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The First Day of Fall...
It's funny how life goes.
You can be moving along
just as smoothly as can be and...
it can all change in an instant.
Because that seems to be
how things are going around here.
I find myself looking back
to when all was good.
For me
that seems to be one year ago.
Speak about one year and
that seems like
a far away place but,
think back to what you were doing
one year ago and
it seems like you
were just doing
it yesterday.
I received a catalog
in the mail yesterday.
Seeing Christmas items
makes me yearn for
my annual birthday trip to Home Goods,
where I started collecting
some new Christmas goodies.
I know I can
do that all on line but
it just isn't
the same.
2020
One year ago,
I was decorating
the kitchen for autumn.
This year,
I am doing the same and
with all of the same stuff.
I'm trying to mix it up a bit
so it will seem
that all is new again but,
I know it will be hard
to fool discerning eyes.
2019
I know I stated last year
that I was trying to use
less and make it seem like enough,
but I don't think
I really accomplished that.
I am saying here and now
that I will try it again and
I think I just might make it.
When trying to use
the same decorations over again,
it can get to be
a bit much
even for me.
Things look pretty much the same
in the kitchen area
as the rest of the year.
The little touch of elegance
with velvet pumpkins on a tiny wreath
in the window and
the offering of the olive branch
seems to be enough
to celebrate the season
on one side of
the sink...
...and an old cutting board
lined up on the other side
with a pair of chickens
making the farmhouse sign look legit.
You saw Ikea Little Sister last week,
but now she is sporting
an old scarecrow
holding the seasonal offerings.
it is a little cool
in the mornings and
that makes your first cup of coffee
special when
sitting by the fire.
Another artistic endeavor
on the black board
in the spirit of
the season.
2019
Just add
another dried up wreath and
the Ikea Big Sister
is looking good
for another year.
2019
2020
Sometimes
using much of the same stuff
just turns out
looking quite a
bit different.
I normally like to keep
a candle on the stovetop
this time of year,
especially one that smells
like apple pie baking in the oven.
This fall,
I don't have one,
another downfall of the Coronavirus,
but I do have
one called Inner Peace.
A very soft and calming scent and
something that we need
to be reminded of
so much now
in these times.
So there you have
another year under our belts.
A very different year today,
but still seems
just like
yesterday.
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Did you notice that
I have a new header style?
I didn't do it,
I don't know how it got there.
One day I was loving
my big red tomato and
the next it was gone.
I'm guessing Blogger did it.
It's not that I dislike it,
except for the pictures
not being big enough,
but how can they do it
without my permission?
I can see changing
the style of the format
that we are used to using,
but not taking our
actual photos and changing them.
If anyone knows the answer
would you please explain it to me?
I notice that this is all we have now,
the old has been taken away.
There are things
that I like about it, and
there are things
that just seem ridiculous and
have no apparent reason
whatsoever.
Is it just me?
Stay smart, stay well and remember:
In order to protect me and
all my friends,
please wear a mask.
If you are someone
who reads this blog (and I thank you for that)
and who, along with your friends,
does not believe in wearing masks,
do you understand
that if the ones around you
do not wear masks,
then you are not protected?
It is only a
precaution against Covid and
nothing about
taking away your civil liberties!
It is a
soft and beautiful first day of fall
here in my neighborhood and
as I sit on my porch
enjoying the benefits of it,
I have to remember
the 200,000 lives that have been lost.
Just because
I didn't know any of those people
does not make their lives
any less important
than my own or yours.
There is not going to be
a vaccine anytime soon,
so if we all
want to get back to whatever
we think of as normal,
wear a mask!
Thank you!
...Judy...
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