Indian Summer

We have been enjoying a beautiful Indian summer the last couple of weeks and especially over the weekend. We drove down to visit the kids in Utah and also to meet up with Gabe on his way to a convention in California, so it was a wonderful family reunion, too short but still very nice. Now all the good memories have to last for the winter because I'm sure that is upon us soon and then no one will want to be driving those canyon roads and mountain passes.

Last year was our first autumn in Montana and I didn't appreciate the fall colors here because they weren't nearly as many colors as in the Midwest. This year, however, I have come to really enjoy the coloring of a more austere region and love the brilliant golds of the aspen and cottonwoods against the evergreens. It is different but still very beautiful in its own way and I really love it. I should have some photos of our trip up to Brighton where we all went hiking by early next week.

I'm anxious to get started on working on a larger tapestry and I also have some fun Christmas gift projects lined up but didn't get much done this week. It always takes me a few days after a trip to get back into the working mode again. Hopefully I will have more progress to report by next week.