois, complain, complain!! That's what happens in the woods and it will be a sad day when we have to move.

The leaves are starting to fall. Not too much color yet...we've had so much rain and the grass is still green. This year we are looking for someone to take care of the raking (blowing) and hauling the leaves away. We've gotten one estimate so far. There are 18 trees in our yard so that makes for more than a few leaves!!

I'm off to the fabric store to buy batting. What?? you say. If you saw the picture of a 70 yd roll of batting a few posts back that would be a logical question. For one thing that roll belongs to the quilting group and another is that I need batting not so thick. Hope to finish the 5th small quilt today.