I'M OFF TO SEE THE ......OH WAIT! MAYBE I AM JUST "OFF".....

 I can't believe 

OCTOBER

is winding down 

already!

Can you?

I stole this graphic from a friend...

shhhhhhh...

Anyway,

I am doing a bit of 

CATCH UP

today after not much

sleep for the last few days.

Laundry is going, 

sipping coffee,

enjoying the sunshine

AND

took someone special for a ride

with the top down!

Lucky me!

I get to go see my granddaughter

in a week or so.

She is in college in Connecticut.

Her mom and Auntie Mindy are

going along, too.

Can't wait to see my pretty girl.

East Coast here I come!

I LOVE wandering around

the country!

And for your smile today...

Does this prove that 

"all those that wander are not lost"?

hmmmm...

Looks like MyHero tossed the 

PICNIC TABLE

out of the way trying to find his way home.

ps..  I did NOT drive off and leave him there.

Oh yeah-and I AM OFF-

off to get my Covid booster and

flu shot at 7:00 am!

Lucky me!

HELP! FALL HAS FALLEN AND I CAN'T GET UP!

 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 lovely 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 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 again someday.

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 WENDESDAY!

MOON MOON SHINING BRIGHT-BLESS THE BLOGGERS HERE TONIGHT

 Oh- Don't you 

LOVE A HARVEST MOON?

I love it OUTSIDE over the water.
AND
I love it INSIDE,too!

SEVERAL YEARS AGO---

I popped by Patty's blog
Patty's Pretty Things
She was sprucing up her booth,
getting ready for a show.
I told her
I LOVE THOSE MOONS!
She SENT ME some moons!
Seriously-Aren't bloggers 
the best people in the world
for sharing of themselves and their talents?

Thank you SO MUCH, Patty.
I still love them after all these years!!!
(Sorry it is night when I was taking these
pictures and the lighting is horrible.)

She makes the moons into banners.
I had to find the perfect place for MINE.
A place where I would see them often
and it wouldn't get lost in the  mix
of Fall decorations.

Gramma Hazel's gate leg table acts as a
SIDE TABLE

in our living room at the condo.

It's the PERFECT spot for them!
 I love it and it makes me smile
every time I walk past it.

Also- a person that no longer blogs

sent me this wonderful piece that 

I framed and bring out every year.

OC you know who you are.

And...

on the OTHER END of the spectrum..
I DO love the SUN, too!

MANY MOONS AGO~

Nancy @ Wild Oak Designs
was talking about Jerusalem Artichokes
which produce plants/flowers.
They are also called
SUNCHOKES!
She sent me a whole package of them 

I WAS going to try to grow them in Wisconsin.
BUT-they wouldn't grow here!
She EATS the tubers, too.
Me?  Nope- Not gonna do it!
I would grow it..but, honey, I WAS NOT gonna eat it!
(sorry, Nancy) 
Here is what they look like growing.

source
Aren't they pretty and happy looking flowers?
I am sad they didn't grow here.

 And because I started with a MOON
I thought I should end with one....
Ready?

Oh- Wait...sorry...
MyHero says he is NOT going to let me  post
THAT PICTURE of him
Showing his BURNT TIGHTY WHITIES!
That about did him in.

He tried drying them in a microwave

when he forgot to pack a spare for his

overnighter.

Hmmm....
Well, ya win some-ya lose some!
Hope you all have a 
WONDERFUL DAY

and a great weekend!

HELLO OLD IDEAS THAT STILL SPEAK TO ME~

 I am one of those weird people

(..I hear those of you that KNOW me..)

Anyway, I am one of those weird people

that STILL keeps notebooks of ideas.

Yeah, yeah--I know all about

Pinterest and Instagram but

there is something satisfying to me

about sitting down and looking through a

BOOK OF IDEAS.

I have one notebook for each season..

(well- Christmas has 3 or 4 binders)

These are all I loose leaf 3 ring binders

filled with page protectors full

of inspirations and ideas.

Being as it IS Fall now..

I pulled my

PUMPKIN COLORED

notebook out.

Yes! They are colored for each Season-

White For Snow/Winter.

Red For Christmas.

Pink for Little Girl Ideas.

Blue For Little Boy Ideas.

Yellow For Easter Ideas.

Green For Gardening/Outdoor Ideas.

And a slew of white ones with

typed cover inserts.

Well, you get the picture.

But for Fall

(and Halloween)

I dug out the Pumpkin Colored binder.

