Friday Funny -- on Thursday

I'm sure glad our dear Artemis and Pele's relationship was better than this!

Wordless Wednesday

Aprons and more

Here are a few more of the aprons that I've recycled for the cafe:





















...and here are a couple of the lovely ladies wearing them:












They can't help smiling while wearing these!

More coffee sleeves, too! Some are going to the east coast, some to the west coast, and two to family members. Bon voyage!






I decided my sassy red camera needed a niftier carrying strap:










With all the sewing I've been doing, I've not made a lot of cards lately. But here is one I made for an elderly friend:

Cool Website

While hopping from one blog to another this morning I found this website: The Blog Guidebook. My blog friends should check this out. It has a wealth of blogging information. I know I will be keeping tabs on it.... or should I say "bookmark it!"

This week at the market

We're coming to the end of the Farmer's Market for this year. The nights are getting colder, the sky bluer, and it looks like some new snow on the higher mountains....

Some scenes from around the Market this week:






















Fish taco








Savory crepe

Almost Wordless Wednesday

Happy Birthday, Middle Daughter!

Snowmass Balloon Festival

Saturday evening, after hiking Maroon Bells, we headed over to Snowmass for the Balloon Festival Night Glow. Perfect evening for the event!

Balloons getting set up:









Kathy was a bit worried about how close the balloons were to her car.....






Time to start putting the balloons to bed:


And finally -- this really cool balloon:

Hiking again at Maroon Bells

Saturday was an absolutely gorgeous day to hike Maroon Bells. The fall colors are spectacular right now.

Scenes from the hike:




Here is where an avalanche funneled down to the narrow spot and then fanned out with great force:

Latest project

The cafe owner has asked me to do something with the old aprons they have. The previous owner's logo is on them and she wanted a bird. Figuring that we would not want to waste perfectly good aprons, and knowing how much new aprons would cost, I turned this:



into this:


What do you think? (The little birdies are sitting on top of the pocket.)

Wordless Wednesday