Fall Feels Like Winter....

  This past weekend my daughter Liz and her husband Matt had a campout for his birthday. family and friends bring tents or camper and stay the night for a campfire cookout, games and fun.  I never go to it for long...too cold for me. This weekend was super cold , We had a mixture of everything. Plus wind gust of about 50 miles and hour. Some places south of here still do not have power. From the limbs falling on the lines and tearing them down.

  This is Liz's son Brock , he had a birthday last week also. You can see the fire behind him.

 Here are my twin daughters Liz and Karen... They are close and would do anything for each other. I am so thankful for that.

 While everyone was camping, I had a quiet day and half to myself.  I could not go outside for the crazy wind. But I caught this squirrel looking for hickory nuts.

  Here he is playing peek -a-boo once he saw me watching him.

 Saturday, the wind was still blowing hard but the sun came out and it was pretty at the end of the day.  Seeing some fall colors here and there.

 I just had to show you this picture...look at Layla helping her daddy (Brock) blow out the candles on his birthday cake.  She said she wanted her Daddy to have birthday party. LOL.

 Daughter Karen and her daughter Savannah make up a bunch of Halloween pumpkins for the outside decorations.

 Savannah did this spooky one.

  Karen did this cat  faced one.

 Then this Jack-o-lantern. There beside her scarecrows in the front yard.  Karen roasted some of the pumpkin seeds. I remember my girls doing that when they were youngsters.  It was a cold weekend, but all had fun.
 Maybe not Kathy, as she is still packing for her move later this month. She's going into a much smaller space and had to purge...stuff for Goodwill and absolutely stuff for the trash dumpster.
  Daughter Angie and her husband had just returned home from a week in Florida. Now that fall break is over for all schools in this area, it's back to work till Thanksgiving.  Do you feel the time is on fast forward?
  Stay well all.. XO

Sunset Changes....

  At this time of year, the sun sets behind a small group of trees on the corner. I thought this was looking pretty on Monday evening.

 Out on the road in front, I could catch the last fiery ball of the sun as it sinks  into the horizon.

 Not that much later...it all changes. All the pretty pink clouds.

 I love to watch the sun set when I know there's going to be lots of colors.

 It looks so golden in the center.

 I walked back to the road here. As pretty as this looks it was getting dark.  I remember telling my mother when I was a kid.....that it's day and night at the same time, whenever it was like this.

  Tuesday morning was 29 degrees and frosty. This is the bean field across the road. The frost shows up more in it . I wasn't dressed to go out and get a shot of frost on the lawns and roofs. Oh boy it was cold. But by afternoon it was nice out, sunny skies and not as cold.

  I want to show you Layla's new pet. It's a wooly worm. She played on and off all of Saturday with that thing. She had created a box with twigs and grass. Her mother Emily made it a dampen pad  for it to climb on...she looked it up on line. :):)

  My mums looks bright....I know I need to thin them out .

Look how crowded these are. LOL.  Mums do not smell so pretty but they have a smell that makes me think of fall.
  Stay safe everyone. Keep others in your thoughts and prayers please. XO

Sunday Fun.....

 Ted and I went for a walk on a walking path, where daughter Kathy will be moving in a week or so. Kathy was with us and took this shot.

  We also went to the little Japanese park in Carmel, Indiana. I love this place so much.  You can see the big Koi fish.

  They were yellow, white, orange, and black.  We saw a bass swimming with them.

  Plenty of ducks also. The lily pads have almost taken over the entire pond from when I first saw it in spring.

  I love the plants, shrubs, and trees around this pond. It's so beautiful and relaxing.

 There's color appearing in lots of the trees. It was chilly this whole weekend, we wore jackets both days.

  This is the city building nearby the park.  It looks like a coastal building to me. I think because of the steeple in the center.

  Doesn't this look like a perfect place to picnic?

  A water feature fountain. I hope no one ties to drink from this.

 There are picnic tables across the way. Some one was eating lunch .

  You can rent a bike to ride around on ,as the Monon trail runs by this park.  Look at the pretty sky shot here.  We had a wonderful  time with Kathy. Ate lunch at the MCL cafeteria.  Went to Kathy's  new apartment to check out the route the fellows will take to move her soon. Then we went to her place and picked up things she wants to store here for a bit.

