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 ~

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