Today is the first day of fall; and more particularly it is the first day of fall since we moved back to the North-East after several years in southern California. Autumn is one of the things that I most missed while away.

In California, it took me a year or two before I could even tell the changing seasons....I wasn't attune to the earth's rhythms in that climate. The sycamore leaves did turn brown, even if they didnt fall, but the palms and live oaks were always green; the gardeners...

ok this was funny ... here i went and bought me a jar of peanut butter .. but befor that i had seen this lil kid that was in the store , was with his mom and he was so cute telling his mom how he loved her she was the best mommy in the world cause she had remembered to buy his ' peanut butter ' .. he was going on and on and the mom looked at me and smiled said so sorry he gets all excited lol .. i was tired and said yeah sure ok .. and went on to pay...

Hubby and I had a nice weekend, but this week has been nothing but more stress. Friday night we stayed in and cooked and cleaned. I would have liked to have gone out, because I'd been feeling very cooped up all week, but hubby was tired. We had a nice time staying in. Saturday we went out and did some sightseeing. We took a city tour on a bus and then rented a paddle boat on the Tidal Basin, which was nice. Then we went out to dinner that night. Sunday we went to open houses all day--saw...

Do you have a favorite article of clothing? Something worn, familiar, comfortable and as full of memories as an old diary?

I have my old fleece jacket..It is white with Indian designs around the bottom..It once belonged to one of my daughters who handed it down to me..The jacket is large to suit her pregnancy when she purchased it..I remember when she wore it to the hospital to give birth to one of my precious grandsons nearly 17 years ago..
Later that winter, as she lost weight,...

Friday Night Fever...with those three tiny words spoken by our local sports announcer, I anticipate crisp dewy mornings, and sweater grabbing evenings!

Welcome to Fall Y'all..Fall in the South that is.

The warm season will be with us but a little while longer during the day, but oh those magical mornings.

You know, when you get up to get your babes up for school. Grab that first cup of steaming hot coffee and head to the front porch for wake up time....