Dahlia's on the Hutch

Looking like Spring but unmistakably Autumn because they look so good with the sunflowers gracing the table next to it.


And how could you mistake sunflowers for being anything other than Golden Autumn, right?

These flowers in my vegetable garden came a little late this year... but better late than never! And with these beautiful Indian Summer days, they're still very much being enjoyed.

My baby and I

So blessed.

Happy Thanksgiving!

Day 4 Blessings

1. Kind words in my comments box yesterday. Thank you so much.

2. Rain earlier this afternoon on this cloudy Saturday. Perfect weather for our new grass that we laid this morning!


3. Eldest son, Jayden singing as he works. "All I wanna do is have some fun..." so cute.

4.The color red against the blue sky on my walk this evening... Breathtaking.

"God gave you a gift of 86,400 seconds today.

Have you used one to say"thank you?""

~William A. Ward

What are you thankful for today?

Month of Thanksgiving

So I've been thinking a lot about Thanksgiving Day coming up and how we need to always have a heart of thankfulness. (For all those of you in the "States", I know Thanksgiving is in November but for us it's October 13 this year.) And I have decided that for each day in October I will be blogging about the things I am thankful for in my life.

I will list as many things as the date we are on so for today, being the 1st, I will post 1 thing, tomorrow 2 things, and so on.

Anyone wanna join me? Let me know, I always love getting "comments"! ;)
Yeah? Okay, I'm excited to check your blogs each day to see all the blessing in your life!

So here's my first point of gratitude:

(On the side: I couldn't resist saying something about fall and will probably have more to say as the month goes on because... I LOVE THIS SEASON! :D )


1. The sound of crunching leaves under little feet as I walked with my toddler to the mailbox this afternoon.

(Ooh, it's hard to say just one because I'd love to mention "his little hand in mine and the sunshine glinting off his blond head" but maybe I'll save that for another post. I hope there are many more such walks in the near future!)

Happy Thanksgiving Month!

...What else? Fall!

Decorated my hutch for the season this morning. Doesn't look near as nice on camera... I couldn't seem to get the lighting right.

But what do you think?

I love the warm colors after all the white and bright I had for spring/summer.

This is the centerpiece on my mantle. I love this wreath with the 3 wick candle in the middle... so cozy.
And just in case your interested, here are some past scrapbook pages I have done featuring...

What else? Fall!

I did the above page when I just started out scrap booking about 12 years ago. The girl in the picture is me.

Ain't I sweet?!

Hard at Work... Hard at Play

"I cannot endure to waste anything as precious as Autumn sunshine
by staying in the house...
so I spend almost all my daylight hours
in the open air."

After lunch we did a quick read together of "Charlotte's Web" and a couple of Math pages and then outside we went to rake the leaves. The quote above rings very true for me as I have a strange and dreadful feeling that winter is creeping up behind me and will surprise me all to soon.
I have a crazy urge to be outside doing dances and twirls in the last remains of this years warm weather. Anyone relate? ...Or is it just me?
Perhaps I am too concerned about it. Perhaps there are many warm days coming yet this year.
I sure hope so.

And where was Allan during all this fun?

Snug in his bed for a nap of course. I'm not ready for him to give that up anytime soon! :)

What's your favorite Autumn activity?

Autumn Splendor

In honor of autumn's beginning yesterday...
A few shots from around my yard. I'm gonna miss this big ol' tree when we move in a couple months. It has not failed to put on such a show every autumn for the past 4 years that we've been living here.
Brightness on green. I love watching the leaves flutter to the ground in a gust of wind.
A single tiny flower I found growing in my garden... a pleasant surprise of pink amongst all this orange and red and yellow.

Calandula blooming... sunshine reflecting sunshine.
Another Calandula... I definetly want to do these again next year. I love that they are still blooming when many of my other plants have already died down for the year.
And marigold... very, very bright and cheerful as well.
And another piece of that giant tree that I love.

Happy Autumn! :)

"Shout with joy to the Lord, all the earth!
Sing the glory of his name; make his praise glorious!
Say to God, "how awesome are your deeds!"
Psalm 66:1,2,3a