To the Seasonally Challenged

This post is a little gift to my southern friends...I am looking at you Louisiana.  I will do my best to answer your call for fall color. Truth is it has not been the most spectacular colored fall. Too warm...too dry...not sure why.  I just took a quick 15 minute walk around work and here is what I found...

Looks like someone lost their lid :)

Looks closely.  I caught a few falling leaves especially for you :)

I need to remember him for next year. Although, I am not sure I will be allowed to sacrifice an action figure.

And a little something for those of you who went straight from Halloween to Christmas :)

I hope this gave you a small measure of fall joy. I will continue to send more your way as soon as it cools off enough for me to get out for regular lunchtime walks - 80 degrees today - ugh! 

Photo Walk and Halloween Fun

A friend of mine invited me to a Photo Walk a local camera store was sponsoring. The location was about an hour and a half away. However, we managed to get lost and make it a much longer trip :)  Eventually, we arrived.

Although I was happy with some of the pictures. I was a bit disappointed in broader landscape shots. The area just seemed a bit overwhelming. There were so many things to focus on in one picture I feel like I couldn't do the scenery justice. It actually turned out we were over taking pictures before the actual photo walk group got started. I am actually glad we missed it because there were tons of people. I can't imagine trying to get any decent pics with that many people milling around and trying to navigate the narrow trails.

We left the canyon and found these adorable faces along the way home. Is there anything sweeter than cow faces?

It was fun to celebrate Halloween this year with our little sidekick. On Saturday we made sugar cookies. We used my mom's old tin cookie cutters. The same ones we used when I was her age. We even tried to make the cookies like we she did. She would but the circle out of yellow dough and then cut out a shape and inlay that same shape in a black cookie to make a silhouette against the moon. I think our versions need a little more work :)

Guess who we are??  I couldn't find the color hoodies I wanted to all match, so I bought white hoodies and attempted my first clothes dyeing. It was actually super easy - a washing machine and a bottle of Rit dye. The color was exactly what I wanted.(And I have a bright yellow hoodie for some cool weather walking!)

The feeling you get when you see your heart walking down the street.

Hope everyone had a good Halloween. So far I am doing well on not gorging myself on her candy :)

One final thought...what is the deal with this?  As I have mentioned before I am not into the pumpkin everything, but some of it makes sense. Pumpkin donut Laffy Taffy?? I don't get it.

For research sake, I swiped one from her candy stash and gave it a try. It wasn't as horrible as I imagined it would be, but it was not great either. Stick to the fruity flavors, please. The joke on the package was "What kind of car does a ghost drive? A Ockles.  I don't get it.

If You Walk With Me...

You might notice I take a ton of pictures - even when I don't know I am taking pictures. I didn't even know I took the picture above- total accident, but I like it. Every walk starts with a step out the door, right? 

You might notice I need new shoes. Looks like I will be shopping soon - my little toes are about to fall out on both shoes. Funny how I wear them all the time and didn't notice until today. 

We might walk through this neighborhood at lunchtime. Beautiful historic homes of all styles. I especially love all the mature trees new neighborhoods lack. 

You might spot fun Halloween decorations. 

You might become obsessed with street markings. I don't understand them all, but I found today's particularly colorful.

First time I have seen pink.

You might also notice my obsession with manhole covers. 

You might enjoy the colors of fall flowers and berries. These orange berries make a stunning shrub. 

You might play hide and seek with the squirrels.

I hope you enjoyed our virtual walk. Truth is I feel like I walk with you every time because I am always looking for things to share. I ended up walking 40 minutes at lunch because I was so engrossed.

On an unrelated note I found these trick or treat pails a bit disturbing. What do you think?

We always used grocery bags as kids. I was looking for a pumpkin pail when I spotted these. No pumpkins in sight. Then we went to a party tonight and they gave our small fry a pail she will use :)