Sometimes moments in life can be scrumptious (skrump'shes), adj. extremely pleasing, especially to the taste, delectable ♥
Wally helped Rob move a great piece of furniture...I plan to store scrapbook supplies in it. The top level opens and there are 6 drawers which are about 13x13" each!
Now, there's a fire softly burning, smoke coming out of our chimney, Rob is asleep on the couch, & Hannah and Olivia are playing with their dolls.
Yesterday, I made some chicken noodle soup, I boiled 2 quarts of water, added some bouillon, chicken broth, leftover baked chicken and tri-colored carrots that I chopped up and dried parsley flakes...it was hearty and filling! That's comfort food.
Wrapping it up... This is what we like to do: we make our own wrapping paper, using paper grocery bags and use the toilet paper roll as a circle stamp... wrap up a gift in newspaper or the comics! Can you sew? Make a simple re-usable bag out of fabric, gather the top and tie with a pretty ribbon. Do you have a 12 x 12 piece of paper? This box will hold a gift (half dozen cookies, handmade cards, a pair of socks, etc) that is 2 x 4 x 4 and can be used over and over, too!
It's really fall...temperatures are falling. Today we finally turned on the heat. We have the old hot-water radiators in our house. Rob and I plan to get the girls each a down comforter, we actually have 2 queen sized ones...they keep us so cozy and warm!
Below is one of my favorite layouts from this summer. It makes me shiver just to look at it, now that's the air is cool, but at the time it was sultry.
Such a tiny, sweet little bunny...we think Minty is a girl, but aren't sure. She loves to eat mint leaves out of the garden, as well as, dandelion greens, apples, carrots, bananas, pears, etc. That was a year and a half ago, I'll share a recent photo, later...
What do you think of our new wooden beam mantle? It was just stone before, but Rob found this beam (a barn was being torn down nearby).
I made another batch of biscotti last night. Mmm!
We went on a hiking a few days ago. The leaves were gorgeous, mostly green still, but LOTS of brightly colored yellow, some orange and red leaves, that look like fire!
Today at my work, their school, the children found leaves and did crayon rubbings. 
Cleopatra...my sister's cat cleaning is herself. She's such a sweet little cat, we're guessing she's about a year old, she just got her a month ago and has been out of town a lot lately, so we've been "cat-sitting."
