SEEMS LIKE YESTERDAY...

Welcome 

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.

2019

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

2020

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.

Believe it or not 

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

2020

Just add 

another dried up wreath and 

the Ikea Big Sister

 is looking good 

for another year.

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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.

2019

2020

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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