Happy Halloween ...

Shadows of a thousand years

rise again, unseen.

Voices whisper

in the trees.

Tonight, is Halloween.

~Dexter Kozen~

One Word A Week Wednesday ...

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Kind

***

Kind hearts are the gardens

Kind thoughts are the roots

Kind words are the flowers

Kind deeds are the fruits

Take care of your garden

and keep out the weeds

Fill it with sunshine

Kind words

and

Kind deeds

~Henry Wadsworth Longfellow~

Windows...

And all the windows of my heart ♥

I open to the day

~John Greenleaf Whitter~

***

I took this picture of an old window in a flour mill this past Thanksgiving. Looking through
the seeded glass at the bright Autumn leaves I thought of how beautiful the imperfections in the glass were, and how amazing it would be to have a farm house with old seeded glass windows. Today, while going through some of my photos, I decided to combine it with another photo I took around the same time of a horse grazing in a field, all alone. He looked so peaceful & majestic and completely content. Putting the two photos together, I created what I think is the perfect view :-)

Thankful {things I love} Thursday...

The Cosmos ... still blooming :-)

From a few gathered seeds while we were away on holiday many years ago, our little English Cottage Garden is now filled with tall, brightly coloured Cosmos. At this time of year, as I walk by them, I will rub my fingers across the dried seeds and scatter them as I walk up towards the front door. I want them to land where they may and surprise me next year ♥
***
For man, Autumn is a time of harvest,
of gathering together.
For nature, it is a time of sowing,
of scattering abroad.
~Edwin Way Teale~

One Word A Week Wednesday ...

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~ ♥ Heart ♥ ~

***

And none

will hear

the postman's knock

without a quickening

of the heart

For who

can bear to feel

himself forgotten!

~W.H. Auden~

Hidden treasures...

We found a new hidden treasure ...

The weather was gorgeous all weekend long. It was so lovely and peaceful even though there were joggers and cyclists and other walkers enjoying the trail along with us.
We would often hear rustling in the brush only to spot a rabbit or chipmunk.

Do you see chippy?
{If you click on photo to enlarge you will} :-)

I think this is going to be a favourite walking spot for us.

We love finding new spots to saunter...

The trail is the thing,

not the end of the trail.

Travel too fast

and you'll miss

all you are

travelling for.

~Unknown~

Happy Trails ...

Happy Birthday Ernie ...

Ernest Isaiah Newton

Happy 12Th Birthday ♥
***
Love is a symbol of eternity
It wipes out all sense of time
destroying all memory of a beginning
and all fear
of an end
~Unknown~


"I looked at the caged animals in the shelter ... The cast offs of human society.
I saw in their eyes, love and hope, fear and dread, sadness and betrayal.
And I was angry. "God" I said, "Why don't you do something?".
God was silent for a moment and then He spoke softly.
"I have done something" he replied
"I created you"
~Jim Willis~

Thankful {things I love} Thursday...

Me thinks

the moment my legs begin to move,

my thoughts

begin to flow

~Henry David Thoreau~

Ernie and I were happily out walking the other day. We had been out & about doing chores and stopped off to stretch our legs.

I was taking pictures of all the glorious Autumnal colour,

Ernie was patiently waiting as I stopped when something caught my eye :-)

And then something caught BOTH our eyes!

At first I wasn't sure if it was a Crane or a Grey Heron. The markings from a distance were so similar.

We stood and waited for him to fly ... I knew that Cranes few with their necks outstretched and Herons with it pulled back into an S-shape.

Grey Heron it is :-)
Not the best photos ... but ones I thought you'd enjoy seeing.

And then back in the van, before I put the camera away, I just had to take ONE more photo ...
After a day's walk

everything

has twice it's usual value

~George Macauley~
Tomorrow ... a special someone is Celebrating a Birthday :-)

One Word A Week Wednesday...

41/52

Belong

***

It's not that

I belong

to the past,

but that the past

belongs

to me.

~Mary Antin~

Happy Thanksgiving...

Happy Thanksgiving!
For flowers that bloom
about our feet;
for tender grass
so fresh, so sweet;
for song of bird
and hum of bee;
for all things fair
we hear or see
Father in Heaven
we Thank Thee!
~Ralph Waldo Emerson~

Barn Chicks Meeting ...

"Under October's Magic Spell" ...

I thought Julie chose the perfect title for her October Barn Chicks Meeting ...
I feel as though I am under "October's Magic Spell"... my favourite Season, favourite weather, favourite colours all come together.

Sharing some of my favourite October images today for Julie Marie's magical October party ...

Barns ~ I ♥ them!

They are a favourite to photograph ... I think I should have a bumper sticker that says

"I brake for barns" :-)

When ever I see them out comes the camera!

Chrysanthemums & pumpkins ...
and Country walks ...
over old bridges ...
miles and miles of corn fields ...
and trees filled with singing birds...
We pulled over to the side of the road so I could take this photo the other day and to our surprise Coopers Hawk flew beside us! He must have been in the fields. He was enormous, much larger than I thought they were (I'd only seen them before circling the sky).
Horses ...

another ♥ love...

and I always have a little conversation with them :-)

A city girl who longs to live in the country ...

To celebrate our Canadian Thanksgiving I've made Maple Leaf Cookies. When I put them on the desert buffet, I slip Maple Leaves from our tree under neath the paper doilies so they are just peeking through and I'll give them a dusting of icing sugar (or if you have a sweet tooth you could put a little frosting on them) .
Maple Leaf Cookies

1 cup butter at room temp

1 cup brown sugar

1 large free range egg yolk

1/2 cup pure Canadian Maple syrup

3 cups flour

dash of cinnamon/nutmeg/ginger

Mix all ingredients well. Roll out on a floured board and cut out with a Maple Leaf cookie cutter. Place on a parchment covered cookie sheet and bake 10 minutes at 350.

Thank you Julie Marie for hosting "Under October's Magic Spell" ♥

Thankful {things I love} Thursday ...

One of my favourite poets is Langston Hughes.

Out of all his work, there is one poem in particular that I especially love called

"I Dream A World"

***

I dream a world

where man

no other man will scorn.

Where love will bless the earth

and peace

its paths adorn.

I dream a world

where all will know

sweet freedoms way.

Where greed no longer saps the soul

nor avarice blights our day.

A world I dream

where black or white

whatever race you be

will share the bounties of the earth

and every man is free.

Where wretchedness

will hang its head

and joy

like a pearl

attends the needs of all mankind

of such I dream

my world!

~Langston Hughes~

Tomorrow, I'm participating in "Under October's Magic Spell ..." over at Idyllhours.

Julie Marie is hosting a magical October party where I'll share a favourite recipe, barns, pumpkins, scarecrows ... everything Autumn ♥

I'll also pick a name for my blog anniversary giveaway!

One Word A Week Wednesday ...

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Happiness

***

Being nice

is one of the many bridges

on the road

to happiness

~Donna A Favors~

On a rainy Autumn day ...

It's a rainy Autumn day today ...

Sparrows garden is a busy place ~ especially at the suet baskets :-)
All the feeders were filled up to the top last night & fresh blocks of suet placed into the baskets ...

the birds have to get there before the squirrels arrive ...

because the squirrels LOVE the suet :-)

and the birds then scatter around the tree gathering up all the little pieces of suet as they fall ...

Beau bunny keeps dry under the hosta leaves ...

Let the rain kiss you

Let the rain beat upon your head

with silver liquid drops

Let the rain

sing you

a lullaby

~Langston Hughes~

No matter what the weather is like in your little corner of the world ~ hope you are having a wonderful Tuesday!