redhenfarm

Wow, Westie, you are a "last minute woman". I want to see the scarecrow, too. I wish there were "scare pigeons".

Welcome to the porch!

So cats rule in your household

I am down to one, Bobbi, since my little Janey passed on last month. I've had up to three at a time.

It will be good to get to know you.

Here's another autumn lover. We usually have wonderful Indian Summers so I remember starting back to school and getting too warm wearing a new sweater or jacket to school.I love the crisp, cool air and the smell of autumn. My kids are grown and I don't have grandchildren but I decorate for autumn. I put a mailbox cover on my mailbox that has a country barn and lots of pumpkins. I have two garden flags that I change to one with a woman in her kitchen with the harvest and another with a squirrel. I have a big basket I got a good deal on and right now I have about 5 little mums of different colors on the front doorstep (we're already in the 60s most days). Golly I need to pull out my autumn box to see what all is in there.

I also choose to see positive in seeing the children come to Trick or Treat and enjoy giving them candy but I feel a bit sad that no longer can you make homemade cookies and not have them thrown out because some people have ruined it for all. I love Thanksgiving although I wish I had a DIL who wanted to cook/help. DH is engrossed in ball games on TV. My oldest son works on Thursdays but if he's here he makes the best gravy. Our Japanese Maple usually loses it's leaves in November. They used to blow away down the hill somewhere but the last two years they land in our driveway I almost am embarrassed to admit it but I miss the comforting sound of the heat coming on in the morning. Soon enough, soon enough.

Eleven miles here.

Good afternoon:

I'm cleaning. Wouldn't you know I ran my vacuum cleaner into the afghan fringe and I sure hope the belt didn't get ruined. I could smell the burned rubber. Rats!

We are expecting rain all week. Two days of pouring down rain on the weekend but now it's rain and then some clearings. The leaves on the Japanese Maple are starting to turn but that's pretty much as usual for here at this time of year.

Tomatoes and cucumbers are taking off, zucchini and green beans are growing and the pumpkin is taking off. I'm curious to see how those white pumpkins look and how many I get.

I'm going to bake cinnamon puff muffins this afternoon then I hope to freeze some.

At lunch DH put in his order for some homemade bread so that will be another day this week.

Buttercup: What a perfect job for you! It works so well with your kids and convenience. My youngest son is only making $7.50 after being with a manufacturing company for 5 years. He keeps hoping they'll do the right thing by him - I hope so. Our value isn't by the dollar sign we earn but we need enough to get by.

Unikemom: I can smell your potroast cooking way over here.

Theyd: What a houseful, lady!

Countrymom: Have you read all of Beverly Lewis's books? I've got The Shining, The Confession and The Reckoning set to start when I finish my current book.I've heard a lot of good about them.

Snowmom: Wow! Frost already. Have a good week with Pooh and Tigger.

Diinmi: Bet it feels good to have the wood taken care of and in a good place.

Becca Anne: Isn't it amazing what can hide in your closet? I need to do just what you are doing.

With fall/winter just around the corner this is a good topic to bring up again.

Thank heavens I'm not working in that place any longer. It was said all staff or students arriving there got the "TP (name of the place) Crud".

I believe fluids - all of the above mentioned - and rest is essential.

Jan

Good for him! The garbage can lid would be just the kind of depth birds need.

Jan

Hoppin' in here late afternoon.

You girls are sure funny today. I love the chit chat.

Today I used some of that shower/tile cleaner with bleach and ruined one of my towels. I put it on the floor to catch the shower curtain drips and didn't spray near the edge but it got it anyway. Drat!

They finished up on the roofing nextdoor today and I'm glad. Can't go in your own back yard without the guys oggling even an old gal like me! Good grief!

We just had our fifth case of West Nile Virus here. The first was within the week. I heard it effects the crows and jays. I love our stellar jays and hope they remain safe.

