This morning was overcast but much warmer so for the first time in several days we headed to Riverside Park for our morning walk. Other than the really cold breeze "blasting" us from the open area along the bluff it was quite nice. Wow, have the trees changed since we were here last - the leaves are falling fast.
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| I love our park. This is along the bluff - still some beautiful colors showing here - and look at all of the leaves on the road. |
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| I had to leave the road and walk over to the edge of this bluff that overlooks our water plant. These are the trees across the road from the plant, still a lot of beautiful colors! |
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| I posted a picture of this tree last week - look at all of the leaves on the ground now. |
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| I managed to catch a few leaves falling from this tree as we walked by. |
After returning to Bentley, we had our breakfast and then I got ready for church. When we first started going to Sherman for church I dreaded the drive, but now I really enjoy it. There is something soothing about driving in the country especially at this time of year when the trees are so pretty.
Today is sister Cindy's day to have our weekly sister-fest. I called her to see if I could do a load of laundry while I was there - I wanted to wash the shirts I bought at Kohl's yesterday, along with a few other items. I gathered those up, along with some hangars and headed to her house, where I tossed them in the washer before everyone else showed up.
Our Aunt Lil, my mom's youngest sister joined us today and that was really nice. We had a great visit and enjoyed a wonderful 7-up cake Cindy had for us. She also was kind enough to have a pot of coffee made, which today I really enjoyed.
We typically spend a couple of hours with each other so shortly after 3 we all headed home. I had a list of things I wanted to get done yet this afternoon before we leave for our campout at Carthage tomorrow with three other couples. I got busy defrosting the freezer in Bentley, changed the sheets on the bed, we skyped with our son Matt and his family in New York, fixed dinner, swept the floors, did the dishes and readied the coffee pot for tomorrow morning. The weather is supposed to be great and we are looking forward to a couple of days of fun, then we'll return home Thursday to finish up the last few things we need to do before we close on the house Monday, November 20.
After all of that, Dean and I settled in to watch a new Hallmark movie and of course he needed his Sunday night popcorn. A reminder of my childhood as my dad almost always made popcorn for us on Sunday evenings as we all watched TV together. Sometimes if we were lucky we might even get a small glass of pop to go with it. What a treat that was! I still have the wooden popcorn bowl he used. One of the few things I could not give up in this life changing event we are about to undertake.
Getting together with sister's is a wonderful thing. Don't get to do it very often anymore. We seem to quit that a bit after Jessie passed away. Cherish every moment with them. Love the memory of your dad. I have a few dishes of moms that had special meaning and memories. Last year I decided to start giving them away to my kids at Christmas. One was the dish mom sometimes put her homemade peanut butter cookies on. I gave it to Angela with the handwritten recipe for the cookies in Mom's handwriting in which I made a copy for myself.
ReplyDeleteI love the idea of giving things away like that with recipes especially if tied to special memories. A great idea! It's the little things I could not give up. I had no major thing I wanted to keep. It's the little things that reminded me of a special time or event that mattered the most.
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