Flash Back

I spent this weekend in DC, the first weekend I've been home since September. After a vicious Nor'easter pounded us during the week, today was 70 and sunny. Much like the weekend a couple of months ago when we hit the Farmer's Market in Old Town with my camera. Harvesting was at it's peak and there were the prettiest veggies to be found.

Let's start with picking a peck of pickled peppers. Or at least some really pretty pretty peppers. Then we'll follow up with my favorite color, purple. Aren't these the prettiest eggplants ever? They had all kinds, shapes, sizes and shades of purple. These were my favorite, with the stripes.This was a sampling of apples and pears. I thought the colors of the fruits on the blue plates was eye-popping. And the pear's weren't bad, either. I didn't get to eat but a couple before I left and they were gone before I hit town again. But the picture's still pretty!And anyone who knows me, knows I'm not a bean fan. My husband is obsessed with them and will even eat Lima beans (double bleck!) but there's no denying these are some pretty pods. I used to know their name but didn't get it down on "paper" fast enough and now it's gone. But aren't they cool?

And on our way home we walked by this house with their front garden in full bloom. Spilling onto the sidewalk and crawling up the house.It still hasn't frosted in Northern Virginia, yet, and there are flowers still out there, but there's also this - the leaves of fall.

I'm headed back to Detroit mid-week. My son will graduate in December and hopefully we can move on some then. We've been house hunting. Maybe found something, but it's a short-sale so it won't be speedy. I'm ready to move back home. But since I'm forced from home and my sewing machine I had to have something to do. So, I'm working on a new hobby. I'll fill you in on the next post, when I can offer some photo's of the new works of art (snort!).

Thanks for tuning in and sharing my fall walk with me. Sorry there's no sewing, but I did offer some pretty, pretty pictures. And the post that used the word "pretty" a record number of times. Or pretty close, anyway.