THIS IS THE LINK TO MY BLOGGER JOURNAL...hope to see you all there...
What's New at My House will become the new spot for 'GOOD MORNING SUNSHINE'
It will take awhile to make the transition, but starting tomorrow I'll put this link in this journal again and do my entry in the blogger journal.
After saying ALOHA and writing about changes...little did I know this would be coming.
See you all there !
ma
Autumn is a reminder
that each of us is
beautiful in our uniqueness
The aster has not wasted spring and summer because it has not blossomed. It has been all the time preparing for what is to follow, and in autumn it is the glory of the field, and only the frost lays it low.
So there are many people who must live forty or fifty years, and have the crude sap of their natural dispositions changed and sweetened before the blossoming time can come; but their lives have not been wasted.
Henry Ward Beecher
GOOD MORNING !
I wish that we all could be satisfied with who we are. I'm not the same person I was a few years ago and I will not be the same 10 years from now. I don’t really know if I’ve reached my peak or not, but I know I’ll never stop trying to reach it.
After reading about peak colors in flowers I discovered there are several lessons to be learned from them.
Flowers take their time at achieving their peak of color.
Some have a longer season than others.
Other flowers compliment each other and because of that seem to be all the more colorful.
Prolonged flower life can often be aided by dead heading
It’s TERRIFIC Tuesday once again. This is supposed to be our most productive day of the week. Now that we have Monday out of the way things should go a lot smoother.
I’ll be adding a chapter and a page in my book tomorrow It will bring a new month and lots of new topics to share.
THOUGHT FOR TODAY
Perhaps you haven't hit your peak yet,
and your time of blooming has not yet arrived.
Be patient, and keep living and learning.
Your time will come, and when it does,
it will be as beautiful as the asters in the autumn,
the asters who have waited patiently
all through spring and summer
while the other flowers
all were showing off their beauty
Fall wishes for
Simple pleasures
Beautiful memories
Love in your heart
Happy reflections
And much to be thankful for always
Ma
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Autumn is a reminder
that each of us is beautiful
in our uniqueness
In my life I pass through many seasons, and it would be silly to wear my summer clothes in the cold air of winter, just as it would be very uncomfortable to wear my winter coat when the summer temperatures outside are in the 90's
Probably the most important thing that we can do about the seasons of our lives is to accept them, to be aware of them and let them be. We need to put on a coat in autumn, and we need to stay indoors more in the winter.
We tend to accept those realities very easily. Only when we learn how to do these things will we be going with the flow of life and allowing our lives to follow the cues that this beautiful world of ours gives us
Tom Walsh
Autumn is a good season for beginning to live gently. Let us use this autumn season to celebrate life and give thanks for our good fortunes
GOOD MORNING !
Autumn is the time of maturity and harvest. In each season, there is a widespread mood that can inspire touching reflection. Autumn ushers in crisp, chilly mornings and evenings. There is a shortening of days and a lengthening of shadows.
Each new season brings with it familiar joys that canbe pleasurable to reacquaint yourself with. Nostalgia can typify the 'autumn' of our lives. I know everyone has their own way of doing it- looking through old letters, and albums of photographs.
The other day, I had on some 70's rock and the wave of nostalgia that hit me reminded me it was Autumn. You don't have to listen to 70's rock - choose your own. And I wouldn't advise staying in the nostalgic mood for too long (unless you like depression and fatigue), but a little bit of "retrospection" does the body and soul good.
As in every season, we are invited to take our cues from rhythms of the Earth. This is a time of harvest -- for giving thanks for the bounty in our lives. If I hear myself respond "My life doesn't feel bountiful," it's time for me to pause and go deeper ... deeper into awareness, into gratitude take stock, honor the harvest & give thanks!
I need to pull on a sweater and take a walk in the chill of the evening, tuning my body in to the subtle shifting of green to gold and come home to a warm cup of apple cider, and an hour or so of quiet contemplation
THOUGHT FOR TODAY
Surround yourself with the loves
& blessings of your life.
Celebrate
So many shades of gold Autumn
Another miracle we take for granted
Another expression of the artist's vision
The blending of the autumn hues
with the setting sun
Warm
Comforting
Perfect
Thank you for autumn, Lord
Fall wishes for
Simple pleasures
Beautiful memories
Love in your heart
Happy reflections
And much to be thankful for always
Ma
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Autumn is a reminder
that each of us is beautiful
in our uniqueness
How do the geese know
when to fly to the sun?
