Good Bye Summer, Hello Fall

Well, the pool is closed. You always feel a little sad, because it will be a long 9 months before it'll be sparkling blue again.

The week started with 85 degrees and today it was only in the 60's and a little rain. The sun came out again in the late afternoon. It seems that Fall is here.  I love the Fall colours, but we'll be in Germany and most likely miss the changing of the leaves. But no complaints! Yesterday the air smelled like autumn, so I thought, but then I heard on the news that the smoke from a forest fire in Minnesota traveled all the way down to the Chicago area.

I quilted a couple of  very cute quilts (in the spirit of the season) today:

I'm off to Quilt Retreat tomorrow!