late post of thanksgiving

I totally forgot about posting the Thanksgiving pictures of the kids and big kids as well, making gingerbread houses after a big dinner.
So here they are.

they had fun

Genevieve is going to pick the candy off of the house

very pretty


Seth Genevieve Adalyn and Uncle John

Adalyn playing the clown

Seth was good enough to unpack the new flocked tree and put it up for us afterward

New post on Christmas blog   follow here

Moms Birthday

Mom turned 95 on November 23.  We brought her a lemon meringue pie and an apple pie to share.   She has in front of  her a potted poinsettia Lynn sent her.

Happy Birthday Mama

A drive for a little shopping at Lewis Ginter Gardens.     It was a shoppers faire day and I got out for a little while and looked around.   The gardens are lit now.
Wont be walking around them this year too much, but maybe next year.

The bubbles at the fountain change color.

wreath at the gate

on our drive home,  the sun is lighting the tops of trees on the hi way.
Trying to get in the mood for Christmas,  but it's coming slow.. Catching a cold on top of everything else doesn't help.

update

Am on the way to feeling better and better everyday.   Will be sharing posts soon.  Many post from now until the end of December will be about Christmas, so many will be on my Christmas site.

around the house

Hopefully will get a good report from the doc today on knee.     I can move it fine and still need some PT.  

In the meantime looking out my window,  I see I need to get Frankenstein sign back to the shed and clean up a little and a little is all it will be.

We never put bunny away.

looking downstairs to entrance is still a very blooming mum, my sister in law 

Wanda brought me.

my little owls on the fireplace along with the pumpkin tree I made

Time to get ready for Thanksgiving

Hope to catch up more later

At home now

The way the sun hits the plants this time of  year brings their color out so crisp and vivid.

Nice to see such color upon arriving in driveway.

Beautiful dahlia to greet at Lamp post.

along with more mums that were planted from pots several years ago.

  

Already fall - hard to believe the year has just flown

Wreath on my door to greet

Glad to be home after - Total Knee Replacement - surgery.

five days prior to that,  I had a root canal done. 

The meds I need are less now but still take,  give me a headache, nothing I can do about it, have tried several and have tried several nausea meds too.

No picnic.

although swollen - having ice packs laid across the knee, felt  good

Beautiful view from my bed.  Bet the view will be even prettier in a few weeks when the leaves change color.

Best invention yet I think are the foot pumps for circulation to reduce risks of blood clots.

Hurt  afterwards, maybe for some it's easier.   The third day was the worst.

My daughter is staying a week with me and I am so happy and fortunate to have her.

Husband Steve a great help,  running around making sure everything was safe and secure at home.   He always makes sure I have everything I need.

The nurse came in the second day I was  home.  She answered any questions I had  and took blood.

Now physical therapy in home for a couple weeks 

Bon Secours a good choice for therapy at home after hospital stay.

New repurposed

My sister Lynn, who lives in Corinna Maine repurposed this well worn head and footboard you see in the picture below

to this -- she made the pillows and seat cushion
which she won for best repurposed

this chair is a beauty some one recovered and won

Beautiful painting some one did on this dresser

a neat table for the porch or outside I would like

from this pedestal

love this color on this buffet

All of these at Traditions in Corinna Maine.
I see I will have to take a large vehicle when I visit.

Lazy Sunday

First off - What has blogger done to my BLOG LIST?  It's gone.  Is anyone else missing theirs?
One more time - will start putting some back
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Few Sunday flowers in the yard.   Sort of a lazy day for us here, sometimes I like it that way.

Still a little over cast but thats o.k., I feel that way too.

potted mums on either side of sidewalk

Little fuzzy, taken with my cell phone

Making a pumpkin tree.   Gluing these little see pod pumpkin shapes on a cone.

Was supposed to have a TKR tomorrow,  developed a tooth ache Friday late, so now that is all put off til I get my tooth taken care of.   I am not happy at all about that.

sharing with OUR WORLD TUESDAY

Children home and tomatoes

Previous long weekend visit to see daughter and family.   Got to check out her high tunnel green house and the beautiful tomatoes that were still on the very tall vines.  Most  vines were at least 10 feet .   There were some pretty peppers also.
She sold quite a bit of veggies this summer and looks like she will have tomatoes right up to December.

To begin with there is some pretty nature and farms on the way to our childrens home.   Gorgeous pastoral views.

In the evening we arrived, we picked some tomatoes from the green house

She is going to plant now some kale and other winter crops

Hope I can help more next year.


Pretty black pepper on the vine along with tomatoes near by

She got the little tractor with a very old wagon that was left at the house.   They painted the wooden wagon red and that is what we carted the tomatoes to the house on

yeah, had to take a ride on the wagon, was getting dark as you can see

Aren't they beauties?

Next morning apples were picked from those tall trees. Those trees have been there for quite a long time.

grandson Seth sitting down on the job eating apples.  It's o.k. cause they are very good for ya.

nice way to spend a beautiful Sunday.