Friday, November 12, 2021

Friday Finish!


Another week has flown by and I hope this post finds everyone, doing well.  With the cooler temps and shorter days, it means more time inside to work on projects. This week I found some fun new projects to do from Farmhouse Friends, on Facebook. 

This design is one of the freebies they are offering each week and a design by Heart to Hand.

I am not great at following directions, but I stuck to the original design and used glitter thread for the leaves and berries, it adds a nice touch to the piece and will be pretty when the lights, hit it.



We also got out for some nice day trips last weekend. We decided to go up the opposite side of the Connecticut river. Our first stop was an old cemetery that sits on the river. Beautiful views but no eagles on this day.



The second stop was another cemetery. A beautiful place to walk around and there were bits of color, here and there.



The next stop was a riverside park where you can launch your boats or sit and enjoy the views. It is also a stop for the tourist trains. 



Our last stop was the ferry, across from the castle. We had the truck so we were able to finally take a ride across the river. A fun way to get across and quicker than going around to the bridge.



On Sunday we were able to get up early and head to Hammonasset Beach. The park is huge, lots of parking areas, walking areas, birding and camping there. I definitely want to go back with the kids. We spent our time at the point which is the main bird sanctuary.



Just that area is so big, we spent all our time walking on the paths and along that section of the beach. The only regret is that we couldn't spend more time there, but we wanted to head back before it got dark.



We left before it got dark but enjoyed a pre-sunset sky.



And we also got to our beach, on afternoon. Another bad thing about the time change, we only have an hour before it gets dark, but the good thing is, we get to watch the sunset. I hope you all have a wonderful weekend and upcoming week.



5 comments:

acorn hollow said...

A busy week as always for you. I love your santa! He has a great face
Cathy

Rugs and Pugs said...

LOVE your Santas!!!
And of course enjoy all your wanderings.

TheCrankyCrow said...

Your Santas are too stinking cute!! Love them!! And you've been holding out?? There's a castle???? NO WAY!! I wanna go! LOL. Your almost-sunset photos are so beautiful. It looks as though you still have some pretty striking fall colors... Ours are long gone. They are predicting 2-4" of snow overnight. Grrrr.... Hope you have a great weekend. ~Robin~

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Olde Dame Holly said...

I wish I could visit these wonderful places you find, but your photos are the next best thing to actually going there. Love them! And the Santa ornaments are so well done!