Category Archives: Fall
Where Oh Where…
…did Fall go?
The snow has been falling steadily since 7am this morning on our hill. Yes, we live on a hill which means for me “the driving in snow wimp” I’ll be stranded on this hill today and probably for most of tomorrow. Sometimes getting down the hill works but coming back up the hill doesn’t. Our daughter is a little concerned about her flight out of Seatac tonight. She’s headed to Florida to see her Marine who gets leave Thanksgiving weekend. She has all night flights with planes changing in San Jose and Atlanta. We’re praying for the best for her. Time will tell. Dear will be driving her to the airport not Mrs. Wimp. Our Thanksgiving company arrives tomorrow night from California. We already had our Thanksgiving meal at home but we are looking forward to being with a house full of our friends on Thursday. I’m bringing the Yams and a few other treats.
So how’s the weather where you are and what are your Thanksgiving plans?
Photobucket replaced all my photos with ugly black and grey boxes and they are holding my photos hostage until I pay them lots of money. I’m slowly going through all my posts and trying to clean them up and replacing some photos. Such a bother.
Pumpkin Patch
Last Friday I took a short drive to this pumpkin patch. There weren’t any school buses in the parking lot. I parked and trekked out to the field. There was a group of pre-school children hunting down the perfect pumpkin.
Pumpkin Pumpkin
Big and round
I’m glad you grow
Upon the ground
If you grew up in a tree
You might just fall right
Down on me!
It was a gorgeous Fall day with fluffy clouds, crisp air, and sunshine.
I observed a group of Hispanics picking pumpkin blossoms in the patch. Being the wondering person I am I asked what they’d be doing with the flowers. They explained to me how they saute them with onion to use in their Quesadillas. They said they really enjoyed the taste of them. They also reminded me I should wash them first.
Photobucket replaced all my photos with ugly black and grey boxes and they are holding my photos hostage until I pay them lots of money. I’m slowly going through all my posts and trying to clean them up and replacing some photos. Such a bother.
That Pumpkin Time of Year…
The truth about me and pumpkin patches…
It’s all about the photos. I’m not fond of crowds and to arrive at a Pumpkin Patch with 10,000 10 school buses in the parking lot makes me wince. Have you seen the prices of pumpkins at Safeway? $1.99 and $4.99 for smallish and medium size pumpkins and there are a gazillion to choose from. I have to admit, though, the photo ops at Safeway were non-existent. Maybe, just maybe, since the weather has been dry here all week long and the mud will be in dry cake form I might try to make it to the pumpkin patch tomorrow. How about you…do you buy your pumpkins at your local market or do you trek out to the pumpkin patch? Do you make the trek even though you don’t have little ones to take along? Maybe you avoid pumpkins altogether…go ahead I’m listening.
Photobucket replaced all my photos with ugly black and grey boxes and they are holding my photos hostage until I pay them lots of money. I’m slowly going through all my posts and trying to clean them up and replacing some photos. Such a bother.
Autumn Begins…
There are some tell tale signs of Autumn around here…
One of the first I notice every year are these great dew dropped spider webs.
Sometimes the creator is centered just right on the web.
We had a party yesterday afternoon to celebrate the Engagement of our daughter Katie and Andrew. It was a last minute open house since Andrew leaves today for his Infantry Training in North Carolina at Camp Lejeune. Twenty of our dear old friends and family came by to celebrate. Some of these dear old friends are only in their twenties, but you understand what I mean by old. When important events like these come about it’s interesting how you appreciate the ones who have been around and connected to your life through the years. It might not be that you see each other regularly anymore but they were there when Katie was born, or at her 5th birthday party, or her 10th birthday party, or at church with you way back when. You’ve kept up with each other over the years and now it’s time to get together again and celebrate another important milestone in life.
Make new friends,
but keep the old.
One is silver,
the other is gold.
We do not know when the wedding will be. We have to wait and see when the military will allow for some days off for Andrew. We are up for the challenge and we’ll get what little we can get done till we have an idea of the time of year we’re planning for. When the date is set we’ll be off and running with a lot of flexibility and we will “Choose Joy” in whatever comes our way! We do get to go dress shopping though~~ whoohoo!
Photobucket replaced all my photos with ugly black and grey boxes and they are holding my photos hostage until I pay them lots of money. I’m slowly going through all my posts and trying to clean them up and replacing some photos. Such a bother.
I Am A Blatant Thief!
This is too cute not to share so here’s my Ruby Tuesday! Visit Mary at Work of the Poet to see more Ruby!