Who tells them the seasons?
How do we, humans,
know when it is time to move on?
As with the migrant birds,
so surely with us,
there is a voice within,
if only we would listen to it,
that tells us so certainly when
to go forth into the unknown.
Elisabeth Kuebler-Ross
GOOD EVENING EVERYONE!
We were blessed with a beautiful fall weekend. I hope yours was a great one too.
It was a little cloudy at times and a jacket was needed now and then too, but it was delightful just to be back at my camper and enjoy the smell of autumn.
All I had to do was step out of my car and the fragrance of fall was almost overwhelming. We camp in the woods and although there is a still a lot of green on the trees, many are turning color and lots of leaves have already fallen.
Their fall was hastened by the storm we had 2 Sundays ago, I’m sure, but there is no mistaking the fact that Autumn has arrived in full force.
We had a little adventure on Saturday as we went to a festival called the ‘Prairie Peddler’. It was located not far from where we camp so we thought it would be great to take a look. A few thousand others also thought it would be great too. I say thousands but I’m not really sure of the number, it just looked like that many people. I know they travel from miles around to go there.
Then Saturday evening was the Season Campers ‘Thank You’ dinner sponsored by the Campground Owners. It was a delicious meal of Ham, Scalloped Potatoes, green beans, salad and cake for dessert. After being on the go all day at the festival it was nice to come back and have dinner all prepared and we didn’t have to clean up afterward either.
This morning I went off to the little church near by then relaxed a little with coffee and donuts back at the camper. The grand’babes’ and I spent a little time with a fall craft project and then we lunched and packed up our things for the trip home.
After a cloudy start to the day the Sunshine came out in all it’s glory so the trip home was a very scenic and pleasant one for sure. Now it’s that time of the week when I must turn my thoughts around and get prepared for a new work week. It’s back to reality and work again in the morning.
THOUGHT FOR TODAY
Lord, grant me the hindsight
to know where I have been,
the foresight to know where I am going,
and the insight to know when
I have gone too far
Fall wishes for
Simple pleasures
Beautiful memories
Love in your heart
Happy reflections
And much to be thankful for always
Ma
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Autumn is a reminder
That each of us is beautiful
in our uniqueness
One of the difficulties we face in our industrialized age is the fact we've lost our sense of seasons. Unlike the farmer whose priorities change with the seasons, we have become impervious to the natural rhythm of life. As a result, we have our priorities out of balance
For farmers, springtime is their most active time. It's then when they must work around the clock, getting up before the sun and still toiling at the stroke of midnight. They must keep their equipment running at full capacity because they have but a small window of time for the planting of their crops. Eventually winter comes when there is less for them to do to keep him busy.
There is a lesson here. Learn to use the seasons of life. Decide when to pour it on and when to ease back, when to take advantage and when to let things ride. It's easy to keep going from nine to five year in and year out and lose a natural sense of priorities and cycles.
Don't let one year blend into another in a seemingly endless parade of tasks and responsibilities. Keep your eye on your own seasons, lest you lose sight of value and substance
JIM ROHN
May your autumn be a very special time for you this year, and please remember that only you can make it so
GOOD MORNING !
Autumn is upon us... the leaves on our big trees are changing with vibrant reds, yellows and oranges all around. So beautiful, falling and floating to the ground where, upon their landing, they create quite a mess... where is the rake?
Life is so like this season... so beautiful and quite a mess at the same time. Don't worry about the mess right now... grab yourself a cup of coffee, tea or hot chocolate... relax and celebrate the day with me.
It is Friday after all !
The last day of my work week has finally arrived and after work I’ll get to go out to my camper for the weekend. I’ve got every thing ready and waiting to pick up at home when I leave work and that includes the beagle.
I’ve packed some warmer clothing as I know the evenings and early morning will be chilly. It still warms up nicely during the day but come dark it does turn cool.
The campground is having it’s annual seasonal dinner on Saturday for those that are like me and have their camper permanently parked there. We don’t have to take a thing as they are treating us and having it catered.
I hope your weekend is a great one and that you find something to SMILE about. I’ll be back Sunday evening and hopefully have some new pictures for you.
THOUGHT FOR TODAY
The grand essentials of happiness are:
something to do,
something to love,
and something to hope for.
