1. My family was here this week, parents sister and nieces nephews, and of course that was a blast. My sister and Dad and I got to have some one-on-one time when we went out to shoot sporting clays, and my mom and sister and I had tons of fun playing games with the kids and doing all sorts of projects. Alex, my young nephew, is 4, and has gotten so much better at games recently. He loves the game spot-it which is really tons of fun for kids and adults alike. So many kids games are painful for adults, so I love finding ones which are fun for all. That one's definitely a keeper. The weather was beautiful and we took lots of walks with the kids and dogs; my parents had their dogs with them so we were a household of 6 furbabies for the weekend. Here's me sitting at the park holding onto the 5 on the walk (Missy stays home from walks).
2. Fall is really truly here! The trees are turning/have turned, the weather is cooling off, and this morning I even had frost on my car. I love fall and the cool weather; I think it's my favorite time of year. I collected a bunch of leaves and dipped them in wax and made simple garlands out of them, an idea I found on Erin Boyle's blog. I didn't have any beeswax, but I just used an old white candle. I made three garlands (none of which I have pictures of of course), and they're so pretty but also something I can toss at the end of the year and not have to store or pack up or find a box for. Here they are drying in my kitchen.
3. I loved these colors this morning! I was headed into work around 630 this morning and caught this shot of colors reflecting off the Devon tower. Rainbow sky! Made me feel hopeful.
Hope you're all having a good week. Linking up with LeeAnna as ever!
oh what a great post. The pottery/leaf picture could be sold as a poster it's so good. It tells a story of a moment. You look like the word "content" in your dog pic. LeeAnna
ReplyDeleteThat sky is beautiful! It looks like a Mickie Lawler hand painted fabric.
ReplyDeleteOh, beautiful sky photo! Sounds like a really fun time with your family, too! There's just about nothing better!
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ReplyDeleteOh my, I love the furbabies! They look like they are all having fun, as do you. That is a VERY clever way to dry the leaves. Fabulous! Wow, that sky looks really beautiful - with the hour time change the sunrise is back before 7am now, and I am enjoying that as well. Thank you for sharing - I enjoyed all of your likes. ~smile~ Roseanne
Great photo of the sky and the colors are wonderful. That is a lot of 4 footed kids running through the house.
ReplyDeleteoh - those leaves dipped in wax is neat! The sky photo is very pretty, too.
ReplyDeleteWhen I was a kid, we used to iron our leaves in between wax paper. I had forgotten all about that until I saw your project! Your skyline is gorgeous! Have a great day!
ReplyDeleteWhat a wonderful happy family gathering and I love that the furbabies are so welcome too. My parents call them the grand-dogs. You are so creative to think of waxing leaves; I'm sure they'll keep forever that way.
ReplyDeleteLove that rainbow sky! mary in Az
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