Wednesday, October 31, 2018
Saturday, October 27, 2018
A DAY OUT WITH THE GIRLS
Today was a lovely sunny fall day and
perfect to go with friends Janice and
Gina to see some shops "up the road".
It was fun visiting the Randolph Mercantile
in Moberly, Missouri and the Weathervane
Antique mall in Macon.
We had a little foretaste of Thanksgiving
as we shared a piece of Pumpkin Cheesecake
after a lovely lunch in Macon.
This was a darling little
house we passed by
on our way out of Macon:
There were two Heritage Lace older mantle
scarfs and Gina was buying one in a small
antique shop so I took the other and
now I put it on the mantle in the tea
room downstairs. We thought
they were a bargain at $10.00 each.
Hope you have a lovely weekend too!
Monday, October 15, 2018
ON A WARM DAY BEYOND SUMMER
One day last week we had what
ended up being a tail end of the season
warm day. I was out picking up some
first of the season fallen leaves that had
landed around our koi/goldfish pond.
There are just a few
impatients blooming now
There are just a few
impatients blooming now
The other assignment I gave myself was
to catch one last frog and get him out
of the pond and relocate him down
the road a ways. I finally got him.
As I walked near the pond in front of
the water feature I nearly fainted. Yes,
a snake came slithering out in front of me
and crossed the pond.
Obviously I don't have a photo of that
moment but I do have one in my head
because I felt like Indiana Jones in the
"Raiders of The Lost Ark". You see, I
don't like snakes. I am sorry but I am
horrified. Needless to say, he immediately
went down between some rocks to hide
from my unfriendly face.
The water in the pond has since turned
pretty cold and the fish have gone down
lower but continue to slowly swim around.
Someone reading this may not know
that the fish hardly move at all when it
gets colder and remain totally still at
the bottom in a comatose position when
the top freezes over later this winter.
So as we prepare for winter we are
putting our gardening tools away.
I have looked at the projected weather
forecast and see this week we might still
have a couple of 60 degree days. Time to
take everything out around my potting
table in the garage and clean it all
out. I will be making up ziplock
bags with garden seeds I have saved
to use as gifts and to sell in my booth
at Midway.
Tuesday, October 9, 2018
PUMPKIN PIE AND CALICO
Today was such a busy day but late in
the afternoon my thoughts turned
toward baking a pumpkin pie.
I found a moment to just enjoy a cup of hot
tea and eat some yummy pie. It was
pouring buckets of rain outside so this
was the perfect time for hot tea.
We had to drive to Kansas City this morning
and noticed the first indication of
the leaves
beginning to turn.
With tremendous rain today, I
expect we will see some flooding
from the Missouri River.
I never get everything done - do you?
I so wanted to make some Strawberry
Preserves this summer but that didn't
happen.
Yesterday we pruned many things in our
yard but not everything got done.
The book I'm showing here is:
Tasha Tudor's Garden.
The book I'm showing here is:
Tasha Tudor's Garden.
We gathered a small harvest
of some tomatoes that were
ready to be picked. They
sure tasted better than the ones
from the market!
Saturday, October 6, 2018
BROWN TOILE TEA COZIES AND OTHERS
I just listed some new
brown toile tea cozies
Hope you can take a peek!
Tuesday, October 2, 2018
MY BITTERSWEET TEASET for "Tea In The Garden"
The garden is almost deplete of flowers this
week. I pulled up the zinnias and cosmos and
many other annuals. I could have enjoyed
them yet for a few weeks but somehow
that work would still be looming.
It seemed like a lovely day to take a
break and enjoy a cup of tea after
making one last bouquet.
No matter where you live - summers are
always different. We didn't have enough
rain in Missouri. I felt sorry for the
farmers who needed rain for their corn.
Even last evening I still saw some
hummingbirds zipping about.
Last year they were all gone by
this time.
You see some of the remaining flowers
from
my garden by looking at this bouquet.
I have enjoyed this bittersweet teaset
now for quite a few years....
When a new month starts I love to
see the artwork for that month
done by Edith
Holden:
Please pour yourself a cup
of Cinnamon Spice tea.
This summer we got accustomed to
being hot so now that the weather
is a little cooler - we know, we will
be colder this winter.
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