Throwback Thursday: Halloweens Past

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Have a spooooktacular time tonight!

A Walk in the Park: Day Nine

Charnel Mulligan Park is the last of the Eugene parks Dale and I visited in August 2024.

It had some excellent features such as the mural above

A chessboard built into a tabletop

and this fantastic faucet in the sand pit.

It sports a huge grassy playfield

along with an extensive climbing apparatus for the little kids

and a lighted basketball court

While we were there, the last of the purple cornflowers were blooming in the flower beds along the walking path.

It's another great neighborhood park in Eugene and an excellent spot for our picnic lunch.

Western View

What I like about autumn mornings is that I get to see the sunrise. Or in this case, the sun's light reflecting on the clouds to the west.

It fills my heart just as it fills the sky.

I love living in Oregon!

Harvest

Look what I grew this summer!

All these, plus some to decorate indoors, plus a few to give away.

:: patting myself on the back ::

Is my thumb getting slightly greener?

Fallin' In Love

Agape - Love for all

Eros - True, passionate love

Forsaken - Broken hearted love

Envy - Obsessive love

Ambivalence - Mixed emotions

Storge - Love for my granddaughters

Bead Ornaments

Last Sunday my eldest came by for a crafternoon.

Jeanne suggested we make up a couple beaded icicle ornament kits. The first six ornaments have a cage of pearl and clear faceted beads at the top 

with a large teardrop bead at the bottom. Jeanne takes the lead in the process and I get to follow along.

The second set of beads looks much like some we made in 2022. 

They have two sizes of clear faceted beads

with a swish of tiny pearl seed beads.

It's been months since we shared a crafternoon. We had such an enjoyable time that we hope to make it a regular monthly get-together.

One More

I put together one more small pumpkin puzzle yesterday evening.

I had much more energy in the morning after taking the day off. These autumn puzzles are helping me to feel cozy.

Day Off

I got my Covid and Flu vaccines yesterday afternoon. A fever came on during the night. So I'm taking a "day off" from all my regular tasks and enjoying "puzzles and podcasts." 

I finished two more puzzles from my set of 12 small autumn puzzles. The fabric pumpkins puzzle was only 150 pieces.

It went very fast, so I also put together this 300 piece puzzle of a basket of mini pumpkins.

I'm feeling somewhat better this afternoon. Maybe I'll start a 500 piece puzzle. I rarely know how to just stop and relax, so today is proving to be quite restorative.

A Letter From Love

Last May I put together a "stationery kit" for my eldest granddaughter, Melody. Yesterday, I received my first mail from her!

Oh, my heart! I love my grandkids so much! I never knew a love like this before.

I plan to write back later this week.

I get to see the two out-of-state grandkids at Thanksgiving. They'll celebrate my birthday with me.

Hooray!

That "America" Feeling

 

In Oregon, we all get to vote by mail. Dale and I chose to use the drop box at our branch library.

Just as we were driving up, we saw a rainbow in the sky. A good omen!

Please, please, let our candidates prevail!

This Morning's Sunrise

Now that the sunrise is after 7:30 am, I have much better odds of seeing it than in summer. I rolled a seven this morning!

Soon after the sun was up, I ran across this quotation:

It's going to be a good weekend!

 

Pumpkin Muffins

With the change of seasons, I thought I'd pull out some Autumn puzzles.

I bought a collection of 12 small puzzles a year or two ago. Time to crack the seal! I started with one that's 300 pieces.

The puzzles are by Cardinal, which is one of the brands I've bought at Dollar Tree. So the quality isn't great, but it's not too bad, either. The cardboard is fairly thin, but sturdy. The pieces are a nice size and they lock together well. All the illustrations are good. They'll be a pleasure to put together.

The one odd thing is that the only pictures of the completed puzzles are the small ones on the box top. So I took a picture of the small image, then used my phone to enlarge the areas to get an idea of where individual pieces belonged.

I do like the details. This was a nice puzzle to put together while catching up on videos on my YouTube "Watch Later" list.

A Walk in the Park: Day Eight

Dale and I visited Palouse Falls State Park way back in May 2023. We were driving home from Idaho where we'd just celebrated our eldest grandchild's birthday. We took our time that magical day, driving side roads, avoiding a wildfire, and taking in Mother Nature.

You can read all about Palouse Falls on the website, if you want to know more. I want to present it here as we saw it. Magnificent!