mountain lion

October Photography Challenge @ The Lilypad
credits:
so take shape border; pure & simple paper, by Pink Reptile Designs
autumn overlay, by Lynn Grieveson
shadowed frame, by Szindizajn
font, Oh Wonder Sans

spiced wafers

October BYOC Challenge @ The Lilypad
credits:
messy marvin7, by Amy Wolff
brown sugar days2 leaf, by Rebecca
gather tag & scatter, by Krista Sahlin
pure & simple & awesome sauce, by Pink Reptile Designs
fonts, The Hedge Hog & Poligon
sketch10, by the Sketchy Bee
cookie, my personal stash
Phila newspaper clipping, courtesy www

autumn journal

October Style Challenge @ The Lilypad
credits:
enchanted wordart, by Sabrina's Creations
coffee clipart, by Allison Pennington
winter day, by Sahin Designs
happy home journal, by Aimee Harrison
template3, by The Sketchy Bee

indian corn

October Template Challenge @ The Lilypad
credits:
countryside, Etc by Danyale
around in circles template &
pure & simple, by Pink Reptile Designs
hayrides & smiles, by Allison Pennington

hello October

DSD Slow Scrap Challenge @ The Lilypad
credits:
Washington Square patterned papers, by Amy Wolf
October Morning solid paper, by Allison Pennington
CountrySide scatter, by Etc by Danyale
5 leaves, by Sahin Designs
wordart, by JustJaime
bow, by Leah (mommyish)
template, by Kimeric Designs
journaling, Century Gothic font

yum

October Scraplift Challenge @ The Lilypad
credits:
awesome sauce, by Pink Reptile Designs
polaroid frame, by Paula Kesserling
apple, my personal stash
font, The Hedge Hog

time to go

October Random Challenge @ The Lilypad
credits:
it's about time, TLP blog freebie
feather, by Natalie
template, by Katie Pertiet
font, AR Bonnie

put an egg on it

October Journaling Challenge @ The Lilypad
credits:
it's about time, TLP blog hop
egg, Honey Designs
template, Kitty Designs
font, century gothic

for today

for today...

outside my window... 56F/cloudy @ 9am

i am thinking...  the woodchuck & deer have cleaned up 95% of the fallen apples

i am thankful for... pumpkins & autumn squash, of all varieties

i am wearing... blue jeans, thermal shirt & Birkenstocks

i am going... grocery shopping (which I dread)

i am currently reading... "The Life Raft," by CJ Schepers  

i am hoping... for more inspiration this month *sigh*

on my mind... gas @ $3.17/gallon, milk @ $2.55/gallon, butter @ $2.59/lb

pondering these words..."Bittersweet October:

The mellow, messy, leaf-kicking, perfect pause between the opposing miseries of summer and winter."

~ Carol Bishop Hipps ~

from the kitchen... tomato jam, apple cake

around the house... Windex & storm windows & porch windows

one of my favorite things... Oktoberfest

i'm creating... the October Challenges @ The Lilypad

a few plans for the week...  install a new firebox in the woodstove

from my lens:

*click to enlarge photo*

this woodchuck takes off before I can ever get close enough lol

not a great shot, but I'll keep trying until all the apples are gone

you can join the simple woman's daybook where every day is a blank page,

and participate in creating a list of the simple things and everyday moments of our daily lives.