I looked up....

Last week....

This morning...and it is still beautiful...

Outside my window...

It is sprinkling and the wind is blowing all the leaves to the ground. It is so beautiful...

Autumn in New York

My sister Nancy is home for a visit, to attend my daughter Carly's wedding and for a family reunion. So today Mom, Katie and i took her for a ride to an old familiar place we used to visit when we were younger and our kids were small. It's called Fo'Castle Farms....

It's the kind of place you love to visit this time of year. They have an apple stand and cider press right out in front of the store, and there are pumpkins stacked high and potted mums everywhere you look. The foliage is just starting to turn, and there was a chill in the air...There was a bit of rain too. But that only added to the charm of the day.
Across the street from the Farm is a perrennial farm.

Once we went inside, we grabbed some lunch. Here is an old coffee grinder in the dining room. We all had hot chowder, sandwiches and hot mulled apple cider, all made right there in the kitchen. But the real beauty was outside

Just Beautiful....

Dog Days

Having a puppy here again gets me up and out of bed pretty early in the mornings... And now that the weather has turned cooler, especially in the early morning hours, i grab my hoodie and go out with the dogs to supervise. Little Pollyanna is still so small, just three pounds, and we have plenty of hawk attacks happen around here this time of year. And tho i would rather stay in bed under the warm covers until i absolutely have to get up, i have been enjoying being outdoors more than usual. I love this time of year, and going out with the new pup every 20 minutes or so sure helps me see the changes occurring out in nature.

Polly stalking and attacking a morning glory

Gipetto grazing

Zinnia watching over the house and the new pup

My old boy Gipetto feeling frisky and playing with Zin for a brief minute

Zinnia and Polly play constantly. They are good friends now, and Zin is only a little jealous when i pick Polly up. Polly hides in the morning glory vines and jumps out at the dogs when they walk by. It will be nice when she gets a little older(and has a few more inoculations) and we can expand our horizons to the streets around here.

Memory of the Tree

I found a lovely fallen leaf and decided to sketch and paint it. While drawing in the veining of the leaf i realized that this leaf (maybe all leaves) had a pattern very much like the tree it came from in it's design. This reminded me of the continuation of life, and how everything is made of energy, and even when the body of that thing is no longer here, the energy, or pattern remains. And that energy is Love....