It’s FALL! I love fall! The cooler temps, the changing weather and the harvest. While driving over the weekend, I loved seeing the fields and farmers working hard to bring in their crops. I know from growing up on the farm they are in a state of constant work – long hours, hard work, and worry over whether the crops will sell well.
Fall has always been about canning, freezing, and prepping food for the winter. At this point in my life, we aren’t doing this as often. In fact this year, we aren’t doing any canning at all. I did get apples but we will probably eat them as apples rather than making applesauce or slicing to freeze.
This has made me wonder what I’m harvesting this year. What have I done, created, and so on that I’m going to harvest. There’s nothing in my life which has to be grown and harvested at a particular time. I’ve published many things this year and still have a few to get out.
I’m in the middle of making holiday gifts. I’ve been working on several for the past couple of weeks. My sister asked me to work on some blankets for her – she has fleece which she wants a crocheted edging around. I have one or two other things to finish which should be done tonight or tomorrow night. I’ll move on to doing the crocheting for her before I work on my next group of projects.
My craft room is in chaos and in need of a good cleaning. I’m hoping to get it organized again and move forward with all these projects. If I get my sister’s stuff done, it gets two or three bags of things out of my craft room. After that, I’ll be working on my own holiday gifts which will empty many things out of my closet. Then it’s back to the skirt and afghan I’m working on.
I think for this year, this is my harvest. Getting all these projects done before it’s too late is a good goal. One I’m hoping will be accomplished. On top of this harvest, I have several things which still need to be published and finished. Now things have calmed down a little with my middle daughter, I’m hoping to spend my weekends working on projects and publishing. However, I’m aware that the best laid plans…. generally don’t get accomplished because of life…