remind you of someone?

yeah,we all know who's home this kitty would fit into...

hey, Diana...

found the perfect furrball for you...

might even give SweetCheeks a run for her money...

if, by chance you don't know who NanaDiana is...

you need to find out...

she's nuts...

about...

STARBUCKS...

and maybe just plain nuts...

but always a fun visit...

make sure you use the bathroom first before entering her warped world...

trust me on this...

boxes of fun...

ok, grab something to drink and something to snack on...

here goes...

I am starting with a box from Cheryl at ZanyMayd...

I had bought stuff from her etsy shop months ago...

and it finally arrived...

I had almost forgot what I had picked out...

LOL

this is a large piece of fabric...

a pair of pillow cases...

another pair...

and then a single one...

and another single one...

6 total..

some to keep, some to sell...

a cute little basket that she made...

she just threw that in...

a turkey and nest...

a turtle planter...

pink...

some tart tins...

a cool porcelain pot...

I'm thinking Q-tips...

a little cast iron frog...

so tiny...

I named him Prince...

check this out...

I am not a big fan of pewter...

but I had to have this...

so cool...

and the detail...

now this basket is for my bff...

Rebecca...

I will let her post what's inside...

now, for the box from Lori Lynn...

a pumpkin man...

a raven in a spring...

a witch head...

a scarecrow head...

a really tall pumpkin man...

painted face...

and a crow buddy...

and to make sure we know who he is...

a tag...

homespun fabric is my favorite fabric of all...

the gang...

now, here is the card and seed packs from Lori...

holly hock seeds she posted on her blog that she had harvested out of her garden and was giving away...

so I stuck my comment on there asking for some...

that's all I thought I was getting...

but, there was this big box...

with all this cool stuff in it...

and the nicest thank you card...

for something that I was led to do months ago...

just between me and Lori...

was I surprised...

she didn't make these fun things...

but she had them and used them and then changed her mind and is going in a different direction...

she was going to list them on ebay and then thought of me and my style of fun...

knew these guys would fit right in here...

and they do...

perfectly...

thank  you, girl!

almost the only fun I had yesterday...

whatever I had...

phew...

it passed...

pun intended...

feel a little slow today but up, dressed and kicking- just not high...

you all have a good day...

I've got stuff to do...

a little tease this morning!

yesterday, I got not one, but 2 boxes in the mail...

2 boxes of fun...

but you are going to have to wait until the sun comes up for better photos...

because I wasn't feeling too great yesterday and didn't get them done...

but things have improved greatly...

and it will be a couple hours yet...

so stay tuned...

Need your prayers, again...

not having a good day...

been in the bathroom so much...

need to really change it up in there...

praying that this passes from me quickly...

if you have time...

ask for better days for me...

thanks...

crunch time...

the colors become more intense every day now...

and with all the clutter...

there is not sneaking up on someone...

but it's the crunch...

even if it's been in the 80s...

it's finally starting to look like fall...

Bebe was having so much  fun...

rolling and running...

the railroad has been very busy here lately...

the crops are coming in...

and good  news on the beans up  north...

65-70 bushel an acre...

that's good, real good...

after being dusted off...

yeah, you know someone got a bath before bed...

this tree is special...

we planted it when my mom died...

17 years ago the end of this month...

and it was a fall like this one...

late with tons of color...

and the drive to the cemetery following her body was the most magnificent fall scene...

the road twists and turns on its way back to a little church with the grave yard next to it...

and the woods were ablaze...

and sky was the most blue...

so, I went out and bought this tree...

a red maple...

to remind me of that ride...

that moment...

funny how things can take you right back to a specific place...

and my memory is pretty good...

but I remember sitting there, just absorbing everything...

the colors...

the breeze...

so I would never forget that beautiful day...

this tree was one trunk...

planted it and it made it through the winter...

that summer and fall...

but the next spring it had died...

this is the shoots that grew up beside it...

it is reborn...

a second coming...

and it marks the passing of time between then and now...

17 years...

now, let's get back to the topic I started off with...

fall crunch time...

but with so much fading...

there is still brilliant life...

that is a falling walnut caught in the air before it hit the ground...

crunch, thud, crunch, thud...

that's what we heard out there...

and there is one happy boy...

loving the weather...

the leaves...

the crunch...

the fun...

he had a good day...

well, here it is...

almost 5am...

got up way too early...

had fried potatoes and eggs...

and need to head back to bed for an hour or so...

got more sorting and purging to do today...

and of course...

I want some outdoor time...

got rain coming in tomorrow...

mostly cloudy today...

but still crunchy...