Allan K. Chalmers
Fall wishes for
Simple pleasures
Beautiful memories
Love in your heart
Happy reflections
And much to be thankful for always
Ma
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Autumn is a reminder
that each of us is beautiful
in our uniqueness
There are many wonderful lessons that we can learn from autumn and the turning of the season. Nature knows that in order to maintain its vitality, it must go through austere periods, periods when it gets by with a bare minimum of everything, when its normal riches aren't on display for the world to see.
Every autumn, it must "lose" the beauty that it has put so much effort into creating and becoming, and it must spend time lying dormant, waiting for the time to come when it can once more burst forth in its splendor
Sometimes, autumn isn't a choice. Broken relationships, job layoffs, the death of loved ones, and many other things can push us into a period in which it seems as if we're losing everything. But we aren't losing anything, for nothing on this planet really is ours.
Instead, we're being pushed into a winter in which we need to lay low for a while, fulfilling our responsibilities and obligations, but realizing all the time that spring is right around the corner, just waiting for us to be ready for it
Our lives are full of cycles, possibly even more than those of nature. We go through chapters in our emotional, spiritual, intellectual, and other types of development. But we have to let chapters end if we're to move on to the next chapter, and we have to let seasons run their course if the next season is to come on time.
Tom Walsh
GOOD MORNING !
Seasons do happen for us all. Young and old. As my journal entries reflect, one Chapter ends and goes onto the next. Time goes on and we sometimes struggle with it’s swiftness.
Now I’ve reached the autumn season of my life. It is a beautiful season and though greatly mellowed by time, I can still feel full of vigor and much-inspired to continue with some of my endeavors. But I am aware that winter is not far off.
I see the autumn leaves, green and gold, dropping from the trees, leaving them bare for next spring and on such a day as this, my mind carries me back
Though autumn is not my favorite time, I actually welcome each season of the year and look forward to the inevitable, predictable changes it will bring. Should it not be so with the seasons of life?
Even though the pace is slower, crunching fallen leaves underfoot without the ever-pressing responsibility of rearing small children imparts a different sort of joy. I'm content to be in autumn and do not wish to relive spring or summer. Memories of them still linger—and suffice
Our taste buds and noses get in on the seasonal change too. This is harvest time. New crops of apples delight our taste buds with varying combinations of crunch, sweet and tart. Our diets seem to change come September. Light salads give way to hearty soups and stews. Soon fires will warm our homes and hearts as family and loved ones gather around
Memories of how special this time of the year has been for us is a good thing. But sometimes we can get stuck in our memories and lose sight of current possibilities. There should be a plaque in my home that reads, "Never let your memories be greater than your dreams."
It is comforting to surround ourselves with our memories. We know how the rituals of yesterday turned out. But, as the old saying goes, it is hard to move forward looking in the rearview mirror Yesterday is gone and tomorrow is not promised, so what we have is today.
The beauty of today is not dependent on the weather. We can have good days when it is pouring rain and on cloudless sun-drenched days. Our attitude can make today a wonderful day or just another 24 hours to endure
Our memories of autumns gone by can warm us, but the best part of this season is uncovering new surprises and abundant blessings that await us each new day
THOUGHT FOR TODAY
The book of life is lived in chapters,
so know your page number.
Fall wishes for
Simple pleasures
Beautiful memories
Love in your heart
Happy reflections
And much to be thankful for always
Ma
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Autumn is a reminder
that each of us is beautiful
in our uniqueness
For the beauty of the earth
For the glory of the skies,
For the love which from our birth
Over and around us lies.
Lord of all, to Thee we raise,
This our hymn of grateful praise.
For the beauty of each hour,
Of the day and of the night,
Hill and vale, and tree and flower,
Sun and moon, and stars of light.
For the joy of ear and eye,
For the heart and mind’s delight,
For the mystic harmony
Linking sense to sound and sight.
Lord of all, to Thee we raise,
This our hymn of grateful praise.
GOOD MORNING !
In the comments for my entry yesterday I found some ideas about what to do in my journal come November. Many thanks to those that made suggestions.
- holidays; that is always good to talk about, thanksgiving, gifts, preparations
- our typical thanksgiving symbols. like the cornucopia and the turkey and so on
Oh yes, there will be many things to write about as we approach the holidays. Not everyone around the world celebrates Thanksgiving as we in the USA do, but I know that everyone will be able find something to be thankful for.
