Weekend - Annual Fall Fest

 What a lovely weekend we had!

I went to tea on Friday, with my mom, my friend Jen, and Jen's mother in law, who is also my friend, Ruth. Ruth lives about four hours away, and whenever she's in town, we go to tea.

We spent part of Saturday, preparing for our Annual Fall Fest which was on Sunday. 

We cleared the garage and put tables in there for food, and all the drinks, coffee, cider, water. I had ordered paper products, and worried we'd run out but it was enough! Whew!

The highlight of every Fall Fest are Tim's hayrides. 

My favorite is getting to visit with so many dear friends who we don't see regularly because of busy schedules.

These dear ones, are newer friends, but becoming good friends to us!

I was bummed that I didn't get photos earlier in the afternoon, but I loved sitting out by the fire with the moon rising.

It was a beautiful day.

I hope your weekend was wonderful, too!

Information Friday

 We saw the beautiful northern lights tonight! It was incredible! So thankful to experience this amazing act of nature!

I'm having some issues getting larger video files to upload (having an email problem), so I will end up posting without them tonight.

This week, I've been paying attention to the aftermath of Helene and then Hurricane Milton. We have a decent amount of family and friends that were in Milton's path, though most were in the middle of the state and closer to the east coast. Our dear friends Rick and Jane said they lost power, which they expected. So they had prepared their camping trailer and it's running on propane and they can use the bathroom I think, and for sure the refrigerator.

It's heartbreaking all the loss of property and life due to these two hurricanes. Some people are convinced that they manipulated the weather.

We prayed that God would cause the storm to not be so damaging, even to cause the storm to disappear. It did do that as it came on land as a Cat3, and the eyewall dissipated! 

Trump is in it to win it!

Keep praying for the safety of everyone, pray for the recovery efforts. I read today that a lot of retired special ops guys are on the ground recovering bodies. It's been 13 days. The smells must be horrific. Pray that people would turn to God. 

Autumn Weekend

 I potted up some mums last week. 

It felt good to clear the pots of summer annuals and put the mums in the garden. Two of these are on the deck and the rest are in the front garden.

Autumn to me is a time of clearing away and preparing for what's to come. It's always a cozy and reflective time. 

Since last autumn, my dad had been in the hospital for a month, the addition was finished, Christmas and New Years came. At the end of January Kyle had his accident. There were a few things with my mom's health that all turned out to be just fine, but were concerning for a time. Tim's business has been so busy, which is a very good thing. I'm homeschooling the grands, still. Dad had surgery recently for a heart valve replacement.

It's been a lot to walk through and I am thankful for our cozy haven, and of course, the Lord who has sheltered us all in his loving arms.

I wanted to show you some photos of our burning bushes, as they have started to change color but the trees are still very green.

This is actually two burning bushes. They used to be at the end of our chicken run, but now my parents windows look out on them!

After we host our fall fest next Sunday, we will be seeding this area with fall grass seed.

It was a beautiful autumn day, very relaxing for me. Tim did a repair on Sarah's car, but is so pleased to have been able to do it.

This smaller burning bush is lovely, too.

We are praying for all the suffering and heartache of Helene, while praying about the new one on the way to Florida. 

I hope you all had a wonderful weekend.

Information Friday

 Well, yesterday was my birthday, and I am grateful for another year of life. I had such a fun day, co-op in the afternoon and then a party in the evening. We had mostly family, but a few friends joined us as well.

Thankfully, Rachel inherited the party planner gene from me! I got home to the decor, and food being prepared! 

Hurray!

We bought a bunch of different kinds of finger foods from Costco to have for dinner, and we had a cake and ice cream for dessert! I think we may make it through a the weekend without cooking!

Now for the news.

Many people in Appalachia say that FEMA is no where to be seen nor is the Red Cross. Rachel from Here Are The Headlines breaks down a shocking story of how the admin has changed FEMA.

Some of those lies? Read On!

This is great news!

Julian Assange spoke this week and gave testimony that the C*A director tried to have him assassinated while in London. Then they imprisoned him with the UK's help.

The P. Diddy case is going to shock everyone.

This is good. More and more states are doing this. Only legal citizens should vote!

You can't make this stuff up, friends!

I hope you all have a wonderful weekend. Like the Girl Named Blake said, take time to step back from so much information, pray, enjoy your family, eating well, play games, etc.

We have a month left to go and it is going to be a crazy one I think!