So, my indoor shots just didn't quite do the whole vista justice. Tons of fall garlands, sparkly leaves and pumpkins, white seed lights.... these huge candelabras made by my friend's husband and his welding classes... It was a riot... (and not in the same way as my morning English class this a.m.) No, not even.... Talk to you tomorrow! I'm hitting the snoozer....
Monday, September 28, 2009
Sunday, September 27, 2009
Autumn's Splendid Reception
Autumn Wedding...
Monday, September 21, 2009
Carry the Load!
p.s. I confess. The flowers are silk. They have looked beautiful all year with NO, ZERO effort... Of course, we have real ones, too, but these are my babies!!! haha...
Saturday, September 19, 2009
Lifelong Buddies
So... I took my mom to the Crossroads Restaurant and met a group of retired telephone employees who are friends. They used to work with my dad, and the group meets about once a month for lunch. I enjoy each and every one of them, but today held a fantastic surprise. We were all sitting there when around the corner came the daughter of one of my dad's best friends... I hadn't seen Jan in YEARS. We were buddies from the time I was born, and we used to play such wonderful games together... We played Flora Fauna and Merriweather (I'm thinking we made her unfortunate baby brother be one of those fairies???)... we had Barbies. We rode bikes. We ate yellow pear tomatoes... and we, as all good, truly good friends can do.... we picked up as if we'd never been apart... After my initial meltdown to see her walking in ... WHAT A SURPRISE!!!!!! I was so excited I couldn't think of my own name for a minute or two... You should have heard me try to think of the word "cauliflower" to identify the little bits of crunch goodness I had just ordered for our appetizer!!!!
Jan brought me a gift... This little valentine had my name scrawling across the back in much worn pencil.... I think it was a prior to school printing of mine, so that puts it at at least a half century old!!! whooo whoooo!!!
We ended the day with a little dip into Randolph Mercantile, the best store in the world!! I bought some dip mixes, a string of brown-cord lights, and a bag of autumn potpourri.... Oh, and a little crow pumpkin.... Of course, a little crow would have to caw his way into my heart.
Have a great day. I'm going to try and find the Mizzou Tigers on TV or radio... Happy weekend!
Luxurious Me
Tuesday, September 15, 2009
I was rummaging through my shots...
Another Breath of Fall...
Our coffee table. These pumpkins are actually batter/glow candles that softly flicker at night... Really cool...
You know, I started decorating for fall in late July, I think... and now it is finally time to truly deck the halls with Fall's glory!!! haha.. Don't you love cheesy soups, cheesy snacks, and cheesy blog writers at 4:30 a.m.??? Yeah, I have been bitten by the awake-too-early bug. I truly never suffer from THAT kind of insomnia... I sometimes struggle to get to sleep (mainly because I don't lie down on the bed, haha... and I watch television too late or blog... or putter) But this morning, I am just wiry. I realize that about a quarter to six, I'll become very very drowsy, almost as if I'm hypnotized... grrrrr... But, as it goes, I could be worse. I'm sitting here with my shower already done and a cozy towel fluffed around me, my hair air-drying... (I won't get that bed-head look that just swoops around in an upsy-do that the kids just love!!! hahaha....) I can remember one time a girl, a very beautiful and kind girl, came up behind me and softly said, "Uh... I think maybe you wouldn't be so happy if you could see that back part of your head!" haha.. do you think, honey? And one time a very beautiful, but not-so-kind girl asked me in that made-for-teen voice,"How DO you fix your hair like that?" Something about her tone made me just know she didn't really admire the "look," wasn't trying to cultivate an identical one fo herself. I just told her I washed my hair about midnight and swirled it in a towel and went to bed ------and then it just "did" whatever it pleased when I woke up... Looking back, that was about the funniest, little, puckery "oh" I think I ever heard in my life... coming out of her sweet, burgundy/berry-lined lips...
Well, enjoy our early glimpses of fall... Mom got a great report, so far. I will have to get some sleep here in a few... Hugs.
Sunday, September 13, 2009
Good advice...
And I suppose that's true. Sometimes it takes everything we have to just let go and let everything happen by the will of that Greater Power. I would love to be nicer, thinner, happier, better, kinder, sparklier, foxier, perkier... but right now, I have not found the strength to do/be all those things... I am afraid that sometimes I think if I can't do it, it won't get done... and lately that has been the case... I haven't been doing it, and it "ain't" a gettin' done! haha... My classes are bigger, nobody seems very positive around here, I can't keep up, my expectations are higher, my budget groweth tighter, and on and on... But, as the misty mornings show that there is a huge, bright sun who won't say "die," neither shall we--- and we beat on boats against the current.... saying one bright day... (my apologies to the conclusion of The Great Gatsby on that one!)
Have a wonderful week. We are headed to Columbia tomorrow for a first-go checkup on Mom. Wish us luck!
Saturday, September 12, 2009
Autumn Sunshine...
Busy days and cooler nights... it's all about the fall! We went on our usual little jaunt today, but no photos... so I thought I'd re-share this jewel from last year at the Bevier Sesquicentennial Festival.... It doesn't get more fall than this, huh? I hope to get perky and take some new shots any minute... I seem to have been bitten by a little bug and feel under the weather... Hugs all!
I hear the call..... of beautiful fall!!!!
Sunday, September 6, 2009
Happy Birthday... 28 years!
Tonight was my son's 28th birthday! Wow. I have loved every year of being his mom. Such a sparkle of fun, individualism... he's amazing! We just had a quiet dinner here at home with pizzas, breadstix, and wings... And the star of the show, a black forest cake Mom had ordered. It was spectacular! I think the candles are a bit askew, as well as the tablecloth in this picture... We finally got it all together, but I didn't retake the photo... I found this Ebay auction for my son's favorite book.. So I told him in his card he must be "getting old" if his toys were now collectibles!!!! We LOVED reading this book together! "Rat-a-tat-tat. Rum-a-tum-tum. They all marched together to the top of a hill, and if they haven't stopped marching, they'll be marching still...."
p.s. Big Hugs, Baby!!!I didn't get the book on ebay... just made his card with it!!! we still have our copy!!! I got him a stack of computer games and movies and speakers... clothes, stuff!!!! You name it! My post was unclear!

Saturday, September 5, 2009
Tending...
Two homes, built in the glory days of Bevier... One of these is carefully tended, adored, decorated... and look at the stunning results. This home is always beautiful any season of the year. Then, only two blocks away... the other. Once a miraculous showplace, and later a well-kept home for the elderly, this mansion has seen its last of the glory days. The story goes that the man who owns it bought it for his daughter. She never really wanted the house, and he refused offer after offer to those in Bevier who ached to buy it before it was "too late." Alas! I would say that deadline is past. I don't know the actual "truth" behind the legend... I just know the old house peers through its overgrowth in disbelief... I am sure it had every confidence it would be kept in the manner to which it was "born.".... Is there a lesson here? Probably... But as in all good fables and parables... I think I'll let us all derive what we will... It's time for me to wrap birthday gifts for my son's party tonight! Hoo0ray!
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