Trick Or Treat

All is ready for the 

"little goblins" that will

come to our door tonight.

  I for one, delight

in the festivities for the 

younger children

have been counting 

the days for 

this once a year event. 

They are thrilled at the 

chance to dress up and play

 make-believe. 

 My grandchildren

will be dressed as 

characters from Narnia.

They have wonderful 

costumes.....

and swords that light up

when called to battle.

 I will see kings and queens from 

that mystical place created from

 C.S. Lewis's brilliant imagination. 

Oh....there will be one

tiny fluffy lamb in the group.

The Jack-O-Lantern is out 

and all my traditional 

containers are holding 

favorite candies.

Happy Halloween everyone!  Dee Dee

Autumn's Cottage Magazine

Times are certainly changing.

I can remember the day when

I found magazines irresistible.

I could sit in Barnes & Noble for

such a long while, looking at

first one and then another. My

favorites were Victoria and 

any decorator magazine. I

remember it quite frustrating, for

many of the pages were filled

with advertisements.

I seldom buy magazines

 these days. With the coming of 

the Internet, Pinterest, 

Smart phones, electronic

tablets....the list goes on....

there seems to

be no need at all to look

through a magazine.

However..... last year

a Cottage Journal magazine

subscription was given to 

me by my 

youngest daughter. 

I did so enjoy each issue

 ever so much.  

They came at the beginning 

of each season.

Thankfully, I've saved a few copies.

They seem nostalgic, somehow, 

so I'm proudly displaying

 the Autumn issue, on a table

for all to see.

Have a sweet ole' day....Dee Dee

My Roses Are The Colors Of Fall

I planted a climbing rose

 this past spring.

Unusual colors for my garden,

 the rose bloomed

in large clusters of orange and red. 

They've

seemed out of place, somehow,

 until now.

Today my roses are the colors of fall

and are wonderfully and beautifully

in full bloom.....

I'm glad you stopped by.....

Have a beautiful day, everyone.  Dee Dee

Tradition In Aiken

There's lots to love about the south, such

as a beautiful tradition held in my old

home town.....Aiken South Carolina, 

"Blessing Of The Hounds"

It's held in Hitchcock Woods 

during the fall of the year.

The images speak for themselves.....

Look at the smile on his face....seems to be

pleased with all the goin's on.

Nothing could've been finer than to have

been in Carolina.....

Have a sweet ole' day!  Dee Dee

Images from Google

We Smelled Of Leaves

It had rained early 

morning.....

and the leaves were brought 

down to the ground.....

I'm reminded

how

as children

 we piled

 leaves high into

piles, 

only to scatter

them with 

our jumping

on them.

Our clothes 

smelled 

of drying leaves,

when finally 

we came

 inside to get warm. 

 Funny 

how we

 never forget

these kinds of 

childhood memories.

Have a sweet ole' day...Dee Dee

Fall

We took a nice long road trip last fall 

and along the way I took lots of photos.

These were actually taken at a rest stop

in West Virginia......

The leaves were at the color peak.....

My favorite trees are always the Maple.....

In the distance you can see how 

absolutely gorgeous the colors were.....

yet still in my "mind's eye."

I posted some of these photos last

fall and felt them worthy a second look.

Have a beautiful day!  Dee Dee

Beautiful Fall Reminders

We see few signs of fall here 

in Florida.

The large oak tree in our

 front yard 

is beginning to 

shed it's leaves and the 

walkway leading to our

front door is scattered with them. 

 For a while, they will stay

where they lie for I am badly in 

need of seasonal change

 reminders.

  The temp was again in the

high eighties today and the pool 

water is holding at 

eighty degrees. It is

 still tolerable for a swim, 

should I dare.

Our fall wreath has been hung 

on the door

and a very large pot of mums

 will greet our friends and family

upon arrival.

Delicious autumn! My very

soul is wedded to it, and if I

were a bird I would fly about

the earth seeking the successive

autumns. ~George Eliot

Have a sweet ole' day, everyone.  Dee Dee

Last Year In Cooperstown

......we celebrated our marriage and

walked in paradise.

Last year we experienced 

wonderful, beautiful,

magical glorious fall 

in Cooperstown 

New York.

We stayed in the Cooper Inn,

and walked on a brisk cool day. 

Reminiscing a little today,while

looking at photos we took.

Sigh.....

Thank you for stopping by.....Dee Dee