fall decor ideas...

it was a good day...

I haven't felt this good for a couple months now...

we started out picking pears this morning...

this is our haul and we picked 2 pull walmart bags for the food pantry that Craig took up this evening...

these have not been sprayed at all!

my mom used to make the best homemade apple sauce ever...

and I am thinking maybe I could make homemade pear sauce this weekend...

going to wrap some in newspapers and put in a bushel basket, good thing I'm a dealer and have those hanging out here, and store them in the shed this fall...

things are winding down in the flower beds...

spider webs are taking over...

even the pots are looking tired...

the cone flowers are seeding...

I worked a little out in the front bed...

this has been watered, but it's still dry as dust...

we ended up with a cart full of stuff...

just the back side of one bed...

spruced up the table a bit...

the sedum have blushed...

and the bees are happy...

a mad dash to get there stores in before winter...

fixed the brick path while I was out here, too...

had a root pushing up 3 of the bricks and it had become a tripping hazard...

so pulled them up real quick, cut that root out, re leveled it and popped them back in...

pulled the weeds out of the pathway and swept that...

cleaned house and Craig did his laundry...

had left overs tonight for supper...

so no fancy cooking needed...

after Steve got home, we picked part of a bag of pears for Kyle and Gretchen...

was talking to him on the phone and he said she loved them...

so he came by here on his way home to pick...

Steve and I went out to wait on him, but it was drizzling, so we went over and had them picked before he got here, so we just handed them off to him in the street...

they were going out to eat so he was in a hurry to get home...

we had supper then and DH and I went for a short drive around town...

I miss driving in the rain...

always loved going to work on rainy days...

shopping on rainy days...

just love driving on rainy days...

I know most people think I am nuts, but for me, it's very calming...

and there you have the highlights of the day...

hope you had a good one, too...

Craig's morning report...

have you ever wanted to sleep in and one of your kids wants to talk non stop?

well, I had an excited boy here this morning...

and I was sleeping so good...

just to tell me that the sun was shining all around us...

here...

and there...

he even grabbed the camera to document it...

he's going to grow up to be a good blogger some day...

but it was raining...

here...

and here...

and here...

there's a reason I don't sleep with a gun under my pillow...

because I might have just shot one of his toes off this morning...

he went out first thing since we have rain coming the next several days to cut that limb off and burn the cocoons...

and after all of that and I am up...

guess where he is...

on the couch...

asleep...

sure wish I had an air horn...

nothing but blue skies...

do we see...

the skies have cleared off...

and a breeze is blowing...

and we are in the low 70s today...

the bees are busy getting what they can before it turns cold...

the sedum is blushing and will soon be full of butterflies...

but Craig found this and I am debating it...

I think it's the walnut caterpillars...

and I think we need to take the limb off and burn it...

90% convinced of this...

I think it's going to get done this afternoon...

things are good here...

got to get moving and get some more done...

found a gift on the deck this morning...

so want to get photos and show you what my bestie sent me...

you are going to love it...

I do...

thanks, Rebecca...

you know what I like...

so, why are you still sitting there?

get up and get moving...

you have things to do...

and these days won't last forever, you know...

go...

scram...

and don't forget to blog about it!

prayer needed...

this is Eric...

he wears a uniform and is in Iraq right now...

for another year...

he is my cousin's son...

if you could...

put him on  your prayer lists...

in your God boxes...

and his unit...

I don't know for sure...

but from what I am reading between the lines on his posts on facebook...

they have probably been under heavy fire...

they are not allowed to tell us...

but I think he's been scared a few times in the last couple weeks...

this is his second and hopefully, final, deployment...

his mom just wants him home in one piece...

still breathing...