We love FALL!

On this eighth month of the old Roman year, I am truly enjoying what the Slavs called the 'Yellow Month' as the leaves fade......Our sugar maple turning a beautiful hue...........
Leaves beginning to take over our yard marking the beginning of raking and collection of bags and bags of fallen leaves which E loves diving into.........

A little fall decor in our dining room to embrace the season.......
Loads of mums in a variety of hues (can't see them all here) and fallen leaves. I do so love them.


E's work of art for the day. We talked about nature and that included insects, etc. so we decided to thumb print with watercolor and he drews the legs, etc. with a black marker. Dad is the proud owner of this masterpiece and has it hung in his office! :-)


Give to me the life I love,
Let the love go by me.
Give the jolly heaven above,
And the byway nigh me.
Bed in the bush with stars to see,
Bread I dip in the river -
There's the life for a man like me,
There's the life forever.

Let the blow fall soon or late,
Let what will be o'er me;
Give the face of earth around
And the road before me.
Wealth I seek not; hope nor love,
Nor a friend to know me;
All I seek, the heaven above
And the road below me.

Or let autumn fall on me
Where afield I linger,
Si;encing the bird on tree;
Biting the blue finger.
White as meal the frosty field-
Warm the fireside haven -
Not to autumn will I yield;
Not to winter even I

Let the blow fall soon or late,
Let what will be o'er me
Give the face of earth around,
And the road before me.
Wealth I ask not, hope nor love,
Nor a friend to know me;
All I ask, the heaven above
And the road below me.

R.L. Stevenson