Some stuff, finally

Hope everyone has had a good couple weeks!  I've been sidetracking by doing things that are boring, ripping out things and playing with beads.  Oh, and this guy, Mr. Speedy we saw in our back yard this morning:

And, finally I'm getting ready to start putting October together - just making some final adjustments on this fella.  I promise that I will do something more picture worthy or better written soon, life has been busy and not super inspired (but perfectly nice):