I'll be celebrating the holidays here in my journal and hope no matter who you are or where you come from you'll find something that will give meaning to your day and encourages you to SMILE.
I do try to always write about something that I've found inspirational. I've found I need these bits and pieces to help me get started each day. I only hope they help someone else too.
THOUGHT FOR TODAY
Thanksgiving Day will soon be here
It comes around but once a year
If I could only have my way,
We'd have Thanksgiving every day
Fall wishes for
Simple pleasures
Beautiful memories
Love in your heart
Happy reflections
And much to be thankful for always
Ma
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Autumn is a reminder
that each of us is beautiful
in our uniqueness
SAVOURING SEPTEMBER
If summer is a symphony,
September is a minuet.
Though September plays host to summer's end.
There is a delicacy as the first
leaf falls gracefully
From a tree.
There is a quietude in our spirits
As twilight descends ever so much earlier.
We remember we picked up our books
And returned to school.
We recall how lovely it was
To walk in the late afternoon
Surrounded by such beauty,
Of autumn's splendor.
And the first time we needed that
Gorgeous sweater. And we gather in
During this golden time
To our private places,
And to our ultimate thoughts.
We seek our joys by the fireplace,
Rekindled after its summer rest.
And gather in the beauty
And treasure every moment
Of this golden time of year!
Author Unknown
GOOD MORNING!
We are having another beautiful day in northern Ohio today. Warm and sunny!!! We are being blessed by a whole week of nice weather according to the weather man. I know it won’t last for ever so I’m taking advantage of it while I can.
It is TERRIFIC TUESDAY and I must say that fits the description of the weather anyway! Evenings and on into morning is on the cool side though, so we know that Autumn is in the air
Sometimes when we’ve been outside so much it is just nice to enjoy the coziness of being inside our homes. I do that all week long it seems, but come this weekend I’ll be outside most of the time and will enjoy the campfire in the evening.
My camper was stocked with shorts and tank tops and swim suits. Now I’ll be taking jeans, flannel shirts, sweatshirts and jackets along. I am beginning to wonder what I’ll write about when camping season ends. I’ll have to be thinking about some special topics come NOVEMBER.
THOUGHT FOR TODAY
...The winds will blow
their own freshness into you,
and the storms their energy,
while cares will drop away
from you like the leaves of Autumn.
by John Muir
Fall wishes for
Simple pleasures
Beautiful memories
Love in your heart
Happy reflections
And much to be thankful for always
Ma
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Autumn is a reminder that each of us in beautiful in our uniqueness
SUMMER TIME IS GONE MY FRIENDS.
Summer time is gone my friends
It slowly comes but quickly ends.
It's been replaced by time called Autumn.
Nature changes hues from top
to bottom
Green gives way to red and gold.
A lovely vision to behold.
Whirling leaves go blowing by
Carrying smells of pumpkin pie.
The air turns crisp the sky fades grey.
Indian corn and bales of hay.
Overcoats and apple cider.
No more evenings on the glider.
The harvest moon so orange and round
Holidays will soon abound.
Chrysanthemum petals start to unfold
A lovely vision to behold.
Author Unknown
GOOD MORNING !
And a cheery welcome to fall today.
You all know I love the summertime (the BEACH in particular) but no matter what the season we need to make the most of whatever time we are blessed to have. The coffee definitely tastes better on a cool morning, but it’s harder to get out from under the warm covers.
My weekend was pretty good. I got to shop and visit with my youngest sister, I also got to spend some time on the back patio with my next door sister and we got the front porch painted. The weather was just awesomely beautiful all weekend.
The power came back on at the campground on Saturday morning, but by then I’d made other plans for things to be done around here (the porch) so I stayed home. My 3 days at the camper were already ruined so why not.
Next weekend and the following 3 will find me there once more (baring anymore power outages). The camping season ends on the last week of October and that will not be a camping weekend only one day to close every thing up and winterize til next season.
The campers stay permanently parked on the campsites we have. They really are just little homes away from home.
It’s back to work this morning…
I owe, I owe,
Its off to work I go…
THOUGHT FOR TODAY
I sit beside the fire and think of all that I have seen, of meadow-flowers and butterflies in summers that have been; Of yellow leaves and gossamer in autumns that there were, with morning mist and silver sun and wind upon my hair.
