Tolentreasures

...how soon this is all going to end? Shirt sleeves and bicycle helmets will soon be replaced with scarves and mittens, hats and boots and winter coats. Let's not tell them!   Let's enjoy these last few nice days and remember them when we are freezing and complaining!  

They are the last... the last warriors to hang on. Clinging to that last little bit of sunshine, that last bright day. Almost drowned in fall's leaves, they persevere, giving us that last little bit of bright color, surviving freezing nights cuddled up to our home's warmth and  shielded from the frost  by Fall's debris.  They will soon be gone, blanketed in the beauty of winter,  sleeping, regenerating, waiting, for  Spring. I am going to miss them!

Not the apple tree, Not this tree that has not lost it's leaves yet, Not the gerber daisies, And certainly not the burning bush. Not the snapdragons, or the marigolds, and certainly not these hearty mums still perky as ever. Not the petunias, or the beautiful fall leaves, or this little guy and the impatiens wondering what happened to fall.... And most assuredly... NOT ME!!!!

Last night, I dipped into the orange paint and came out with all of these! Insulators made into pumpkins. A pan lid made into a pumpkin. Some candy corn pumpkins. Pumpkin boxes. and Pumpkin ornaments. Guess what it coming up on Saturday? Pumpkin Fest. Rural Valley, Pa!

Do any of you have a bucket list? That seemed to have been the topic of conversation of the weekend. I made mine when I turned 40, more than a few years ago. They were not real lofty aspirations and I have accomplished most of them. JWS has one also. Not officially written down, top of his list when asked is, "Learn to play Layla on the piano." Tonight he started. Fifty-two and he has never sat at  a piano. Doesn't read music. YouTube. He thinks he can learn it off of YouTube. He practiced. A lot. Almost two hours. Why did I move the piano closer to my paint room? Can anyone help me move it to the garage? And now... He thinks that the piano needs tuned. Really?  He thinks that will make his playing sound better. So many comments that I could make there. He wants it mastered by Christmas. We'll see. Lots happened over the weekend. On Saturday, the Holiday issue of Create and Decorate came out. This is my angel plaque!!! So excited. Sunday had us at the Canfield Fair...