Autumn splendor for Mosaic Monday

I thought I'd give the Storyboard action from The CoffeeShop Blog a try and this is what I came up with.

A mish-mash of different views. All of these are photos from 2 years ago.

Top left to right:

• Scarecrows from Wolfeboro, NH
  
• White Birch in the White Mountains
• Pumpkin bins from a local farm stand
• Mums from my own front yard
• A view of Lake Winnipesaukee from Mount Major on Columbus Day
  

The foliage this year is less than stellar so I had to dig into the archives.

We have gorgeous yellows but the reds and oranges just aren't there like they usually are. Still, it's a nice Autumn. My husband had the week off and I wish I could say we did something special, like a trip to the mountains, or lunch at the beach, but it didn't happen. We weren't feeling it, plus the weather wasn't all that great.

Well, we did do one special thing ... we rushed the Pug, aka Winston, to the Emergency Vets on Tuesday night for vomiting and diarrhea. Yup, that was a fun one alright. The boy ate mushrooms in the yard and ended up so sick he was hemorrhaging blood. The vets wanted him to spend the night, to the tune of $1,200, but we decided to bring him home (around 1:00 am) at a 1/3 of the price. He was quite tired the next day but fine. We kept an eagle eye on him in case he needed fluids.

Tomorrow my husband goes back to work, the girls have the day off of school because of Columbus Day, and I'll be going to an interview in the morning for a j-o-b. Hubby thinks I'm going to sabotage the interview on purpose so I don't have to work. Heee heee . . .

I hope you have some beautiful colors where you live. If only the mental stimulation brought on by Fall could carry us through the long, and cold, and brutal New England winter that lies ahead!


Guess what! It's Mosaic Monday over at Mary's Little Red House!

Girls being Girls

Bare with me, I’m enjoying playing with textures.

I had taken these pictures in late October. It was getting dark and quite foggy so they didn’t come out that great. My camera seemed to pick up on the fog making it look bright outside, but it’s not. Of course realizing I had my camera on the wrong setting after taking most of the shots didn’t help either. Layering textures on seemed to rescue them a bit.

This is my older daughter Andria swinging on the wet tree swing for the first time … in a dress. The swing belongs to my younger daughters friend, Shannon, so Andria had heard about it first hand. The younger girls couldn’t wait to push her as high as they could just to make her scream. Scream she did. We were all laughing hysterically!

 

My younger daughter, Elise, takes a turn by herself.

Don’t you wish you could feel that kind of joy? Don’t you wish you could still swing on your stomach, flying around in circles? Remember winding the rope or chains as tight as they would go then pulling yourself in as it untwirled? 

This swing totally rocks! I wanted to swing too. Didn’t happen. Older daughter was late for a date.

  A little heavy on the textures for this shot, but I still kind of like it.

Girls just being girls.

Fresh Cut Lilies

Lilies: By far one of my all time favorite flowers! Especially the sweet smelling Lilies like Stargazer. We had them at our Wedding, and when both my daughters were born my husband gave them to me in the hospital. I remember the nurse asking if I wanted them removed because they smelled so strong. "No, I love it!" was my answer. The more they smell, the more I like them. Kind of like Peonies.

Yes, this picture is in my main bathroom.
These will be the last I see of garden cut Lilies until next Summer