Our colder nights have helped bring the vibrant autumn color to the trees and I'm so thankful for the beauty we behold. Enjoy!

Our burning bushes just didn't turn this year-I think because they are still so small.  These are in our neighborhood and I get to walk by them daily when I do my 3 mile loop.  Love them!

Such a stark contrast against the blue sky with puffy white clouds

This year has been the best for colors since we've lived here-coming up on 9 years.  I'm going walking in a few minutes and then plan to spend the day sewing. I did my best to get to the machine this weekend, but we had several activities that hindered it; yesterday we had our snow bird friends over to catch up before they drive their rig out to Borrego Springs for the winter.  We had such a good time catching up and they'll be back over the holidays, so we aren't bidding them adieu yet.
I hope you had a great weekend and that your week starts out well.
Joy to you!
Noreen

Happy Friday to you.  As usual, last night I was running around getting dinner together and totally forgot to take pictures.  I will try to remember tonight to take some;  our guests enjoyed the Butternut Squash soup-which was actually three recipes combined, the roasted root vegetables and cornish game hens.  Ruth brought fresh berries for desert-yum is all I can say.  I love fruit, more than bread even and since it is towards the end of the season, I throughly enjoyed the strawberries, raspberries and blueberries.  We played a couple of games-one of cards and two of Sequence.  Today I walked and then went to my quilt meeting.  It was such fun; I always learn new techniques and tricks and today was another example-the hostess shared her method of making table runners with "Quilt as you go" method.  On the way home, I took some photos of brilliant maple trees and Aspens; I am still awaiting them to arrive at my inbox so I can share them with you!  This weekend I've got to work on my Fig Leaf project-we are supposed to have it done by Tuesday.  My good friend told me that the instructions were very difficult to follow, so I am going over to her house tomorrow to have her show me what she learned.  It is cooler here, bits of sunshine poke out and then disappear behind the clouds.  Every one I know has already turned their furnaces on-it's that cold in the morning.
I was so disappointed in our football team last night-just didn't seem like they were all there mentally and playing as well as normal.
I hope you have a great weekend.
Hugs,
Noreen

It's Thankful Thursday and I'm so thankful for all of life, all the blessings from above and for the Grace that has been poured out on me.  Yesterday was a very cool, even cold day here in Colorado!  I attended my ladies bible study and then spent the afternoon with hubby.  He painted our hall/guest bathroom and we also went shopping for the dinner we are preparing tonight for our friends.  In case you are interested, I'm making Butternut Squash Soup, roasted vegetables, bbq'd Cornish Game Hens, a rustic olive bread and our friends will bring fruit for desert.  I will be cooking a good part of today and this afternoon take some neighbor gals to a cute little boutique that has cute tops, purses, leggings, camp's, jewelry and goodies.  I hope to get some photos of our dinner tonight; if I can remember. After dinner we will be playing cards or board games. Hubby will make sure we DVR the Bronco's game to watch after they head home.
 Life is good and I'm so thankful for my beloved, my family, my furry companion who warms my heart-Hunter and for all my friends.  I'm thankful we live with incredible technology, regardless of the fact that I am annoyed by FB sending me text alerts that tell me about recent posts by you, my friends.    Tomorrow I hope to have some new photos, but I've also got a quilt meeting in the morning and may not.  There are days that just fly by so very quickly that I am surprised when I realize that I didn't post.
I pray your day is good and filled with peace; we certainly need it during these awful election times.
Blessings~
Noreen

Celebrating Autumn

Good Morning to you! Our nights are getting colder and our trees are getting brighter and more vibrant-I love it! Yesterday I was having issues with getting my pictures up, but here they are.  Hubby was in a goofy mood and making lots of silly faces at the grands.

The hay ride-so fun, brought back memories from when our girls were young.

Our Peanut took this photo I think. She loves taking pictures; little Man was also trying to get our camera to take some of his Papa.

These Mums were so pretty and I know Peanut too this photo.

Again, more silliness. Love this man to pieces.

A cute little guest cottage, the decorations were perfect.

So all my family, even Little Man takes selfies all the time; I wanted one of my man and me.

I'm embracing the season; the only thing I've resisted is having lots of Autumn scent candles burning.
Hope you are enjoying some beauty of this season.
Noreen

Greetings on this fine Monday!  This weekend was jam packed for hubby and I; he began painting our office, attached bath and closet on Thursday and it is now done and looks so nice. We've needed to paint areas of the house since we moved in, but you know how that goes.  Out of the blue last week, hubby announced we were going to paint.  Mind you, I only had a few  rooms but he insisted if we are going to paint, we'll paint everything.  On Saturday evening, he called and said he got free tickets to the semi-pro hockey game~so he came home, picked me up and we went.  Sunday morning we joined two other couples from our street(I walk with the gals)and met for breakfast. Then after that we headed to a local farm for a harvest celebration.  Our realtor holds it every year in appreciation for his clients.  We met our daughter Kim there with her family; it was fun, every one comes away with a pumpkin-so Kim went home with 7 pumpkins plus what they grew themselves. She will utilize them for freezing etc.   I have some nice photos, but for some reason I can get them to upload, but no picture shows.  We did watch the Bronco's game and was a bit disappointed in it.
Today, we put the office back together and hubby is now off playing golf.  Tonight we are going to look at a antique Treadle with two machines and parts.  Hubby spotted it on the web and since we know what they usually sell for, we decided to connect with the seller and see if they are as nice as they looked online. I have some things to do around the house this afternoon, but I'd really love to just sit and read.
I hope you are enjoying the changing season!
Joy to you,
Noreen

It's Friday, It's Friday....whoopee!  Today, five quilting friends and I are driving up to Wyoming on a mini-shop hop.  If you've never heard this expression before, it simply means that a group of quilters are going to several different quilt stores together.  Often a Shop-Hop involves a large area with many different shops involved; they are all hoping to draw new business in.  There may even be a giveaway or some sort of extra incentive to come to their stores.  In our case, it is simply a group of us gals, from our quilt group, who'd like to travel to some stores we may not have been too before.  So Wyoming here we come.  We will be going to two stores in Cheyenne, then having lunch before heading to two stores in Laramie.  I've been to one of the stores in Cheyenne, on our way back from Oregon this summer.  However, hubby was with me and I was looking for stencils for hand quilting and didn't find a thing. This trip however, I'll be looking for fabric and some gifts.  It will be a full day, with lots of laughter and fun.  As you know, last Friday several of us went to a large quilt show in Longmont and had a great time together.  One of the gals even brought a beautiful Quilt display case, made of cherry wood and some leaded glass.  Our quilt group was having a hard time getting together for activities centered around quilting, so I came up with a list of places to go.  Don't know what I'll do after this trip, but I'm sure the gals will have some ideas.  Many groups gather for retreats or larger shows out of their area~I may just have to throw those ideas out as well.

On a serious note~many of us have friends or family on the East Coast and are praying for their protection.  Please stay safe and get out of harms way!

Blessings on your day!
Noreen

Happy Thursday to you! Once again, I stop and pause to give thanks to the Lord for all the blessings in my life. Family is at the top of the list and this precious granddaughter is right there. Last week she had a birthday and turned 11, she is so very precious to all of us.

I don't share a lot of photo with the grands, just for safety sake, but couldn't resist this one that captures her spirit. I am going walking with a friend and then working around the house. I hope your day is productive and blessed.
Noreen