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October Journaling Challenge @ The Lilypad
credits:
stacked house, Etc by Danyale
home is, nbk artsy bits
bloom, mandarin paper circles confetti, by Sarah Gleason
gather, label [frame] & wordart, by Krista Sahlin
pure & simple, book flower, by Pink Reptile Designs
AAM, button, by Allison Pennington
paper key, by Amiee Harrison
bow, by Tiramisu

October in North Fork

October Photography Challenge @ The Lilypad
credits:
TN template1&6; AAM paper1b & 2; minutaie label, by Sabrina's Creations
AAM ribbon,  by Pink Reptile Designs
AAM Journal Card, by Sahin Designs
gather wheat & leather string, by Krista Sahlin
sweater weather wordart, by One Little Bird
fall foliage, by Natali Designs
TN, by Marisa Lerin

♥ pumpkins

October ScrapLift Challenge @ The Lilypad
credits:
a quiet place collage & impasto; all about me ribbon & scatter, by Rachel Jeffries
pumpkinsong sticker, by Sahin Designs
all about me flower stickers, frame & tag; focus splatter, by Sabrina's Creations
all about me label, by Soco
all about me tape, by Becca Bonneville
lace stamp, lace and matte, by Pink Reptile Designs
flower, by Vero
gesso, by Tracy Martin

HERE is the page ♥ by Amanda Resende ♥ that I scraplifted

fallen leaves

October Random Challenge @ The Lilypad
credits:
messy marks, by Rachel Jeffries
October morning, by Allison Pennington
pure & simple, by Pink Reptile Designs
all about me paper#5, by nbk Designs
all about me paper #4, by Mommyish
whispersfall, by Krista Sahlin
template 4/19, by ExtraSprinkle

autumn afternoon

October Style Challenge @ The Lilypad
credits:
my tribe solid paper#5, by Sahin Designs
AC#3 blending mask#6, by nbk Designs
countryside flower#2, Etc by Danyale
sweaterweather cool-crisp wordart, by OneLittle Bird
chinese lanterns & chipmunk, my personal stash

We Wear Pink

October Inspiration Challenge @ The Lilypad
credits:
dsd2018#2 template, by Sarah Gleason
white paper, weekend stories, by Little Butterfly Wings
pink paper, by The Nifty Pixel
younicorn pink scatter; pure & simple black paper,
by Pink Reptile Designs
ribbon, by Pavlinka Designs
Happy Tee, by We Wear Pink
Keep Calm, by Breast Cancer Awareness Promo

finally, October

October Template Challenge @ The Lilypad
credits:
template, by Sahin's Designs
All About Me papers, by Mommyish & Pink Reptile Designs,
A Quiet Place papers, by Rachel Jeffries
ASG string 10-18 BYOC, by Little Butterfly Wings
iphone calendar, by Hannah Hathaway
spiced wafers, courtesy Amazon
cookie, my personal stash

for today

for today...

outside my window... 63F/foggy @ 5:15am

i am thinking... it's time to fill the bird feeders with seeds/suet cakes 

i am thankful for... the "surprise" acorn squash in my garden

i am wearing... black jeans, thermal shirt, birkenstocks

i am going... to the lumber yard in Ulysses for bags of kindling

i am currently reading... Inconspicuous Consumption: the environmental
impact you don't know you have ~ by Tatiana Schlossberg

i am hoping... this recent bout of IBD subsides soon *sigh*

on my mind... gas @ $2.94/gallon, milk @ $3.15/gallon, butter @ $2.99/lb

pondering these words...

"There is no season when such pleasant and sunny spots may be lighted on,

and produce so pleasant an effect on the feelings, as now in October."

~  Nathaniel Hawthorne ~

from the kitchen... 

elderberry jelly, sweet & spicy tomato jam

baba ghanoush & naan

Ivin's Spiced Wafers

candy corn

around the house... gourds & squash

one of my favorite things... Octoberfest

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

a few plans for the week... yardwork, porch & storm windows

from my lens:

~ Chinese Lanterns ~

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.