A Repurposed Pillow and Blackberry Squares

Hello, Dear Friends, I hope you are all well 

and safe as we continue to send our thoughts 

and prayers to all those in the path of 

so many disasters. 

I know many people must now start completely

over, and my heart just breaks for all of them. 

Here, we still have large forest fires raging, 

and we are much too close to one that is 

burning near Mt. Rainier, called the 'Norse Peak Fire'. 

This fire is now up to 50,000 acres and only 12% contained. 

So far no lives have been lost, which is a blessing. 

The National Guard is helping out, and we had 

a bit of rain overnight on Saturday, which helped, 

but as you can see by my photo, the smoke is thick

today, and the air quality is bad. 

Ramblin' Man is back to his 'real job' after a week off, 

and now it is just me and the dogs, one old and complaining

cat, Maggie, and Birdy Boy, the cockatiel. 

Here he is, my 'pretty bird', pausing from 

his task of trying to pull every pin out of my 

pincushion and throw them on the floor. 

This is what I was busy sewing, a new pillow for my 

daybed in the kitchen. 

This little pillow started out as an old T-shirt 

that I was about to donate. I loved the 

pink roses on the mossy green background, 

so I thought, why not make a little pillow 

out of it? 

I turned it inside out and traced a circle 

using one of my large platters :)

I've had this sweet, narrow pink lace forever....

I thought it would be perfect. 

A couple of large, green buttons were selected 

for the middle. 

I had a little surprise when I stuffed it......

due to the fabric being more stretchy in one 

direction, the pillow turned out oval! 

Here it is all done. I like it on my sewing chair......

it's soft and squishy and feels good on my back. 

But I made it for the daybed in the kitchen. 

The colors work so well......

It makes me happy :) 

But the seasons are changing, 

and I am ready for a change, too. 

The green fields have turned golden, 

and the leaves will soon turn, too. 

Even the light is changing.....

soft, diffused, mellow......

The nights are cooler and the days are comfortable, 

once again. 

We are even starting to get rain in our forecast....

more is expected later this week. 

I am in the mood for softer colors. 

I will be packing up all the greens.........

and replacing them with colors to reflect the coming season. 

Faded tans and grays

A little purple.....

The wonderful colors of nature. 

The cooler air puts me in the mood for baking, too. 

Anything with blackberries makes my mouth water.....

Would you like a piece? 

This recipe came from an old issue of 'Country Woman' 

magazine that I checked out of the library.

Unfortunately, I seem to have turned it back in without
writing down the recipe!

But I have another recipe that I have posted before
that is very similar (my absolute favorite)
that you can find Here . 

Here we are in our little corner of the world.....

on September 11th.....

a day that is forever etched into our minds, 

here in America. 

There is so much sorrow in life, 

but there is also hope. 

And resilience. 

There is one thing that is always true. 

Tragedies always bring out the best 

in mankind. 

xoxo 

Today I am linking with:

Cooking and Crafting with J&J

xoxo