critters and blooms and leaves...

up for adoption very soon...

but this one is staying...

and here are some leaves, which seem to be everywhere right now...

we have 2 days in the 80s and then another cold snap...

just got done with 2 days of rain...

so tomorrow is outside time...

been cleaning inside big time...

filling trash cans left and right...

swiping dust bunnies where they hide...

and taking a break every now and then just to watch the leaves fall...

Tori is still fighting hard...

immune system is gone...

more blood and platelets...

keep praying...

maybe a feed tube if she can't eat soon...

they are taking her foot the middle part of next month...

she is such a brave little girl...

Tori update...

keep the prayers coming...

she had another round of chemo...

and went home from the hospital on Friday...

but they got a call from the doctor and her blood counts are too low...

and she spiked a fever, so she is back in the hospital...

she needs a blood transfusion...

she is in stage 3 with osteogenic sarcoma...

she has chosen to have her foot amputated in November...

she thinks its the best thing to do...

on a happier note...

her fund raiser last month raised over $17,000...

she is weak but still smiling...

and so many people are ready to help...

keep praying...

from what I have read...

there's a 30% survival rate with this...

she needs all the prayers you have...

country roads less traveled...

have you ever taken the path less traveled?

to experience sights and sounds and smells that few have found?

there is a world beyond what is known...

someone forgot to close the bottom of a train car before they put beans in...

wonder if the car was empty when it got to where it was going?

cloudy and windy here again today...

they say storms this afternoon, so they could come anytime now...

but in between the sun and rain...

fall still happens...

fence rows become transparent...

and the fallen glory of yesterday still hangs on...

there's a fire to wooded areas around here now...

telling us soon, so very soon, that winter will come...

these days are better spent in slow motion...

taking it all in while its there...

as fields lay barren and ready for cover...

there are berries and seeds to feed the birds that brave the cold...

I travel this way as much as I can...

reminds me of homes I used to know...

but this is home now...

and I have lived here on the prairies longer than I have lived anywhere else...

my roots are here...

generations have witnessed the same changes that hold my attention now...

I wonder if they looked at it the way I do?

how much did they love this place that's home?

take a drive on a road less traveled today...

choose a different way home...

really see what you pass by...

look around you...

what does it take to make it home?

new friends...

we have some new full time trick or treaters here...

just look at those faces...

and look what the scarecrow is holding...

a little black baby...

would you believe that I found these online?

from a local gal who posts photos of things she wants to sell?

as soon as they popped up, I was on it...

my favorite words?

I WANT IT!

the ghostie had a little bitty green bow tie and the pumpkin had a green felt leaf thing going on...

just grabbed some homespun and the glue gun and fixed that...

I think I might make a couple more...

looks easy enough...

how about a frankenstein, a mummy and a werewolf?

pint size like these guys...

then we would have a whole crowd of trick or treaters...

that will be something to work on during the cold winter months...

Craig is out distributing canisters for Christmas Is A Child...

we made 6 to put out in the local businesses this year...

plans are moving right along for it...

won't be long until its time to distribute the toys again...

have a fun day and absorb all those sun rays you can...

you know what's coming next!

things that go bump in the night...

good evening...

here's the front of the house for you...

a spooky mini graveyard...

BOO!