The change in season has begun . . . . . Welcome Autumn!
I’ve been busy wrapping up the last bit of summer to do list:
1. drain, clean, and dismantle the kid’s pool
2. clear the garage of leftover items from our garage sale
3. finish up the last of bit of painting in the house
{white, off white, bright white, oyster white, and pure white}
4. put together Caleb’s 10th birthday party, just a bit late …over a month late -ooops
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Are you ready for the autumn/fall season?!
The colors of Fall
Céline Fall 2014 collection is simple, bold, and slightly edgy.
The Creative Director, Phoebe Philo, brought a little bit of the retro 1930’s feel with a modern minimal look to the collection. The style is feminine with subtle masculine elements. The statement is in the details and accessories; adding bold simple jewelry, large stitch work, prints, contrasting colors and textures.
It’s wonderful to see on Pinterest, Facebook, Tumblr, and other websites of what people are thankful for. Somedays are harder than others, but like one quote I’ve seen again and again, “There is Always something to be Thankful for.” So true. This is my November inspiration board with pictures, quotes and found objects that I’ve gathered together to remind me of the wonderful things in my life.
Have fun using these printables of thankful thoughts, quotes and Bible verses. Post them on a bulletin board/ refrigerator, hang it on the wall or attach the little tags onto packages.
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{I am Thankful, print HERE}
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{Joy of Thanksgiving, print HERE}
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{Let us come…, print HERE}
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{I will praise God’s name…, print HERE}
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{it is well with my soul, print HERE}
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{Let our hearts…, print HERE}
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{Give Thanks…, print HERE}
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{Thankful printable tags/cards, print HERE}
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Pretty little corner on my little desk.
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I find myself here at my desk almost everyday filing things, updating the family calendar, or sorting through mail. And every now and then I will glance up at the bulletin board and be reminded of what I am thankful for.
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I am thankful for my loving, unchanging mighty God, my Counselor, and above all He is my heavenly Father.
Share with us what you are Thankful for!
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posted by: Kay
This is Ms. Ellie, one of our 7 chickens.
Ms. Ellie has been living in our house for the past few months. Still not sure what is wrong with her, but she is doing better. I have been trying to get her back with the flock, but not quite there yet. I am very hopeful, just one of the chickens still likes to peck her {any advice will be greatly appreciated on this subject}. She does go out and mingle with the other chickens during the daytime and at night, her home is in the our house. The first time I forgot to bring her back in, the search began with a flashlight and calling for her {I don’t think that helped} just to comfort my anxiety. She was nowhere to be found. Finally, my daughter Hannah called me to look out the back door to see Ms. Ellie waiting patiently to come inside. I haven’t had any problems finding her now.
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Although it’s late in the season, I finally started to clean the garden. These little green pumpkins are just some that I’ve collected, not sure what to do with them yet. I will keep you posted on that. 
It’s time to pick the last remnant of apples for my applesauce and put away my favorite old rickety ladder.
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Already made four batches of applesauce, one more to go and I will be done. I put a little twist on the recipe the last time I made it and substituted 1/2 pound of cranberries and added a little more sugar. It turned out great. {find the recipe Here}
It’s moss season, actually it’s moss season year round… just more now and into spring time. These branches are simply beautiful to look at, the variety, colors and textures in one area. I think a wreath may be a d.i.y. project in the near future. I love using them in decorations, but not so much when they completely take over the yard like unwanted weeds.
A drive around town to see the fall colors.
A view of farm lands and mountains in the distance.
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Ideas are stirring in my head while putting this post together. Can’t wait to try them and if successful, I’ll be sharing with other things this November!
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posted by: Kay
God’s little creatures created this beautiful web in my garden along with the other two in the pictures shown below. It was early in the morning with just enough dampness in the air for the tiny water droplets to still be clinging to every part of the web. The intricate detail of it all glistened and sparkled the moment light hit it.
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A close-up of the water droplets on the spider web….. amazing!
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A spider’s day of work completed.
Have a fun & safe Halloween everyone!
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posted by: Kay
