The calender says September but the thermometer says July

...yesterday it reached 97 F/37 C, today it is already 91 F/33 C

by Friday it is suppose to be 64F/18 C.

I prefer the cooler days but I'm sure my tomatoes will love the heat wave...

the heat makes for sweeter tomatoes.

I hope we do not get the severe storms they are predicting this evening for SE Michigan .

Don't you just love sunflowers...I do.

On Saturday I went to the Plymouth Fall Festival with my friend Christa.

...we walked from her house...about a mile or so

...dodged the rain drops and took shelter under the trees.

There was lots of tempting foods and we visited the arts and craft booths.

I was disappointed...not many 'true' craft booths

...but there were 'home party'  booths, like ...Pampered Chef...

a spice party hostess trying to book a party...not sure the name of the company.

I must check the definition of the word 'craft'.

The best part of the day was spending time with a friend!!

On Sunday...DH and I went to Greenfield Village at the Henry Ford Museum in Dearborn MI.

It was the perfect weather...not as hot as it was last year.

DH was busy snapping pictures...here are a few

While sitting on the bench listening to the Village Strings Group I noticed one of the ladies...

the one in the long white skirt had a quilted hexie bag hanging from her 'Dulcimer'.

This quilted bag protected her 'hammers'.

I sat on the bench listening to the music for 15, 20 minutes while DH took pictures

and spoke to the husband of one of the musicians.  

It was a fun day.

DH's first video attempt with his phone.

I have been sewing, really I have, I will share with you soon.

till next time and 

happy stitching

DH and I took a short road trip...and a giveaway...

... we went back in time and visited the

'Old Car Festival' this past weekend.

at Henry Ford Museum and Greenfield Village.

DH and I headed to the farmers market and picked up a few veggies

before heading to Dearborn Michigan, about a half hour drive to 

take in the sounds and smells of hundreds of authentic vehicles

from the 1890s to 1932....and the fumes were bad.

Definitely no emission control back then.

 

They had traffic jams

...isn't this just the cutest Austin Mini...

and this Austin Mini

The cars showed pride of ownership over ...

and over.

...and there was an electric car back then too.

Look at this beauty...the tools to fix the cars were simple.

There were fire trucks and they had manual cranks to sound the siren,

one had painted on the side of the fire truck

'SAME DAY SERVICE'

 The girls were in pretty dresses and riding the streets.

 This lady slowed her tricycle so we could take her picture.

You could even try riding some of the old bicycles.  

We witnessed only one bicycle mishap.

The weather was perfect for a picnic and this...

picnic quilt was a treasure.  

It had little 9 patches made with 1" squares on point.

You could tell it was old and I didn't want to touch it to check for a label...

no one was around...it was just laid out on the grass

ready for a picnic...beside a vintage car.

There was live music too

This was Greenfield Villages 62nd annual Old Car Festival.

Click HERE to see all the winners from the 

2011 Old Car Festival.

One of the Grand Champions was from London Ontario Canada.

One last picture 

from Noah Webster's retirement home.

Noah wrote many books but was best known as the writer of the Webster dictionary.

Together with his wife, Rebecca, they raised 8 children and were married for 54 years.

Rebecca was a quilter, but then pretty much all women and young girls were quilters.

It was a fun day!!
...and now for a giveaway...
One last bit of info....Mr Heinz was famous for his ketchup, but

before his ketchup he was famous for something else, way back in 1869.

Ketchup was introduce in 1876.

What was the first thing Mr Heinz was famous for???

If you know the correct answer, tell me in a comment 

and you could be a winner of ...????
All I know is the giveaway will be quilt related.

I will leave the giveaway open until September 17.
Please make sure I have a way to contact you by email.

hugs and happy stitching

Pauline