Merry Christmas

Christmas waves a magic wand over this world, and behold, everything is softer and more beautiful.  

~Norman Vincent Peale

{this moment}

{this moment} - A Friday ritual. A single photo - no words - capturing a moment from the week. A simple, special, extraordinary moment.

Autumn is Amazing

I wish Autumn could last a bit longer than it does.  The weather has been spectacular this year.  We've had a few rainy, cloudy days, but  have also be rewarded with unseasonably warm (hot!!) weather in between.  Perfect time for a trip to the corn maze.

We got a little bit stuck and had to rely on Little Girl to navigate us out.  That one is a walking GPS, I tell you.

And, now we are on to apples.  Apples, apples and more apples.  Our family farmhouse has a century old apple orchard and I couldn't resist bring home bushels and bushels of those goodies.  We've had apple butter, apple bread, apple sauce, apple pie and apple muffins.  The Mister was joking that apple jambalaya is next.   

photo from Taste of Home

The best, by far, has been this Dutch Apple Pie Recipe.  I spyed it over at Food Gawker and was drooling all over the place.  If you haven't been to Food Gawker get over there!  It's like Pinterest for food.  

Heaven.

Now I have to get some work done on those Halloween costumes.  It's a coming fast.  I have one costume ready to go and just a peacock to make.  Piece of cake.  Right?

Blog Note

Poor, poor neglected blog.  You have suffered the worst under my schedule busting year.  I'm trying to pull it together.  I swear. 

I am still kicking around out here.  Dying to get back in the swing of things in blog land.

I have been stumbling across some great resources in the process.  Have you seen this e-book?

It is so lovely and provids so much assistance in my goal of "pull it together already."

If you are looking for some more organization, simplicity or peace in your life I recommend you head over here and take a peek at all that it has going on.  You can download a sample or purchase the whole book for $5.  Well worth it my estimation. 

And, if I get more regular around here we will know that it truly is a miracle worker.

{this moment}

{this moment} - A Friday ritual. A single photo - no words - capturing a moment from the week. A simple, special, extraordinary moment.

Goodbye Summer

At least Summer gave us one last hurrah, at couple of scorching days to do all the last little things are our list for the season.

The Little Ones did what they like best.

 

 

Mama did what she likes best.

 

 

And, we had a few good days of sitting back and taking in the beauty of late summer.

 

 

Then  Fall came blowing in.  We went from bathing suites to jeans and sweaters in twenty-four hours.  We were seriously mourning Summer.  Nothing a little trip to the cider mill and a growler of hard cider couldn't cure, though. And, then on to this week. The one I have been dreading for ages...the first day of school.  Little Girl was off the preschool, Little Boy was off to kindergarten via the bus and Mama was off to the fetal position on the floor.  The Little Ones did great and Mama survived.  They happily marched off excited to start this new journey.  A lesson their mama is still working on.  I'm so thankful they are free from my anxiety and grateful that I get to enjoy these moments with them. 

So, Fall, I guess it is ok that you stay.

{this moment}

{this moment} - A Friday ritual. A single photo - no words - capturing a moment from the week. A simple, special, extraordinary moment.