27 posts tagged “autumn”

1. strawberries covered in chocolate
2. a room filled with laughter
3. warm apple crisp (I made it!)
4. sleeping in
5. hot coffee
6. fire in the wood stove
7. autumn colors
8. cinnamon rolls
9. the sound of rain pounding on the roof
10. soft kittens
11. funny TV shows
12. sweatshirts
13. tall striped socks
14. clean sheets
15. kicking fallen leaves with your husband in the woods
16. mushrooms growing everywhere
17. cinnamon
18. reading books while husband watches football
19. cuddling on the couch
20. flannel pajamas
21. hot soup and heavy bread
22. looking at other peoples photos and actually squirming in my seat because I love the image so much and want to grab Ruby and try to get that myself
23. silence
24. being by myself
25. slippers


I will leave it at that for now

I will be out for another walk today. The weather has been so beautiful. So sunny. I have some fun new ideas to try with cutting shapes in leaves, I like this idea, but have not executed it the way I want it to look. I bought a tool that may help me. That also sparked another idea.

I love the feeling I get when under the branches of maple trees lately. It feels like a different world, casting a yellow hue on everything.

I am feeling really sleepy and nothing is coming to mind to say. I got a new pillow, a buckwheat pillow, so it will take a little time to get used to it. Have been having some sleeping problems for well over a week now. I go to sleep fine but wake up in the middle somewhere and can't get to sleep. Strange dreams are perplexing me. My head is all mixed up, can't really think straight, or crooked for that matter.

to do list for today
*upload photos from nieces birthday party
*buy a couple months unlimited classes for yoga studio and sign up for workshops
*dishes
*nap
*autumn walk in the rare sunshine, maybe the unreal colors of the leaves will wake me up a bit

the sun is shining bright today and for the last few days. It has been a gorgeous beginning of Autumn. For that I am really grateful. I think the Friday 13 will be things I am grateful for today:
1. The colors of Autumn, so rich and warm when the weather is a bit crisp
2. The yoga studio just sent a special offer to those in the beginning yoga class, two months unlimited for $99, that is cheaper than one month unlimited!
3. left over cheese tortellini with broccoli and garlic (not great actually, I will not make this for dinner again, but the fact I have left overs, I have nourishing food. I am grateful for that.
4. Sunshine
5. toasty fire in the wood stove
6. a home that is not in peril of being foreclosed on
7. a good nights sleep last night
8. taking walks with scissors in my pocket, cutting hearts in leaves
9. my husband and his twisted sense of humor
10. kitten alarm clocks, the alarm clock beeps and Luna starts dancing and purring on my chest, and occasionally drools on my, that I am not grateful for, that is kind of gross. Poor thing has a bit of an overbite which causes her to drool while purring, and eat really loud and smacky sounding which is really cute.
11. I have a kitchen filled with organic oils for making soap. They smell AH- MA-Zing!! I need to get started on that for christmas, make sure it is cured by the holiday
12. I am going to make some muffins or something today, I want something sweet.
13. I am grateful for the way my life has turned out so far. I hope it stays this way, I don't need anything more, I have a car that works, a husband that loves, a house that protects, a fridge of food that nourishes, a camera that lets me see beautiful things and a neighborhood on Vox that supports! What more could I ask for? (a macro lens?)

My Intro to yoga class ended last night. Our last class was four sections, showing us what kind of yoga classes they offer. First the Yin yoga, this is where you hold certain poses for 5-20 minutes at a time. Thankfully we only did three minutes. My knees were Killing me! Then Flow Yoga, lots of sun salutations and downward facing dog. I was delighted to fall into child's pose a few times. Then there was ... can't recall the name, but it was standing poses, and balancing poses. I can balance well on my feet, but my arms not so much. They are the long squishy things at my side that hold coffee for me. Then restorative. This is where we use bolsters and blankets to help us hold poses. We melted into them. I think this is the one I want to do next. I will stretch myself, and help my body release all the tension I have collected my whole life. There is also a breathing workshop coming up soon I feel I need to take.
After class we went to dinner with another couple, the yoga instructor, and a woman from class. It was fun. I found the other couple Delightful! We had so much in common! I like that! I hope to get in touch with them again.


