for today

for today...

outside my window... 37F/snow showers/wind @ 2:45am

Emergency Weather Alert for high winds. and flooding, 

I'm hoping the creek does not overflow it's bank :(

i am thinking... I've never had 'pumpkin spice' anything

i am thankful for... the recent repair of the barn roof

i am wearing... blue jeans, thermal & flannel shirts, MukLuks ankle booties

i am going...  to VOTE on 11/5. and will check out the 

Bake Sale in the Township Building while I'm there

i am currently reading... awaiting the new issue of "Sift"

i am hoping... the water heater doesn't need a new thermostat  *sigh*

on my mind... gas @ $2.84/gallon, milk @ $4.05/gallon, butter @ $2.99/lb

pondering these words...

"November comes and November goes,

with the last red berries and the first white snows.

With night coming early, and dawn coming late,

and ice in the bucket and frost by the gate.

The fires burn and the kettles sing,

and earth sinks to rest until next spring."

~  Elizabeth Coatsworth ~

from the kitchen... 

rutabagas, turnips, parsnips, fennel, carrots

butternut & delicata squash

red, green & yellow curry paste

a ham hock, for split pea soup

apple butter

around the house... a simmering pot of spices and citrus peels

one of my favorite things...  pumpkin pie

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

a few plans for the week... rake leaves, chimney cleaning, stack firewood,

 place an order with the butcher for a fresh turkey for Thanksgiving

from my lens:

*bare tree limbs, the rain and the wind have taken the last of the leaves*

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