Circles

balloons. just one more thing that makes me smile. :)

When I was little, my mom had this tin in her sewing cabinet that was full of buttons. I remember asking if I could look at them and then pouring them all out on the floor or table and looking at all the different ones. I picked out my favorites and I'm sure I asked many times if I could keep those for myself. Ah, the memories...

Fall

the trees! the leaves! i'm falling for fall! -mutts

the most  beautiful sight in the morning right now is this lovely tree with the sun shining through the leaves. :)

I am not a fan of fall. Plants dying and winter around the corner...I just can't see how anyone can like fall. For the past number of years, I've tried my hardest to see the good in fall, and yet I still find myself wrinkling up my nose at the thought of it. So, I figure, the least I can do is recognize the beauty of the season. This week, I challenged myself to capture as much of that beauty as I could, and it worked...I had a hard time choosing just one photo for this blog :p So, here's to fall...my least favorite season (at lease winter has Christmas!).

Shoes

shoes are my weakness to put it simply. i think it's my girly girl side coming out. even when i was little and we went shopping for school shoes mom had to pull me away from the heeled shoes. so i guess that's why i have so many high heeled shoes in my closet now. and why i still fit so many on when i go into the store. :)

Could these two pictures be any different? :) These old, ratty work boots belong to my husband and they mean so much to me. They are worn by a man who works hard day and (sometimes) night to provide for me. They also remind me of the miracle of how God gave Dennis is business. I am also a girly-girl who loves her heals, but I don't think any pair of shoes means as much to me as these stinky work boots.

Loving

on top of the world feeling. holding hands, a hug, a pat on the back, sitting on top of your dad's shoulders (when your very small of course), a kiss goodnight. all of these things make me feel loved. :)

I was going to do something really amazingly creative, but I couldn't help it. One of the first things I think about when I think about "love" is my stupid little dog (the first being the hubbers). I know people probably think I'm crazy for loving a dog so much, but how can you not love something so fluffy and cute!? :)

Food

fall=apple festivals. apple festivals = caramel covered apples! the most juiciest, yummiest, most awesomest food of all time. :) not the most artistic picture but the food was awesome!

I made these yummy, little cheesecake tart thingies for our fellowship meal on Sunday. Lucky for me (or maybe unlucky, depends on how you look at it), there were some left over. :)





    

Black and White

i remember going to school n watching my teacher write on the blackboard. i loved when she would get knew packs of chalk out and on special days she would let us draw on it at breaktime. :) "you shoulda seen it in color." :)

We went to a good, ol', southern apple festival on Saturday. I wanted to stay all day and take everything in. Apple cider, apple butter, fresh honey, homemade ice cream, arts, crafts and more yummy food then you could imagine. I felt like I had a little sensory overload with so many things and so many people, but it was a wonderful day.

Water

i love the water. enough said! :)

I woke up to the smell of the freshly watered earth...to the sun making water drops sparkle...to the wondrous green that appears after the rain. The world had been refreshed overnight and there is just nothing quite like a morning after the rain.