Yes, I admit it! I stole this photo of my cutie patooty niece right off of Facebook without asking. I just had to have it on my blog so I could look at it every time I log in today!! Sorry brother dear and sweet SIL! Blame it on Pooh cuz this was just like honey that I couldn’t resist…
Speaking of thieves. Before we left Seattle to return to California I received a letter from a local police dept. in Washington informing me they had made an arrest of some person who happened to have my mail on them. They sent me a copy of what they found on this person. I immediately called a credit card company to cancel my card and let them know to be on the lookout for bogus charges from me. Yikes!! We will be informing our local police and the neighbors who share our mailbox kiosk of this ugly incident.
I am back at the Condo in California readjusting again to the simple life with the two of us. We were so thrilled that the temps have cooled down here in Southern California. We didn’t even turn on the A/C since we’ve been home!
Hope you are enjoying Fall wherever you are except for our friends down under who are enjoying Spring!
Photobucket is holding all my photos that I stored on their site from 2007-2015 hostage replacing them with ugly grey and black boxes and asking for a large ransom to retrieve them. It is a slow process to go through all my posts deleting the ugly boxes.
The First Day of Autumn!
Here in Southern California we are still waiting for some good signs of Fall. Some Santana Winds and high temperatures are being forcast for the rest of the week . I am really looking forward to flying to Seattle on Friday evening and once I get there I hope to feel the cool, the cold, the crispiness of Fall!
Yesterday I drove out to my Niece and Nephew’s house to meet little Miss Grandniece for the first time. Big brother was oh so proud of this little bundle of pink and made sure to let me know that she was very little.
Such sweetness. We know she will be showered with lots of love!! Congratulations to Mom, Dad, Big Brother and Grandparents!!
Photobucket is holding all my photos that I stored on their site from 2007-2015 hostage replacing them with ugly grey and black boxes and asking for a large ransom to retrieve them. It is a slow process to go through all my posts deleting the ugly boxes.
The End of Summer
It’s time for the Round Robin Photo Challenge and the theme is End of Summer.
The Southern California end of summer signs…
Another tell tale sign that summer is over…
Beautiful spider webs with sparkling dew…
And here is a view of the end of summer from the state of Washington…
For more Round Robin Photos visit Karen at the Round Robin Photo Challenges
Photobucket is holding all my photos from 2007-2015 hostage on their site. All my photos that I stored and uploaded from that site are now big ugly black and grey boxes with a message to pay big bucks to get them restored to my blog. It will take me a long time to restore thousands of posts.
Happy Fall Everyone!
Before September slips away…
“The breezes taste
Of apple peel.
The air is full
Of smells to feel-
Ripe fruit, old footballs,
Burning brush,
New books, erasers,
Chalk, and such.
The bee, his hive,
Well-honeyed hum,
And Mother cuts
Chrysanthemums.
Like plates washed clean
With suds, the days
Are polished with
A morning haze.”
– John Updike, September
Fall Reading Wrap-up
So here we are at the end of Fall and it’s time for true confessions. I did read some of the books on my list.
Holy Bible ~ year long ~ I’m moving along in my yearly reading. I’m in Ephesians right now and I’m being blown away!
Hood ~ Stephen Lawhead ~ This is going on my Spring List
The Documents in the Case ~ Dorothy Sayers ~ Fabulous! I highly recommend it.
The Dean’s Watch~ Elizabeth Goudge ~ I thoroughly enjoyed this and Goudge is on my new favorite author list! Here’s something I wrote about it when I finished it.
“I just finished the last page of this book and I’m so sad that the story has come to an end. Elizabeth Goudge is fast becoming my new favorite author. She has a great descriptive style. The same appreciation I have for George MacDonald and how he weaves a true loving relationship with God contrasted against a cold religious relationship is growing as deep for Goudge’s fiction. I love MacDonald’s Scottish Countryside settings and I love Goudge’s English countryside settings”
Faithfulness and Holiness ~ J. I. Packer ~ Meaty and I will be reading this one again.
Peace Like a River~ Leif Enger ~ This is going on my Winter list…
Taste and See ~ John Piper ~ I’ve just started this…
The Tale of Beatrix Potter ~ Margaret Lane ~ As usual the real story is different from what you saw in the movie. I’m looking forward to going back to Lake Country in England to check out some of the inspirations for her stories.
Pierced by the Word ~ John Piper ~ I really have a huge appreciation for Piper but this one isn’t one of my favorites…
Books added along the way…
The Scent of Water~ Elizabeth Goudge ~ I’ll be trying to get my hands on more of Goudge’s books. I am thoroughly enthralled by her writing…
What I learned this time around is that there are authors out there that I still need to discover. I’m so happy that the bloggy world has introduced me to some of my new favorites.
Thank you so much Katrina for hosting this great challenge! To see more wrap ups head over to Callipidder Days on Friday.
The Happy Wonderer ~ ellen b. 