Goodyear Blimp

Butch and I are both from Jefferson Iowa and I have received many emails from numerous people about the Goodyear blimp making a visit to Jefferson. You can also read about it and see pictures at www.offenburger.com. And it must have flown north-northwest over Rockwell City Iowa when it left Jefferson because my sis Myrla was able to get this picture. The following email is from Lois Brant of Jefferson, a long,long time friend of ours.: "If you would like to see the excitement in Jefferson last week go to Google and type in Goodyear Blimp Jefferson Iowa lots of articles about the visit. It was a real kick for the town. We could get up close enough to touch it and could talk forever with the crew members. Wonderful experience for all. Limited space for riders (6) so a few people got to make the trip. Free BBQ every night and free donuts in the mornings. And it made a stop at the Homecoming football game.
Small towns do have fun. "

Sweet Dreams

Yellow monk's cloth with Red Heart sage,white and pink yarn. Venice pattern with the sweet dreams done with loop stitch. The end rows I nearly always improvise and I did so in this case. 

Wal-Mart Pillow with Swedish weave pattern Riverwalk plus my own addition. I used Bernat Camouflage yarn and one row in each riverwalk of Red Heart pink that does not show up that well in the picture.

Normalcy has returned. Butch is home from the hospital and we have returned to our daily walks. He is feeling good and I am too. We are having the itch to head south but we are just a few blood draws and doctor visits from being able to do that but the promise of it is just around the corner and it will be a YIPPEE day when it gets here. We are having an Indian summer. I even said we could stay here as long as the weather is like it is now. I am very much aware of how it can change in a heartbeat however. We plan to do some visiting while we are still here and able before joining up with our south Texas friends for the winter. See ya'all soon!