I LOVE FALL COLORS

Hello, friends!  I just put up a video on YouTube about the fall colors and thought I would share my pictures here also.  I love fall and especially the trees and bushes turning color.  So here are some of the photos I took.

These first ones are from when I went to see my oncologist.  The trees in the parking lot were gorgeous.  I drove out slowly, stopping every now and then to grab my camera.

These were taken as I was driving home.

Two days later I had to go to the hospital for a test.  These were taken in the hospital's parking lot and as I was driving out of the lot.

The next photos are when Joe and I went to the bank.  He went inside and I sat in the car taking pictures.

And these last couple were taken in my neighborhood.

They are so pretty and these weren't even the best.  There were so many more beautiful trees and bushes that I saw while I was driving and couldn't stop to photograph them.  The bright reds, oranges and yellows are my favorites.

Hope you enjoyed these photos.  Fall is wonderful, but the cold and snow that comes after it is what kills me.  Next week the temperatures are supposed to drop and the weather become brutal.  I have to find my winter coats, scarves, hats, etc.  They are in some box or bag somewhere.

Hope you enjoyed this and I will be back soon.

Kathy

 

HALLOWEEN

 

Hello, friends!  And welcome to November.  Boy has the time gone quickly.  The end of the year will be here before we know it.

It was our first year for Halloween here in the new house and we did not know what to expect.  Joe asked one of our neighbors if there were a lot of kids that showed up and he said no.  So, I bought enough candy for 30 kids.

Around 5:00 p.m. we went out to our deck and sat there in the beautiful weather with a jack-o-lantern filled with M&Ms and peanut butter cups.  It was dead.  Someone was blasting spooky music and songs like "The Monster Mash".  So much fun.  Lots and lots of birds were flying overhead and landing on the electrical wires.  It was sort of eerie.

As we waited the sun began to set.  The sky turned such beautiful colors.  We were enjoying this a lot.  We even saw a planet, but I don't know which one it was.  

I knew we lived close to the Delaware River, but didn't realize we were so close that I could walk to it.  I asked Joe why the silver truck I was looking at didn't move. He said that it wasn't a truck, it was the river.  The trees I saw turning colors were really in New Jersey.  Oops!

Finally, some kids came around.  They were wearing the best costumes.  The first was a group of three kids with their father (or grandfather?).  The one kid was dressed as Tyrannosaurus Rex.  So cool.  The next group had a kid dressed as a minion.  A BIG minion.  There were a few other kids around too.  But since we are a tiny block off the beaten track with no kids on the street a lot of people didn't even know we were there.  Joe fell in love with one little girl dressed as a princess.  She was about 3 or 4 and adorable.

There were a lot of people going home from the businesses around here as we sat out.  One man was walking down the middle of the street and looked so tired.  I guess he was going to the bus stop a block away.  Joe got up and handed him some candy and said, "Happy Halloween."  The man gave him a big smile and said thank you.  It doesn't take much to make someone happy.

Around 7:00 p.m. it was starting to get cold, so we went in.  Usually at our old house we had around 4 or 5 kids.  We got 13 here.  And of course, Joe and I finished up the candy.  We were giving each kid two pieces so there wasn't a lot left.

We called out for sandwiches for dinner, and I was told they were very busy.  It would be about an hour until it could be delivered.  So Joe and I finished the candy.  Three little bags of M&Ms apiece.  I am so glad to not have candy hanging around the house.

Now it's on to the holidays.  I always feel that November 1 is the beginning of the holiday season.  And it seems to have come very quickly this year.

I'm going to get off of here and get dinner started.  We were so short on money last month that I put in only one grocery order.  I have one last dinner in the house.  I have a package of beef cubes.  I'm going to cook them in some beef gravy and serve them over mashed potatoes with a veggie on the side.  I put in an order to ShopRite this afternoon.  I asked to have it delivered because it is so large, and it will show up tomorrow afternoon.  Yay!

I will see you all soon.  Thanks for stopping by.

Kathy

CATCHING UP WITH SEPTEMBER

 Hello, friends.  Hope you enjoyed seeing all of the pictures yesterday from August.  So today I thought I would share the ones from September.  Here goes.

The beginning of the month my brother and sister came to help me with the kitchen.  They did so much cleaning out of things and even helped me by building the pantry.  A much bigger job than anticipated.  We thought it would take about 30 to 45 minutes and it ended up taking over three hours.  There is no way I could have done it myself.  There were over 35 steps to putting it together and hundreds of pieces.  But they did it!  It is so great to have more space to put things.  The first picture is a fuzzy one of Larry, the second one of Elaine.  They both worked so hard.

And here is the finished product.  I even made Joe a coffee bar on it.  It doesn't look big but holds a lot!

Isn't this a beautiful picture?  I wish I knew where it was.  I found it on my camera, but don't remember taking it.  If anyone can tell me, please do.

A nice picture of Joe sitting in our one and only chair.

Here is the finished window all put back together from being broken.  Ray did a great job.

On September 16th Joe and I celebrated our 18th wedding anniversary.  We went to East Coast Wings and Grill for lunch.  We hadn't been there in awhile.  Everything was so good.  Joe got a burger and fries.  Their burgers are HUGE!

I had bone-in wings with golden honey barbecue sauce and fries.  So good.

I was so full that I couldn't even finish mine.  But Joe wanted a chocolate shake for dessert.  He was one happy camper.

And that's it for September.  I'll be back soon with October's photos.  Have a wonderful day!

Kathy