 I found some pretty leaves on our walk and brought two home. :)  I wish our trees here had such pretty leaves.  Around our property the leaves are  brown and yellow only. We are to have frost in the wee hours of tomorrow. Brr. So not ready .
   Hope your week is a good one. Prayers for all in need. XO

Kids' Fun Times....

 I had to laugh when I saw that Luke likes to mow...look at his mowing outfit.  Long sleeved onesie and boots. :)

  Here Luke chases Max down the sidewalk.  Too funny.

 These boys get plenty of outdoor playing. Here at an outdoor play ground.

  This is inside. Luke is ready to go down the slide.

 You would think the boys would wear themselves out playing....no it's is usually the adults who don't have enough energy to keep up.

 This is in their own backyard.  Max is waiting to catch Luke. :)

 At the end of all that playing is baths , cuddle time ,and storybooks. Even time to snuggle and pet Madison.

 In the mean time...princess Layla is getting her nails done. Can you even believe it? Her other grandma gave her mommy some money to spend on fun...so they had their nails done.  I saw the end results, tiny little flowers on each little toe and finger.

 The youngest of the great grands  celebrated his 1st birthday with his dad Rick, mom Margo, aunt Sierra, grandmother  Angie (holding Leo ), grandfather Mark and uncle Jake. Times flies where children are involved.  Hold your babies, squeeze them, tell them you love them. The time goes so quickly. Wishing all of you love.
 

Outside Decor......

  This is the wreath on the front door. ..you know the one I bought for a dollar at a yard sale. I have yet to get a ribbon on it to change it up from last year.

  I painted  our scarecrow's hat and spiffed up his face a bit.  Tore out the petunias but left the marigolds in this pot. Added  one of the little pumpkin and some fake fall foliage.

 Stuck some faux flowers and leaves into this container with the colorful potato vine. If it gets near freezing this weekend  at night, this vine will probably be a goner.

  I cut the bright green potato vine out of this container, except for one little spot. Added fake flowers and two little pumpkins. A wooden pumpkin plaque with a welcome sign on the handrail.

  Put some old sweater pumpkins along with faux flowers, ferns, and a small scarecrow, into a big basket for the table on the porch. A black cat silhouette is ready to jump from the table on your right. I keep the little shutters as a back drop when I decorate this table.

  My great granddaughter Layla made this pretty pumpkin for me. I have it on the fridge

                                        
 This is hanging alongside . It's a sweet picture of leaves and acorns. The acorns are the hand prints of Luke, Max and Layla. This is a keepsake. :):)

 Another scarecrow is by the flag pole bed. I did a lot of weed pulling  and chopping yesterday. Cutting out the lily stems ,that were like  cane poles,  they were so tall.  So ashamed that I let the beds go so long.  Came inside afterwards, I was getting plenty hot.  Then I did two loads of laundry., which is a breeze after weeding. LOL
   Another hurricane is headed to the southeast corner of our states. Please everyone be safe.  Praying for all. XO

Sunshine & Harvest.....

  This is just last week, the soybeans look so pretty. The sky was blue and the temperatures were in the 70-80's.

  This is how soybeans look when ready for harvest.

  The field across from our house. I thought it was getting harvested two weeks ago, but it was the field next to this one.  You can see our courthouse in the center , on the horizon.

 Three days ago, the farmer did harvest the beans across from us. He worked into the night, almost midnight. The combine, the wagons, trucks and semi , pulled out at 11:50 pm.  Now I can wash windows.

  Doesn't this web with the big spider just make your hair stnd on end? it give me the heebie-geebies.

  I spotted this luna moth in town. So pretty.

  My orange mums are blooming.  They really are brighter than they look in this photo.

  The clump of grass at the shop is looking pretty.

 Time to put the scarecrows out and maybe give them a bit of shine up.  I think they need new hair (raffia) and just maybe brighter hats. :):)
   Hope all of you are having cooler temperatures. Ours have been up and down...even though the weather forecaster predicted 8 days of 80's.  There was a slight cool down after the rains.  The rain was so hard and heavy at one time, I thought, hey I may not have to wash the windows. LOL
   Wishing all a beautiful weekend. Be safe. XO