Remembrance - Day 33 of 40

Two folks who I have no doubt

have carried me in their thoughts and prayers

during the hard, feel-like-I'm-falling parts  

of my journey.

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Saturday Snippets

A different door leads to a different Mary.

💙. 💙. 💙

Fine Fall Flower

Raking leaves is quite the

seemingly unending

task.

On this day, 

Hubby took 5 pick-up loads of leaves

(from the front yard alone!)

and added them to

what he calls our 

"Mount Leafmore."

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Delightful Fall Morning

Yesterday's walk to the mailbox 

included delighting in the fact 

that we still have some pretty fall color. 

❤️   .   🍁   .   💛

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Incandescent Grace

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New Mercies Every Morning

💛    .    🙏🏻   .    🍁

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Autumn Afternoon Invitation

After walking to the mailbox on this gorgeous day,

I decided to spend some time in my swing.

As I was formatting the above picture,

this little red leaf gently floated down, 

landing on my mail-filled sack.

An invitation to look up and pay attention? 

 😉

As I was walking in, I found this *huge* leaf!

I decided to bring it in 

along with my playful little red reminder.

Such a festive, personal invitation to be Grounded right here 

and to find Joy in this very moment. 

🍁  .  ❤️  .  🍁

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Morning Maple Minuet

🍁    .    ❤️   .    🍁

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Checkin' In on My Loves

Lookie at who I went to check on this morning. 

🍁. ❤️. 🍂

#ILoveTrees

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Grounded in the Light

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Soccer Finale

Our soccer players and their trophies. 

We sure enjoyed watching both of them play this season!

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Morning Glory

❤️   .     🍁   .     ❤️

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Shutter Happy ~ Day 18 ~ I Made This

It brings me great pleasure 

to pull out this little fall-themed tabletop quilt 

that I made several years ago. 

#shutterhappy

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Shutter Happy ~ Day 17 ~ My Favorite Time of Day

One of my absolute favorite times of the day 

is my walk to the mailbox, 

especially on a glorious autumn afternoon. 

#shutterhappy 

#nofilter

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Shutter Happy ~ Day 14 ~ Nature

Hands down, Fall is my very favorite season of the year. Growing up on the Texas prairie 

where there weren't many trees, we often made an annual family pilgrimage to New Mexico. 

We oohed and ahhed at the glorious golden aspens and took many a picture. Smiling fondly 

because even tho we knew from years of experience that a photo can never quite capture 

Autumn's beauty?  We still tried (and tried 😉).

I also very much enjoyed visiting what I came to fondly refer to as "The Cauliflower Hills." 

The reds, oranges, golds, and greens covering the large hills on either side of the road sang 

out to my heart. In my mind's eye, each bush resembled a cauliflowerette and, nestled 

together, they looked like a cheerful patchwork quilt in a "head of cauliflower" pattern.


I talked to Daddy this afternoon and he said that my beloved "Cauliflower Hills" are located 

on the small road heading south from Taos, NM to the tiny town of Mora, probably actually 

more south of Mora (on 518). He said he thinks all of the cauliflowerettes are probably 

scrub oak. 　

What a delight to now have leaves of many colors in my own front yard! Well, she adds 

with a twinkling grin, that is until leaf raking time. 😉

Who knew there were so many leaves up there?! 

❤️   .   🍁   .   💛   .   🍂   .   ❤️

#shutterhappy

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Shutter Happy ~ Day 13 ~ Something Good to Eat

Last night's bowl of warm Roasted Butternut Squash Soup 

was nourishing to both body and soul, 

as was the time spent making it. 

Such good medicine for an aching heart 

to take a screen break 

and focus on peeling root vegetables, 

roasting them, 

and simmering them with vegetable broth and spices. 

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Garlic toast and a cup of milk 

were the perfect soul-satisfying accompaniments. 

#shutterhappy

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Shutter Happy ~ Day 3 ~ Someone Who Makes Me Smile

Taking a moment to say "hey" to Mary 

always brings a warm smile.

👋🏻   .   ❤️   .   🙏🏻

(As does finding a new angle of her) 

#shutterhappy

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Happy Michaelmas!

Mary, the Archangels (it's their feast day today!),

and I all said a prayer for you today. 

🙏🏻  .  ❤️  .  🕯

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Running by for a Visit

Guess who I went to go see? 

Needed to drive around awhile 

so I could get our truck's emissions tested 

so I decided to go say hey. 

👋🏻  .  ❤️  .  🌳  .  🚒

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Outlet

A few quiet moments enjoying my swing

on another perfectly lovely fall afternoon

is a fine way to unplug and recharge.

Recover, too.

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Smiling because when I took this photo,

I honestly thought our prompt for today's 

#BreatheSeptember2017

was Outlet.  

In looking back, no telling *where* I got that prompt!

It wasn't anywhere on our list.

I then double-checked my August Break list, 

which was still handy and it wasn't on there either.

I did need the break from screen time today 

so it was actually pretty perfect.

Maybe the angels whispered it to me?

Yes, I think so.

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Swing Time . . .

. . . on a gorgeous afternoon.

Still not feeling well yet.

Just walking to the mailbox wore me out

so I sat in my swing for a bit,

allowing nature's medicine to do her work.

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