DH and I are trying to come up with a plan to build some trellises this weekend. One is for the back yard near the patio where I want to plant some clematis. Eventually we found a picture of one that is more like an arbor with lattice on both sides and a seat in the middle. That would look so cool and DH likes it, too.

I can't believe we're at the weekend already!

I used to watch Days of Our Lives, Another World and Texas. Don't watch them now. I watch Dr. Phil sometimes. I'm always amazed people are willing to go on there and tell the world about their problems. Wonder what their coworkers, neighbors and relatives think.

Have a great Friday evening.

I'm so sorry about your cat.

We live on a horrible street for pets being hit. We're on a hill and cars go too fast so you don't know they are coming until they are right there. Bobbi used to cross the street a lot (she also knows how to stay away from raccoons) but now she is content to stay in our yard or our next door neighbors. She wouldn't even go outside while they did the roofing next door the past two days.

Hope your dd is able to deal with this loss.

Can we have foot rests with those adirondack chairs so we can put our feet up?

No, I don't have any audio books. I used to love listening to my grandmother's "talking books for the blind" and an aunt I used to spend summers with qualified for those also - in those days they were in record form. Now I'm sure they are tapes or maybe even CDs. My aunts would get done with their household chores and sit down in the afternoon to listen to a story. I remember "reading" Agatha Christie and Pearl Buck in particular and DH remembers listening to Seven Days In May on my aunt's records. They had one grumpy mailman who really resented having to pick up the containers.

I just started The Children's Hour by Marge Willett. I really enjoyed her two previous books.

Mare, I have The Cereal Murders that I got at a garage sale or something but haven't read yet. I'll have to put it on my soon list.

Good morning everyone

I'm slow moving this morning because I woke up with a headache. Headache part is gone but waiting for the yucky feeling to pass.

DH and I went to see Manchurian Candidate last night which was really good.

This morning I wondered why Bobbi (our little short tail cat) came right back in the house - turns out they are roofing next door and she must not like the people/noise. I think they were removing shingles. That house is about the same age as ours and it's been 10 years now that we had to remove shingles because there were just too many courses on there. A lot of people in this area are getting those metal roofs. I don't like the way they look, but if they last a long, long time maybe it's a good deal. There's a neat old two story barn style house across and down two houses and they put that roof on and somehow it doesn't look at nice.

I'm decluttering today. Going through books and stuff.

Have a good day everyone.

Glad to have you join us on the porch.

Thirteen miles for me.

I received postcards from Joan and Snowmom. What fun.

Good morning everyone in.

Happy Birthday, Nana!

Not really but I have DH tell me when Michael Phelps is competing so I can watch him. We were watching some of the Monk marathon last night and flipping over to the Olympics. Curious that the women's volleyball wear skimpy little costumes.Hmmmm. Do the men wear bikini short things? Doubt it. It bothers me that some of the young girls look absolutely anorexic.

Good morning everyone Praying all goes well at your checkup.

Theyd: Yep, D doesn't always stand for Darling.

Unikemom: Hurray for the peaches. I can just about smell them! Mmmmmmm.

Have a great Monday everyone.

Great pictures, Lois!

Cat, what makes you think the exchange would improve things I say after listening to a gripey person because we stopped at the Sunday Market on our way home from church and whine, I don't want to be here, whine- you always like to shop, whine..... So now he is happy sitting in the other room in front of the television. Hrrrmph!

In a glass in the medicine cabinet. DH keeps his in the other bathroom cabinet. I like Lois's idea. It always seems to me unsanitary just standing there in the glass.

Jan

Good morning everyone

I received a postcard of the wonderful courthouse in Lancaster, SC from SC Mary.

How fun to see that part of the country. The cabins remind me of the ones I first went to a retreat at. Thanks for sharing.

I love the cobbler style apron, too. Golly, I wear mine when I cook and just leave it on when I go out in the garden. Mine has pockets that are handy and it fastens at the back of the neck with velcro. I've been thinking I surely could make one of these if I ever figure out my sewing machine