It is September all ready. The air is so much cooler. Finally! I have been stitching away on the denim scraps I salvaged from old jeans. Here is a bit of one of them. The bird was appliqued on but was so undefined that I felt it needed the blanket stitches to give it that bit of oomph. Still working on the flowers and leaves around it and who knows where it will all end! This may be a pillow or a tote bag or ? 

The leaves on some of the trees are beginning to show fall colors. It seems too early! This summer has been so full of odd weather. It was much too hot for most of it. The garden suffered from the heat, but we managed to get a good yield of tomatoes and peppers. The cucumbers didn't fare as well. And my gourd plants flowered like crazy only to offer up three tiny gourds ( one of which has all ready fallen off and withered ). It is now cool enough to enjoy sitting out doors again and watch the birds in the back yard while I sew a bit.