Here are a few of the images I have saved.

These are pictures of magazine pictures

so don't expect award winning 

photography on my part...ok...

no whining about it either.

I have always loved window boxes..

and I like the earthy simplicity

 of this one.

and a  white pumpkin surrounded by Fall gatherings...

A peek at a birdbath that is

Closed for the Season

(poor birds)

And the path of pumpkins

that leads you through an arbor..

And brings you home to this..

A place to spend an afternoon,

or an evening,

or a life time.

I have had these images for many years

and don't know WHERE they are from...

but Thank You to the people

that photographed these.

Now..

Please excuse me..

I am headed to Starbucks...

I hear they have a

SPECIALTY FALL COFFEE..

(edited to add-new for the 

FALL SEASON-it's been around for a few years)

I'll pick one up for my daughter..

cuz I don't do sugar...

Can you say..

Pumpkin Spice Latte?

Now wipe the drool off your chin

and get busy (did I SAY you were lazy)?!

                                   Hmmm...would that be what they mean

                                      by the pot calling the kettle black?

OFF (take that literally) and running for the day.

Have a wonderful weekend!

DAYS OF MY LIFE.....AN UPDATE....

You all know that I have been 

away for a while.

I know many of you have reached out

to me to see what is going on in my life.

Life has had lots of ups and downs

these past few months.

One of the best UPs-

I went to Florida to deliver my grandgirl,

Alana,

to Disney College.

We spent a few days before that

at the beach.

Now she is at college in Connecticut..

sigh...and I miss her.

I also went to Mexico with my daughter

and her three girls for a week.

Beautiful resort and beautiful weather.

Another UP-

I got my inflammation pretty much under control.

A combination of anti-inflammatory meds

and a blood panel that showed me what

foods cause inflammation in my body

made a huge difference.

My SED rates are the lowest they have

EVER been.

Hubby has had good days and bad days.

Bad days are days on end spent in bed.

Good days he is up and about,

running errands, going to a dance class,

interacting with others.

On good days,

he will take Mr. Scruffy

for nice long walks

and let him explores holes in trees.

On down days

they snooze.

Sadly, we sold our camper

that was on a permanent site in

Door County, WI.

I was getting ready to paint and remove

the old borders and update the interior.

However, if I went, I went by myself

(with Scruffy)

and would have to leave hubby at home.

Maybe someday, I will have another

'escape' plan.

I relaxed there and read books for 

days on end.

Now that I am home,

I have been dawdling around with 

doll making again.

I have a couple of other ones I made, too.

I smudged the face on one by not waiting 

until it was completely dry.

Never fear-

SCRUFFY FIXED IT FOR ME!

Remind me to beat him later!

I'm sure you know I mean that!

I will do that right after he is done

guarding the house from those

vicious squirrels.

My son-in-law, Jason,

continues to fight brain cancer.

I think he is on his 10th round of chemo now.

He has such a positive attitude

and a supportive wife and family.

Please keep them in your prayers.

I will do some before and after

shots of the condo soon.

We moved in during Covid and it

took a while to figure things out.

We had to wait on some things.

Oh- and I am still drinking

If you have read this far,

well, bless your heart!

Thanks for hanging in there.

See y'all soon!

 

THE TIME HAS COME-THE TIME IS NOW-NANA DIANA IS GOING FOR A WHILE

 I have a lot on my plate

right now so I am

 taking a blogging break.

     I am going to curtail my visits on

Instagram, Facebook & Blogger

for a while.

I will pop in once in a while on

IG & FB but will not be blogging.

I feel guilty getting comments and not

being able to reply or to visit your blogs,

so---off I go for a while.

As some of you know,

John has some more surgery coming up,

I am still dealing with inflammatory issues,

and I need time to handle things here.

What's on my agenda?

I have a trip planned with my daughter

and three grand girls.

I have new books to read,

an upstairs full of 'stuff' to purge,

things to finish up in the condo,

and I need to get the camper

ready for the season.

We have NO internet and 

sketchy phone service at the RV park.

HOWEVER-

I WILL RETURN!

Look for me this fall

but for right now----

I just need a break.

I hate it when people just disappear

and you never know what happened to them....

so I did not want to be "that person".

Thank you all for always being

so faithful and following along

with all my nonsense.

You are

THE BEST!

HAPPY MOTHER'S DAY

 I hope you all have a wonderful 

MOTHER'S DAY!

Love and Blessings!