Weather or not...

After 7 months of Summer and 2 weeks of Fall-BAM! It's winter and it's COLD! But that's ok, because true to form in Texas, it will be Fall again next week. Here are a few funnies to celebrate the diversity!

Hoping your week is a good one whatever the weather!

Veteran's Day

November

Something told the wild geese

It was time to go,

Though the fields lay golden

Something whispered, "snow."

Leaves were green and stirring,

Berries, luster-glossed,

But beneath warm feathers

Something cautioned, "frost."

All the sagging orchards

Steamed with amber spice,

But each wild breast stiffened

At remembered ice.

Something told the wild geese

It was time to fly,

Summer sun was on their wings,

Winter in their cry.

~Rachel Field

Trick or Treat!

We had fun with these little trick or treaters yesterday:

Not the best picture, but it was hard to keep everyone still. They were ready to go! We had Wonder Woman, Superman and a vampire princess. (The vampire princess was having a Drama Queen moment, but she got over it and had fun.)

We didn't get to be with our son's family for Halloween, but we got pictures!

He's a cutie-and his mom and dad are pretty good looking too!

We brought our two granddaughters home with us for a sleepover and we're relaxing this morning, enjoying the crisp, beautiful weather!

Happy Halloween!

AWOL

Sorry I haven't posted in a while. I've been down with what seemed like a cold a first, but progressed into what must have been either a sinus infection or a mild flu-like thing. So I've been laying low, feeling bad and feeling down. I still don't feel great, but things seem to be heading in the right direction now, so hopefully I'll feel more like blogging. I'm always glad when I do, but sometimes getting myself to post something is just hard. The black cloud that I struggle with when the days get short seems to be hitting me earlier this year. Strange, because it's been very sunny and warm for fall. Also strange that this is my favorite time of year in spite of it being the start of what's often a gloomy time for me.

Anyway, we have been having some lovely days with our grands and we'll be working at our church's Fall Festival on Sunday. We'll get to spend the afternoon there with our daughter and her three after we work our shift at the cake walk. That should be fun-there will be lots of games and a pumpkin patch.

Hope you all have a wonderful weekend!

It Was a Dark and Stormy Night...

We spent this weekend with our son and his family, playing with our littlest (for now!) man and helping our daughter in love with her business. She makes custom baby items and she had a booth at a show this weekend. She sews beautifully and has some very unusual and creative things!

Shameless plug for her signature "baprons" (combination bib and apron) and diaper covers!
But what a cute little model! He's about a year old here.

As we were driving home last night, the predicted storms were starting to move in and we had quite a lightening show. I got to bed around midnight and was awakened about 1 by terrific wind and rain. My husband had stayed up to watch the weather since it was a pretty bad storm. We surveyed the damage this morning-lots of small tree limbs down and we lost one big tree.

To give you an idea of it's size, if I was standing in front of it, the part in the middle that sticks up would be above my head. It was an odd tree that split into two trunks near the base which twisted around each other. It looks like it had rotted where they grew around each other. Fortunately, it was far from the house.