AUTUMN SPREAD

I pulled out my Autumn Leaves blanket/bedspread yesterday..and laid it on top of
my spare room double bed...

                   You can see that I also used some ojos for the borders in Fall prints...

Here are some blocks from the reverse side:

This is when we had "Clara Schumann" aka/Schumee our Calico kitty--
I just love all
those fabrics....;))

and  I grew roses and sipped a lot of tea...and, of course, my favorite musical print 
that I wish
I had a few more yards of today..;(((

            More teapots, and musical instruments and flowers and ocean waves...

All these fabrics remind me of our younger years......

and another fabric, the likes of which I cannot seem to find today.....
Love these vibrant, leafy prints....

A favorite block featuring fabrics I purchased on our trip to Maine one long ago
Summer--just the two of us for a short getaway....

Every year I take this out, I am sent down memory lane once again.....

I think this was the third Big Quilt I made--no labeling in those early days....
And not much $$ either to buy fabrics--so they were cherished purchases...saved from my
piano teaching money....
Autumn is the time for Remembrance....

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Tonight I made Shepherd's Pie or as we called it "Portay-Chinois" for 
our dinner. Both my Mom and my Grand-mere used to make this one....
It has:
Layers of cooked ground sirloin, 2nd layer-- corn niblets and, lastly,
 topped with mashed potatoes (with a little sprinkling of paprika on top):

This gets cooked at 350 for about 1 and 1/14 hours and I remove the foil 
for the last 15 minutes so that............................
those potatoes get all browned and bubbly on the top--YUUUUMMMY...
(I live for "brown stuff" ;}}} )

                                                       Thom and I love this meal
                                                       All-in-one dish...;)))

This time of year casseroles and slo-cooker meals just feel right, don't they?

And, this is all done ahead of time--so no FOUR-0'CLOCK cooking--just pop
'er in the oven @ 350 for about 1 to 1/14 hours...

Hugs from cool CT this morning...
Julierose, La Blageuse (je me souviens-euse)