November 1, 2009
Harvest Hello to you from HomeHaven! The first day of November blew in today. Remembering the beauty of our Kansas Autumn 2009 with pictures before the cold winds blow all the leaves off the trees. Splashes of orange, red, yellow, gold, brown, and greens blessed my soul. This is one of the prettiest Autumns I have seen in this part of Kansas in a long, long time. Spell binding.
We had a very pleasant Halloween on Saturday. Started out by sweeping off the front porch to rid it from too many fall leaves that flew in. Wiped down the front parlor door to wash away the dirt that had accumalated in the doorway. Placed the full size candy bars in a wooden bowl for treats. Hubby fixed a smiling jack-o-lantern that sat on the porch bistro set. Pictures to follow of some of the Halloween action we had. As the evening came, I lit the jack-o-lantern candle and the trick-or-treaters rang our door bell. It was delightful to see them get excited over the candy bars.
Saturday and Sunday, we have had beautiful Fall weather!
Sunday afternoon, our landscaping plans continued by transplanting Irises along the sidewalk fence. Almost have the entire length by the fence graced with Flaggs. In the Spring, hope this will be bloomed out with healthy Irises. Relocated a Peony plant.
Discovered that the Mums used as a border in the front flowerbed did poorly this Autumn. They bloomed, but are not as bushy of a plant as I had hoped even after cutting them back to encourage fullness, so have plans to relocate the mums next year and make a mum bed in another part of the front yard and back. These mums were not getting enough sunlight and turned out spindly.
Continue to rethink what to do with the yard. Think we'll plant shrubs around the base of our old stone house, move the 4 lilac trees, dig up a few old tree stumps, edge the sidewalk and curb...then call it good.
The wind was blowing today so the colorful leaves are being blown off the trees and are swirling about to the ground. In a few days the trees will be barren looking as we enter late Autumn.
Toddler says with excitement, "THE LEAVES ARE DANCING!"
Hope you all had a great week-end and can get excited about the leaves dancing.
God Bless, ~Deanna~
DAUGHTER'S PIE CRUST RECIPE
Pie Crust Recipe.
With her permission I share her recipe with you. BLESS your family, friends and your taste buds with this wonderful crust.
Pie Crust Recipe
1 cup flour
3 heaping tablespoons of shortening
A dash of salt
A tiny bit of ice cold water
Mix ingredients together well.
Roll out on wax paper.
Assemble pie.
Spread a little milk on top of crust before baking.
Simply delicious,
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DECORATING
I knew a very frugal Lady named Edith that shared with me a excellent guideline for decorating. She said with ease, "If your room has clean ceilings, floors, and walls, and the windows have nice curtains, you'll have an attractive room."
John 3:7
“Marvel not that I said unto thee,
Ye must be born again.”
King James Version (KJV)
PSALM 118:17
I shall not die,
but live, and declare
the works of the Lord.
By wisdom
a house is built,
and through understanding
it is established;
through
knowledge
its rooms are filled with rare
and beautiful treasures.
SALVATION
Romans 10:9 King James Version (KJV)
9 That if thou shalt confess with thy mouth the Lord Jesus, and shalt believe in thine heart that God hath raised him from the dead, thou shalt be saved.
Acts 4:12 King James Version (KJV)
12 Neither is there salvation in any other: for there is none other name under heaven given among men, whereby we must be saved.
"HOME is a wonderful place to LIVE. No matter the size of the rooms, ones HOME is a place to call ones own. I so LOVE my HOME." ~Deanna~
PSALM 90:12
SO
TEACH us
to number OUR days,
that we may apply our HEARTS
unto
WISHES
NO MATTER HOW BADLY YOU WISH with all your might that the something devastating that happened in your life hadn't happened and want so badly to go back in time to prevent it from happening...it isn't humanly possible to do this. You can't change the fact that it happened. IT DID. But JESUS can change the MEANING of what happened to you and give you PEACE. He can show you the way in which you are to go. God richly BLESS you. ~Deanna
4 comments:
Happy November to you Deanna.
I loved seeing all the beautiful coloured leaves at your place.
that is beautiful what your Granddaughter said, that the leaves were dancing.
Hugs
Carolyn
GORGEOUS pictures. We're not having much fall color this year. Too much rain and wind and all the leaves were almost gone before they turned.
Loved autumn this year. Unbelievable colors, too bad they don't "hang" around longer. This morning most of the trees around our house are bare. Thanks to the cool November wind yesterday afternoon. It was a picture perfect fall day.
The pictures did a good job of capturing the colors of the trees.
Artist.
Glorious pictures Deanna! I loved the red and the orange ones but the lovely yellows are nice too.
Yes, the "leaves are dancing" and will soon be gone,...but oh how we have enjoyed the rapture of their beauty this year! Much more beautiful than I have ever seen them here in Kansas!
Sounds like you have a lot of yard worked planned. I am not that ambitious. But I am sure that you will make it look wonderful!!!
Thanks for sharing the lovely trees my friend.
Linda @ Truthful Tidbits
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