Good Morning Quilters!
This is our front yard this week. We are at the peak of fall color, and enjoying every minute of it.
We drove to East Lansing for the MSU vs U of M football game Saturday, and the view of the colorful trees on the trip was beautiful. While riding in the car, I worked a little on this UFO of red work embroidery. Most of the time I was looking out the window at the color show. The red work will be a quilt of alphabet letters and winter snowmen and Christmas scenes. This block has E for elf and F for fir trees.
This football game trip was a nostalgic one. We’ve been going to MSU football games since 1965, and have decided to stop going to games in person next year. At our age, (82 and 83) we will be watching games in future seasons from our living room. Part of the issue is that now college football games are starting at different times than they used to. For television coverage money, some games start in the evening. The game Saturday started at 7:30 PM. When we started going to games, the starting game time was usually noon or early afternoon.
Here is a picture of some of MSU’s marching band, which sounds so good every game! They are so dedicated. We, for old times sake, went to the band practice field, and watched the band members get ready by sections, and then gather to march to the stadium. We used to do this before every game, when my knees were much younger.
Some parts of getting older are sweet, and some parts are bittersweet.
What has been happening in your life? I hope some good quilty things. I am still not in the quilt room much right now, but that always changes. I shall be hit with quilt enthusiasm again. It always happens.
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3 comments:
That is so awesome you still go to Sparty stadium! It seems like you need to walk miles and miles to get to the stadium! My FIL is a MSU alum and we went to the games from the mid 80"s (when I married into the family) until the 2000's when we moved to Texas!
I'm sure you'll miss attending the football games in person but I completely understand about not wanting the evening starting times. Watching a football game from an armchair in the comfort of your home can be pretty nice, especially when it's a cold and windy evening! The little pumpkins are really cute, happy stitching!
Now that my team (USC) is in the Big 10 I pay more attention to the games. Although I didn't this past weekend. Sorry about the result. I have to say if the most recent picture of you guys is this weekend, you sure don't look like you are in your 80s! Keep active and have fun sewing!
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