14 posts tagged “leaves”
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
And the fork I left on the rail is flat! Haha!
things I am Thankful for today.
*Dependable car, may not be pretty or flashy, but it works
*Aaron, he is my bestest friend and he is cute too : )
*plenty of food
*knowing another family gets a meal because we bought one for them, I hope they have a fun day
*my eyes that saw such beautiful frost on the most delicate plants in my yard this morning
*the cool frost air cooling my lungs with every breath
*seeing the fog out of my mouth when I exhaled outside
*a warm home to go back into
*my body that works well for me
*the sound of a kitten purring into my ear and the tickle of her whiskers in my nose
*the smell of coffee in my house
*warm clothes
*love
*free wood from everywhere to keep our house toasty
*the loud meow of a deaf cat who I rescued in the spring, he would have been dead by now If I had not
*my heart beating in my chest thump thump thump
*sunshine
*soft warm fur on my kitten's back
*the smells coming from my kitchen
*the upcoming laughter I know I will have all day long
*children laughing loudly
*a soft warm bed
*a long time friend who we have not spoke to in a long time giving us a jingle
*my friends! I am blessed with SO many!
*Vox
*my friends I have made here, and their loving support
*my camera translating the things I see and showing me what I do not
*the peace I have been able to feel inside
*I am thankful that I could go on and on and on, I am thankful for SO much!
Have a day rich in The things you are thankful for!
It always surprises me to see the flowers still blooming this late in the season. It sends waves of delight through my cold body to see bright yellow roses against a brown decaying flowerbed. Like a little gift from the sun that was in a major battle against the fog and clouds of autumn. It is a losing battle for the sun this time of year.
So to you my lovely neighbors, I offer to share my tiny gifts from the sun.
And to all women who have to get a mammogram, it does NOT hurt! I thought it was going to, but NO! It was uncomfortable to have a woman yanking my breast around and putting it in a vice, but no pain! So that is what I did on Halloween, I got a mammogram and took a walk. : )
Next spring I am going to plant some fruit and veggies, put up a large laundry line.
Husband went on a run and i walked in the woods, trying to really drink everything in. It was lovely.
We had a wind storm roll through the area yesterday, a few trees went down in my area and school let out early which my nephew was thrilled about. A tree fell on his street so I got some free wood for next year to keep me warm. So before the wind came in I went to the backyard and snapped some pictures. I was in my slippers and snowman pajamas. Tip toeing around huge mushrooms. I took several pictures of my monkey tree.
Then this morning it poured so hard I thought the roof would give in, then as fast as it started it stopped. The sun came out, I decided to shed the ducky pajamas and take a quick walk before it gets nasty again. It was so fresh out there, all of the trees that were so full of beautiful red and orange leaves were almost all bare. Some completely bare. All leaves stripped of leaves within a 24 hour period. The sidewalks full of leaves, drains clogged. I kicked them around a bit, then it started to cloud over again. I came home, heated up some water and had a cup of blackberry sage tea with a bit of honey harvested near my home. So, here are some photos I took.
