Around here

White starry asters are now blooming in the front garden. And echinacea. And one late cranebill geranium.

I wanted to replace the globe thistle at the end of my perennial rock garden. I tried to dig it out with a shovel, but I encountered rock immediately. The rock turned out to be huge–typical of New England soil. Using a heavy pry bar and a lot of smaller rocks and teamwork, we were able to remove it. Now it’s sitting in a wheelbarrow waiting for its future placement (?).

And here’s the hole it left. It doesn’t look like a hole, but it is. I don’t have enough soil around here to fill it. Not sure what to do next, so this is on hold.

Sam has stacked wood into a formation with four walls, and then dumped the rest into the center with the bucket loader. Now he’s building a roof over it.

He tried to pull/dig out this stump, but it didn’t work. I don’t know what’s going to happen here. He said “This was a bad idea.”

I knit myself a headband for chilly weather. Finished it this morning. There are a few early fallen leaves on the deck, but it really hasn’t started to be fall yet.

I stitched a border around a gold house embroidery and then, with a friend’s help, stretched it over bars and stapled it. It looks okay. I might do a few more of them this way.

I like how you can see the stitching on the back with this method of framing.

There are three of these big pumpkins in the vegetable garden, just starting to turn orange. All the rain we’ve had contributed to their size. I’m looking forward to a fun Halloween season.

Meanwhile. we are leaving town. We’re going to the Common Ground Fair early tomorrow. For three days! I feel like we’re leaving everything up in the air. But it will be a good to have a change of scene, hopefully come home fresh. I love the fair.