Autumn,
I am so glad you are here. I hope to enjoy you today.
Things I love about Autumn:
The colors, deep red, yellow, pale green, the sound of leaves crunching below my feet, smoke billowing from chimneys, squash, mushrooms, crisp air, the smell of decaying plants, cinnamon, apples, fire, pie, cozy, hot cocoa, extra blankets on the couch and bed, soft knit hats, fingerless gloves, tall striped socks, layering shirts, thick tights, boots, scarves, thick sweaters, heavy sweatshirts, flannel pajamas, hot soup, sun after rain, spiders webs, dark nights, flannel sheets with snowflakes on them, apple cider.

okay that is all I can think of for now.

Compliment of the day:
Lavender.... um ..... Lavender you have grown a lot in the last two years. :D
Thank you! I am definitely a work in progress.

Hahah! I was not sure I was going to find something nice to say to myself. The truth is that I feel like I have come into a period in my life where I learn SO much about myself and where I sit in the world. I remember the last time I learned this much about myself was when I moved out on my own for the first time. I am in that period again, and I love it this time. I am opening myself up for all the lessons and getting to know who I am at age 35. I am quite a bit different than I was at age 19 when I moved out on my own. Thank goodness for that. I was an annoying know it all then, now I am ...probably an annoying know it all.

 I am SO sore from Yoga last night, she really knows how to work us without letting us on to realize we are working out, I think my yoga instructor might just have an evil streak in her.....my shoulders and neck are Killing Me!!! She was teaching a pose and we held a block with our knee into the wall and my back leg was shaking! Begging for mercy!!!! Her calm soft lovely voice describing waterfalls and hearts opening up to heaven, My mind loves that but my body knows it is being tricked! Haha! by the end of the workout my body was shivering like a noodle!!! I will continue, I need some serious strength training. I need to work on stretching my hamstrings so that I can sit up straight without rounding it to be able to, and possibly begin to fold forward at some point.

I went back to the concrete art center yesterday to try a couple different angles I wished I had tried before. Talked to the owner and gave him a card with one of the images on the front I shot last week. He is interested in using my images on the web site in exchange for being able to shoot his statues. I will get my name and web
                                                                                          address on the site. I am excited about this. ;-) It is not for reals money, but it gets my name out there and something on some sort of a resume if I should have one of those one day.

So on with my day I guess, I am so sleepy. I need more coffee.......................YAWN!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Here is my Friday offering to you.
That store, what we always called the "little store" was where I would walk my baby brother and sister to to get candy, soda, and milk. I would walk with their tiny hand in mine, crossing streets cautiously together, excitedly choosing candy to bring home. Then I would carry their tiny body home on my back, they would be too tired to walk all the way home. I did this with such joy. I was in high school, sister was in elementary school by then, but brother was still a toddler. I did not go out with friends, or attend school dances, I played with them. I would babysit them and watch these amazing little people grow up. Now my Sister is in College, she wants to be a fashion writer for Vogue, my brother is in his last year of high school and wants to be a musician, he plays guitar and writes songs. I am SO proud of them, I feel so fortunate that I had the chance to hold those tiny hands in mine. To be a part of who they have become.

I went out to the front yard after a morning of rain intending to snap a few pictures from a Bug's Eye View for the Photo Safari group, and I took these. Mainly studies of the dandelion, which still seem so magical to me. Full of wishes to blow. The shape of the seeds have always inspired me, I used to draw them as a child. Yes, we always had a grass yard full of them, so we were NEVER the neighbor with the perfect lawn. He lives across the street now and he hates my wish blowing, haha. Seriously, when I blow on them he glares at me, they are drifting toward his perfect lawn. I used to rub them on my cheeks with my eyes closed just to feel the soft tickle. They are a wonderful plant to me, my yard is a weed refuge. I love them all.

It fell slowly and I watched it.
It went this way I followed.
It twirled the other way, i followed.
It took it's time in the air
I took my time watching it's dance
It had no wings but it knew the sky well
It came to rest lightly in my palm
I thanked it and hoped one day my dance will be half as graceful
I placed it on a puddle, blanketed with it's kin
I took a deep breath and walked on