White Memories

 The white of our new family member- Boone.

 

What a white wonderland to awaken to...

We had all the plans- we were leaving the house at 6:30 to hit Target, Joann's, Michael's and more..

But Mother Nature forgot to send us the memo and we awoke to this:

 The kids loved it, 

The dog loved it, 

 Oh well we can shop another time, this only happens once in a great while.

It was for the best anyway.  We finally hit town and half the stores just chose to take another day off and not open.  This is rare for NC- kinda the reason we moved down south - to get away from these northern storms.  

oh well. 

Advent calendars for my kids

I literally waited till the last weekend in November to finish these.  Nothing like last minute is there?

I had seen some done like this last year in blog land so after Christmas I snatched up little paper mache boxes everywhere on sale.  What I didn't get then I did get this November on sale also. 

Here they are :

 The two of them are very into who has what and are they the same.  You know that sibling rivalry - where all must be equal.  So they each have the same boxes for the same days in the same papers but seeing as if I had to make them both exactly the same I'd go crazy.

I made Jacks tall with a red background and laid out one way. 

 And I made Sophie's wider with a green background and her boxes in a totally different layout.

 It was a lot more time consuming than I thought it would be.  Those dang small boxes were hard to cover and then trying to get it all to fit on the board with all those boxes was a puzzle all unto itself. 

But in the end it all worked out fine.  I like them and they are all ready for years to come.  

Yeah one less project each year. ha ha

White Wednesday

  I was out shooting with the camera on Monday and noticed some last remaining whites still hanging on in the garden.  With our frosty evenings I am surprised they are still around - must be pretty strong survivors.  

So, before they go off to sleep for the winter I thought I'd share their last hooray with you.

Isn't Mother Nature a peculiar girl?

Muffins to the nines..

My daughter Sophie has her Thanksgiving desserts today at kindergarten. 

We are bringing pumpkin muffins. Now normally I'd throw them on a plate and call it done. But then I hear my friend Liz saying, " Always take it up a notch and make it pretty.  No reason muffins can't be pretty.".  

She is right.  

Liz does everything to the nines.  Seriously, when she throws a yard sale she makes breakfast and mimosas to serve the friends that are working it. 

So, to make Liz proud and to start making it pretty here are our pumpkin muffins. 

 

Is this some hoarder's husband?

Hey, I found this husband and a truck of junk in my driveway - does he belong to anyone?  

 Oh yeah that is my great husband who helped me load all this stuff I bought on Saturday.  I think he is now wondering what all this stuff is?

Or maybe he is just wondering where all this stuff is going to go as I have already used up my allotted storage space in the garage. 

Oh my gosh, what am I going to do with all this stuff?  And where will it all go?

Stay tuned and you'll see.

Fall and all her splendor

Well I was out playing with the camera Monday while the weather wasn't too cold.  And it was amazing all the color that was out. Fall was really showing her colors that day.

 It is so beautiful right now.  All the colors are gleaming and when the sun hits them just right it is amazing.

 The trees are in so many different colors- yellow, green, rust and red.

 Even my encore azaleas are blooming again- this is like the 3rd time this year.  Beautiful right?

 The Don Juan roses seem to be confused as they are blooming again.  They really haven't stopped much since spring.  They tapered off a bit when it was soooo hot but are beautiful again.

 The hydrangea is all ready to go to sleep she has dried up those flower heads but they are still beautiful.

 I even love my zinnias when they are drying out- it just shows how they keep on going.  They are preparing all the seed heads they will drop to bring awesome colors again next summer.

 See those seeds just waiting to continue the circle?

 These marigolds proved their weight in gold.  Man it was a 6 pack of flowers and I planted one plant each where you see all those pops of yellow- they got so big and keep blooming.  Will definitely plant those again.

 I love fall how about you?