What's on the line?

Early in September, I took a few of the older quilts that my mother and dad bought at auction and took photos for days when it was too cold or windy to actually hang something on the line. That was the case this past weekend here in Minnesota. It was very windy, so here is one of those quilts taken on a lovely early fall day..........

I find this one very peaceful. Makes me think of looking up into the sky on a night when there are no clouds and only soft stars light the sky. The quilt is a bit worn and stained but still soft and so comfy. The hand-quilting is very nice...........

In addition to wind this past weekend, it finally became necessary to turn on the heat. And yes, I added a quilt to the bed, too. :-) I am pretty sure that summer is gone and I am going to pretend that I did not hear our local weatherman utter the words......possible snow flurry!

And so, the autumn leaves have blown off of many of the trees here in the Minnesota River Valley but I have a few pictures I took that I had never shared. This photo below is Main Street of Henderson, MN looking east. It was was taken on October 3rd. The Minnesota River is at the east end of Main Street.  Notice that pretty red bush in the lower right corner.........

This photo below is looking west and when I take the photos of Henderson's Main Street, I am standing next to that flagpole looking east.

Many of the buildings on Main Street are on the National Historic Register. Henderson is a lovely town, well-cared for by it's residents.

 I've shared this before but I love this big tree that sits next to City Hall........

This line of trees is along the ridge at the back of our house. I took this photo from "down below the ridge".

More trees along the ridgeline...........

And this is the view from our deck..............

The photo above was taken on October 3rd and just three days later on October 6th, I took the one below. The colors change so fast!

That same day, I took one last photo of Henderson's Main Street. Remember that pretty red bush in the first fall photo in this post? Notice that the pretty red leaves are almost all gone now.

And after the wind of the past few days, many of the trees in our backyard have almost no leaves on their branches! The nice thing about that wind, though, is that it blew the leaves off the trees and down into the woods!  I do hope it's a few weeks before we actually get any snow. After all, Halloween is coming up and who wants to Trick or Treat in a snowsuit?!

Tomorrow is my day to share my block in Michele's Quilting*Gallery "Christmas Quilt-a-long" so be sure to stop by and see what my design will be. It gave me JOY to make it and I hope you will enjoy adding it to your quilt if you are making the blocks in the "Quilt-a-long"!  
Have a great Monday!
Sandi