Smatterings

  • it has begun..

    We've been there and back again.  Ha!  Almost as soon as our last show ended, we got on a plane.  Finally, we got to meet this little fellow.  Our grandson.  He's amazing!  And big! If we'd waited much longer, he's have been holding me.  Living so far away is terrible. We knew that before.  After meeting him even more, now we know what we're missing.  

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    I took his Christmas stocking along.  He won't notice it yet, but new family members are gifted their stockings for their first Christmas.  They'll match the stockings that his parents hang on the mantle this year.  I can't wait to see a picture of them all lined up.  It means so many things. In a year when so many friends and family have been taken from us, the gift of this child, is just, well.. everything!!

     

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    Meanwhile, I have to get back to the current busines at hand.  It is THAT time of year again and bows have to be tied, wreaths hung, trees decorated.  

     

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    6 responses to “it has begun..”

    1. What a beautiful photo and Christmas stocking! Hoping your hands don’t suffer too much with all of the bow-making.

    2. Great photo! So nice to see all the smiles !

    3. Oh, Judy, I am so happy for you and Chris! And he is just adorable!

    4. Such a wonderful beginning!

    5. All smiles. There’s nothing like a new baby in the family.

    6. Just catching up on some blog reading. He’s precious.

  • walk with me

    The last of the bright colors are leaving in the wind.  Amazing searing color!  I'd like to be able to dye a red like that.  Nearly neon.

     

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    In the woods, the colors have relaxed. It takes a bit of time to appreciate the subtleties.  They are a bit easier on the eye and to duplicate.  I love both.  Someone once told me that wearing red signals a readiness to change.  Perhaps.  In the case of Miss Autumn, most certainly.

     

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    2 responses to “walk with me”

    1. Lynn

      The grays and browns of November, sprinkled with yellow beech leaves and the very last monkshood blues. It’s a season I don’t care for, because it so clearly marks the passing of time.

    2. That red! I love seeing it and wish my yard was large enough to have a burning bush in it.
      And does that fungus not remind you of the rings of Saturn?

  • feelin’ like Halloween

    Have you ever noticed that just knowing it's Halloween changes things?  The way the woods look?  feel?  how about the night?  The usual becomes, well.. unusual.  I can tell you things looked a little strange around here today.

     

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    How many of these are there?? 

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    Are they a 'who' or a 'what'?

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                      huh?  (Maybe there are daleks, disguised.)

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    One response to “feelin’ like Halloween”

    1. cyndy

      Oh my!
      well, if not a Dalek, then maybe an Arkellis!

Our lives are dyed the colors of our imagination.” ~ Marcus Aurelius

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