October gave a party ...

October gave a party

the leaves by hundreds came

the chestnuts, oaks and maples

and leaves of every name.

The sunshine spread a carpet

and everything was grand

Miss Weather led the dancing

Professor Wind, the band

~George Cooper~

My daughter Kate enjoying the maple leaves in our front garden as she raked this afternoon :-)

One Word A Week Wednesday ...

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Perceived

***

I possessed my soul

and finally,

though the delay was long,

perceived some appearances of bloom.

~Henry James~

A Canvas ...

Love

is a canvas
furnished
by Nature
and

embroidered

by

imagination

~Voltaire~

{Ernie enjoying a mid-afternoon nap}

***

A real mixture of temperatures today! We noticed the difference first thing this morning.

79 degrees but felt like 91 with the humidity...

lots of wind...

then rain...

then sunshine.

Thankful {things I love} Thursday...

I came home with lots of photos of barns from our days away this past Summer ...
I ♥ LOVE ♥ barns ...
the more aged/worn/weathered/ the better ...

but then ...

we came across this barn

which reminded me of a saying I have ~ when we are out and I touch up my lipstick I will say I'm "putting a little paint on the barn" :-)

and I guess it really does make a difference :-)

***

Every job

is a self-portrait

of the person who did it.

Autograph your work

with excellence

~Anon~

One Word A Week Wednesday...

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Quietly

***

falling leaves

hide the path

so quietly

~John Bailey~

HAPPY 1st day of Autumn ~ my favourite Season ♥

One Word A Week Wednesday...

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Eternity

***

He who kisses the joy

as it flies

lives in eternity's

sunrise

~William Blake~

Fence Friday ...

The softest things in the world

overcome

the hardest things in the world

~lao-tzu~
***

There's an old rusty fence that I walk by most mornings with Ernie. One day I noticed a single morning glory vine was curling itself in and out of the wires. Then I noticed it was in bloom and thought of how that one little vine in bloom had turned the fence into something beautiful ♥