Use what you have, use what the world gives you. Use the first day of fall: bright flame before winter’s deadness; harvest; orange, gold, amber; cool nights and the smell of fire. Our tree-lined streets are set ablaze, our kitchens filled with the smells of nostalgia: apples bubbling into sauce, roasting squash, cinnamon, nutmeg,…
My favorite boy toy and I spent a lovely day in late 2011 wandering our way home along the Skyline Drive, which goes through the Shenandoah National Park in Virginia. As I wrote here, we’d already taken the time off from work. Whether we rushed it or just took a leisurely drive, we had already invested the…
This week’s Six Word Friday uses the word “sound”, something I was thinking about after my walk last weekend at the Lewis Ginter Botanical Gardens: Autumn has more sounds than expected. I don’t know why, but I was expecting a quiet, contemplative walk around the gardens, enjoying silence and beauty. The beauty was there, but…
It happens this way every year – I see all the photos from family, blogs, and on the Internet of bright fall foliage. It’s gorgeous and colorful and I am oh-so-jealous. Fall comes later to central Virginia and in early November, I finally decide we’ve missed it. The colors are nice, but nothing spectacular. And…
Today’s Wordless Wednesday comes from the Lewis Ginter Botanical Gardens last weekend: Enjoy the rest of your week!
Here’s my entry for Wordless Wednesday, from Colonial Williamsburg last weekend. I’ve also updated my header to use this photo. Happy Wednesday! The temperatures have dipped here and I actually wore my winter coat to work today. Yuck!
This week’s travel theme at Where’s My Backpack is “bright” and as I reviewed my photos from this weekend’s trip to Colonial Williamsburg, I thought it was a great way to select some photos for sharing! My favorite boy toy and I started our day early, rolling out of bed and getting on the road…
It doesn’t take much for me to find a daily dose of happiness. Today it was a lovely walk during lunch. It was sunny, nearly 70 degrees, minimal wind and there is still fall color to be seen. Oh joy! Word for tomorrow – CHECK. If you prefer to work ahead, see the list for the…
Several weeks ago, I posted about my desire to celebrate both big and small events in my life. Today had two – it was Veteran’s Day and it was also one of the few days with a numeric synchronization – 11-11-11. There aren’t too many of them, and I let last year (10-10-10) go by without…
Living The Seasons 