Eileen, #18, is the lucky winner of the remaining hexes! My son the certified numbers guy, chose the random number. I have no idea how he picked the number 18 but he did and I trust that he knows random – because he's a numbers guy. 

And – I've heard from Barbara, the new owner of my quilt in the Celebrity Quilt Auction. I am so happy that this quilt is going to a person who is going to love it! I haven't added it up, but it looks like this auction of 12 quilts raised more than $13,000! I am lucky to have been a part of this endeavor and I look forward to seeing the quilts next year.

And because I like to have some color in every post… Fall in Sherman, TX, is not exactly spectacular but I took this photo of two trees in my front yard last week. For the first time I have a tree that has some reddish leaves! Mostly I get yellow and/or brown leaves from my trees. And that deep blue sky behind the leaves is pretty spectacular.  

We're going to have our first hard freeze of the season tonight and that means that many of the plants in the yard will turn brown and die back. But last week, the hibiscus was blooming:

The bud on the right makes me think of the plant in the Little Shop of Horrors.

I don't know about you, but I find myself making a lot more electronic invitations and flyers these days. Often they need a pretty image. It is nice to have this sort of image, that you've taken yourself, in your computer to use when you need it.

Keeping track of where these images are in your Pictures folder can be an issue. I have a lot of folders and subfolders in my primary Pictures folder. I sort flowers by color. This will go in the Color and Contrast folder, in the Pink subfolder. I name files the way I would if they were in a file cabinet – with names that make sense to me.

On a mac, making folders and subfolders is simple and searching is also simple. Personally, I find that it's worth the time it takes to name and file images so that when I want them, I can find them.

If your digital photos are a mess, sorting and filing them in your computer is a project that you might sort of enjoy. It is at least better than shuffling old photos from one shoe box to another – which is a project I still have to tackle.

Now, back to work!