J. R. R. Tolkien
Fall wishes for
Simple pleasures
Beautiful memories
Love in your heart
Happy reflections
And much to be thankful for always
Ma
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Autumn is a reminder
that each of us in beautiful
in our uniqueness
Orange is most often associated with autumn, the time of harvest and completion, and colored leaves. The year has fulfilled the promises of spring and summer.
In some ways, orange is the color of farewell, for after this comes the bleakness of winter. In other ways it is a beginning: the start of the school year, and the time one gets back into the swing of so-called normal life
It is also beloved of those who create knock-knock jokes.
"Knock, knock." "Who's there?" "Orange." "Orange who?" "Orange [aren't] you going to let me in?"
Or, "Orange you glad you answered the door?"
Orange is vibrant. It's a combination of red and yellow so it shares some common attributes with those colors. It denotes energy, warmth, and the sun. But orange has a bit less intensity or aggression than red, calmed by the cheerfulness of yellow
Orange can be found in nature in the changing leaves of fall, the setting sun, and the skin and meat of citrus fruit.
Orange brings up images of autumn leaves, pumpkins, and (in combination with Black) Halloween. It represents the changing seasons so in that sense it is a color on the edge, the color of change between the heat of summer and the cool of winter.
After reading all that, I think orange could become my favorite color. I was surfing the net looking for more info on fall and ran into several articles about the color orange so I thought I might as well share them with you too.
We’ve all heard about living on the edge. Sounds a little dangerous or exciting doesn’t it? We are on the edge today and tomorrow we’ll FALL. That’s right…it will be officially Autumn tomorrow.
It’s been really hard saying good bye to summer for me this year. Although I really just said Aloha, not good bye and now we all know what Aloha means. If you don’t know and are just reading this for the first time, just go back to my entries at the beginning of September.
I’ll be going off to church at eleven this morning…I’ve only been there twice this summer as I’ve been going to the little church near the campground since April. I’ve gone to the same church since 1965 and it’s always like going home there as I know so many people and all is very welcoming and comfortable.
I’m in such a habit (some are good) of going, that it just isn’t right to stay home on Sunday morning no matter where I am. I’ll be saying some special prayers for all my friends and family today. There are so many needs and concerns and I ‘m sure our good Lord knows and cares about each and every one of them.
THOUGHT FOR TODAY
Days change so many things –
- yes, hours –
- we see so differently in suns and showers.
George Klingle
Fall wishes for
Simple pleasures
Beautiful memories
Love in your heart
Happy reflections
And much to be thankful for always
Ma
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Autumn is a reminder
that each of us is beautiful
in our uniqueness
Autumn. . . makes a double demand.
It asks that we prepare for the future-
-that we be wise in the ways
of garnering and keeping.
But it also asks that we learn to let go-
-to acknowledge the beauty
of sparseness.
Bonaro W. Overstreet
GOOD MORNING !
It seems the days of garnering and keeping are just about gone in our society today. There was a time when most people counted on stocking their pantries with food that they put up in jars during the summer to feed their family over the winter. Now it is convenient just about anytime of the year to go to the grocery store and buy what ever you need.
Farmers still have to put up hay and feed for their livestock and count on a good harvest as that is their livelihood, but we city folks know very little about that.
When my babes were little and I was a SAHM (stay at home mom) I always planted a garden and canned fruits and vegetables for the winter. It was nice to open a jar of homemade applesauce or sliced peaches in the middle of winter. Green beans would taste like they just came from the garden. The taste certain beats anything that comes out of a can.
I put away all those jars etc when I went back to work years ago, but I do remember….
There are other things besides food that we need to garner and keep. Garnering all the good memories of my warm summer days at the camper will help me get through the cold days of winter. Keeping my focus on what is truly important will make me appreciated what I do have.
Preparing for the future is something we all need to do in more ways than one. As I get older my future doesn’t always look as bright as it once did, but then there are many things still to look forward too.
Since there have been a few really chilly nights lately I’ve put my flannel sheets back on the bed. Now that is what I call preparing….
I’ll be spending the day working…lots to do in and out here at home so it’ll be a busy one.
See you all again in the morning !
THOUGHT FOR TODAY
There is always something positive,
productive, enriching and fulfilling
that you can do.
Get up, get going,
and make a difference
in your own special way.
Ralph Marston
Fall wishes for
Simple pleasures
Beautiful memories
Love in your heart
Happy reflections
And much to be thankful for always
Ma
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