…my life in the country
Posted in Uncategorized on Oct 31st, 2008
…leaf picture. I did not arrange these. I found them on the way to the mailbox. What a great composition! What a great abstract painting! Colors, textures… It almost makes me forget that #!%*#! sewing machine that ruined my morning! But that’s of no account. I put it behind me, I rise above, I look [...]
Posted in Uncategorized on Oct 29th, 2008
How many of you can get fresh cut lilacs for Halloween! lol Randy cut these from some bushes he’s tending for a summer resident. I still ahve roses blooming, too, but have never had lilacs this time of year before. Lovely!
Posted in Uncategorized on Oct 28th, 2008
Pop used to tear this stuff off the house, he felt about it like some people feel about ivy, but it’s so pretty. It does get a grip on the screens that it probably shouldn’t but it’s the most brilliant red in the yard this time of year. I guess I should have a try [...]
Posted in Uncategorized on Oct 24th, 2008
Part of my morning’s work. Randy likes these for lunch or snacks so I don’t try to make them Fair shape, I just cube and be done with it. But pears are kind of boring looking this way so I tossed in a maraschino cherry to liven them up some. Got some laundry done, too, [...]
Posted in Uncategorized on Oct 24th, 2008
Got three lugs of apples picked off the Rome Beauty. Managed to give half this lug to a friend, but the tree is still loaded with fruit. And the last of the pears are ready to can as well. And the laundry hamper is full again, and the looms shop is jammed up with orders, [...]
Posted in Uncategorized on Oct 20th, 2008
I just love autnmn!
Posted in Uncategorized on Oct 19th, 2008
I don’t know this guys name but I thought him quite attractive. He likes my little mums very well. I got these flowers many years ago from a neighbor but they bloom faithfully every year to brighten up this Indian Summer we’re having. The predicted rain has faded away. Well, that’s fine as we don’t [...]
Posted in Uncategorized on Oct 16th, 2008
We haven’t even had a real frost yet but there are signs of fall all over. The elms and Grandfather’s chestnut are all bright. The woodbine is starting to show color and my coleuses are totally shriveled, the wooses! But I thought this hosta was very pretty. It brightens up the flower b ox and [...]
Posted in Uncategorized on Oct 11th, 2008
:laugh: We got a good start on a late project. I went out and got the splitter from our splitter partner. His wood shed is full. The splitter is still attached to my car. But the PU is full and there a large stack in the yard. And I have pitch in my hair. Not [...]
Posted in Uncategorized on Oct 4th, 2008
The chilly temperatures and the nice ‘wetting’ rain (As the USFS calls it) helped to turn this grape leaf it’s pretty colors. I brought it in and scanned it with different colored backgrounds. The same leaf, tho it looks different. Just a bit of whimsy to welcome the new season. I noticed several trees today [...]