Getting Ready For Winter

I've been missing the

 blogging scene

&

visiting all my blogging friends.

It's that time of year 

when yard work 

has a definite winter 

deadline.

I've been pulling the garden,

cleaning the yard,

shutting off water lines 

and 

winterizing everything that might freeze.

 I certainly hope 

that I don't forget anything. 

Our cold weather season 

is right around the corner. 

🧵✂ 🧵✂ 🧵✂

I'm looking forward 

to getting back in my sewing room.  

I just haven't had much time 

to do that lately.

❄❅❆☃❄❅❆

 

I'm also looking forward to 

trying my hand at making some of 

the beautiful snowflakes that I've 

been seeing on Pinterest. 

 I do think making these 

will be a lot of fun. 

God Bless You All 

& 

Happy Blogging. 

Your blogging sister, 

Connie :)

My Back Door House.

Welcome 

 to my little country cottage. 

As most country homes go, 

everyone enters by the back door.

I tell people 

that the first time they visit 

they're company, 

but the second time they're family.

If everyone enters by the back door, 

you do want your back entrance 

 to look pretty.

I go one step further. 

When friends make a second visit

I start showing them the cupboard

 where the glasses are,

 the cupboard where the coffee cups are,

and

 I let them know there's usually something

 cold to drink in the refrigerator

and

if they are lucky there might be cookies.

 

Then I say, since you are now family,

 help yourself. 

That sure makes having company 

a lot easier. 🥰😁

I think it makes people 

 feel more at home as well.

🍁☺️🍁☺️🍁

So if you ever come 

knocking on my door, 

Remember first time you're company, 

next time you're family☺️

Oh, I almost closed the post 

without these last two photos.

This was the largest trunk 

from the trees cut down 

last week.

49 inches in diameter. 

I had no idea they were that big. 

🍁🍁🍁

Well that's my post. 

Thank you for visiting. 

God bless you all. 

You're blogging sister, 

Connie :)

 

No More Raking Leaves For Me

   

There has been so much

going on . . .

Only this time I'm not doing

the work.

I'm just watching.

Here you can see the trees 

out front . . .

All four are gone now.

Sending out a few photos

of the progress

of removing my trees.

Here you can see the rot

in one of the trunks. 

That hole is almost a foot

in diameter.

Here he is in my neighbor's

driveway lifting these huge

logs over the fence

to load them onto his truck

and haul away.  

Then He moved to the otherside 

of the yard and I had him take

all the dead and low branches 

out of my pine trees.

It sure looks different 

around here . . .

in the background you can 

still see a pile of tree

branches on the ground.

Something on his clipper

broke and we're waiting

on the part to finish 

the clean up.

Poor guy he was so upset.

We were both wanting to complete

this job that evening :)

Good thing is  . . .

this job is no more :)

Have a lovely week

my friends,

&

God Bless You All

Your blogging sister,

Connie :)