FALL HAS FALLEN AND I CAN'T GET UP.....

Whew!

Just so you know right upfront
I lied about the 
"I can't get up" part.
How I WISH I COULD sleep in.
Apparently my DNA is tied to the
whirling dervish rather than
a fat lap cat.

These last few weeks have been a whirlwind.

Fall is finally here,

after a long hot summer,

 and the leaves have started to fall.

I have been putting bits and pieces 

of FALL around here.

They will stay up until the day after

THANKSGIVING.

(except for the Halloween stuff)

This is the little slate I painted

when my kids were little.
These are the youngest three-
my older son was "too cool"
to dress up anymore.

I sold a lot of these slates back when

FOLK ART CRAFT SHOWS

were popular.

This is the only one I have left 

for Halloween.

Love this soft side of fall.

I will do some overall pictures this weekend

of the new place and I will post them

this coming week.

I found an opaline pumpkin that is gorgeous!

I have never seen one like it

so I need to get a picture of that 

on the blog here so 

YOU CAN SEE IT,

too!

On the last warm nights of autumn

the kids liked to go down 

to the beach by the bay.

Their Mom took these pictures.

SweetCheeks said they are 

MAGIC PICTURES.

Cooler nights bring

sunsets like this!

Oh!!! How I miss this view.

I hope to have some sort of 

water view when we figure out

where we are going.

We have fall colors all over.

Wisconsin is a wonderful place to 

take a drive to see colors

like this.-

Or this-

However,

Please remember-
DO NOT TEXT 

while driving...

or in MY CASE-flying!

The kids say I have found

the perfect sign for my

front door.

I need to hang it there this weekend.

Wonder if I should paint

The Witch Is Out

and turn it over when I leave?

Nah....let 'em be scared!!!!

HAVE A WONDERFUL

FALL WEEKEND!

BANTERING WITH BRIGHT EYES-A NEW FEATURE

I am going to do some 

short little snippets of 

CONVERSATIONS WITH THE KID

every once in a while called

BANTERING WITH BRIGHT EYES.

Probably everyone has one

REALLY FUNNY KID

in their family

OR

you know someone that has 

THAT KID.

Ours used to be 

SWEETCHEEKS

and many of you followed along

and laughed at her antics.

SweetCheeks is STILL funny

but on an "older kid" level now.

Well, THIS KID, is 

JUST AS FUNNY.

Here she is after cutting her bangs tight

to her head in front.

Yep--she is THAT KID!

She is not as DROLL as SWEETCHEEKS

but she is funny in a different way.

Smart beyond her years.

We were visiting this past week.

She was rubbing Papa's (MyHero) head

and looking at it.

He just got a haircut and it is

VERY SHORT!

I did NOT have my camera so missed

the photo op--but you will get the idea.

So-Here is 

CONVERSATION #1!

She climbs up on Papa's lap and is

rubbing his head.

Bright Eyes:  Papa- What is wrong with your head?

Papa:  What do you mean?

BE: Look at your hair!!!! (laughing)

Papa: What's wrong with my hair?

BE: It's all spotty and missing in spots  Why don't you just shave your whole head? That would look a LOT better, Papa!

Papa:  My hair is just fine, Bright Eyes!

BE:  Wait- Let me get you a mirror! (as she runs off to get a mirror from her "princess kit")

Thanks for humoring me by reading this.

While I am doing these to give you a smile 

for the day I am also doing them so that we

have a record of 

THINGS SHE SAYS.

Have a wonderful, wonderful week!!!!