First Few Flurries.

The first few flurries came early this year. It's been a long time since we have had snow in October, and sure enough on October 31st the first lovely little snowflakes came.

Since then there has been quite a few days of flurries, some actually resulting in quite a layer of snow.

Last week we had nearly 3 inches, and at the farm I was working at in Oxford there was at least 5!!! 

Unfortunately I was busy, and didn't get any photos of the major dump of snow... these photos are all from the earlier little dusting we had.

The first snow is always an exciting thing! I know by the end of the winter I will cease, or at least have a VERY hard time appreciating it, so I try to enjoy it as much as possible now, while it is fresh, new and beautiful.

~Chs

Dog Days

A couple of weeks ago, we babysat two fun canines for a week.

This is Sweet Sassy, a beautiful laid back standard Collie.

And this is adorable little Miss Maggie, a tiny little ummm... I'm not exactly sure what.

Sadie wasn't so sure about her company at first, but by the end of the time they got used to each other a little.

Little Maggie was definitely a lap/couch dog, so she had to fight over laps with....

Kitten, who quite preferred "her" dog Sadie over the visitors.

Maggie loved to dance for treats. She was so much fun to play with.

It was quite the week, and we enjoyed our furry visitors very much.

~Chs

October Days

October is a visually stunning month.  Here are some random photos of our October.

{The last garden bouquet}

{Fallen Leaves}

{Berries are abundant}

{Autumn walks}

{Fields of dry corn}

While "fleeing the house" during one of our house showings, Faith Sadie and I went for a lovely October walk. The trees were gorgeous, and the weather perfect.

The mums suffered from the hard winter last year, but the flowers that did blossom were as stunning and lovely as always.

Kitten quite enjoys being outside with us and pouncing at nothing and anything.

We are enjoying these October days, and believe it or not, there aren't very many left! So we had better make the most of them!

~Chs

A Puzzling Kitten

The season for puzzles has begun, and apparently Kitten likes puzzles too.

She loves to sit on the puzzle and get in the way. :)

But her favorite place is in the puzzle box, snuggled among the miscellaneous pieces.

So far we have done 2 puzzles and have started on our third. :) Josiah and Charity are the main puzzlers, and we have to go extra fast at the moment to fit a puzzle in between showings while we try to sell our house.

Puzzles are a wonderful fall/winter past time, when the sunset is earlier and there is time to squeeze in a little reading and listening in the evenings, and just like our books we seem to continue to collect puzzles and never get rid of any so we always have another one to do!

~Chs

Declaring the Glory of God

"The heavens declare the glory of God"

{The Moon Eclipse October 8th 2014}

Comfortable Kitty?

Kitten has become quite the fixture in our home.  She has pretty much everyone wrapped around her "wittle" paw.  Even Mother with her self proclaimed dislike of cats. :)

As the saying goes "Cats are connoisseurs of comfort" and Kitten is no exception, one of her favorite spots is actually on the laptop... so if you see any odd posts show up on this blog, it's just Kitten trying to voice her opinion, and tell the world how she feels :)

~Chs

P.S As is apparent in the post "Kitten" has not yet found a proper name. We have thrown many titles at her but as Faith say's "they haven't stuck".

Fall Farm Tour

October 4th wasn't the most beautiful day in history, but it was educational and entertaining, as despite the weather we, along with some friends participated in the Fall Farm Tour that was held in our area.  The first farm we were going to visit, unfortunately, was not open for tours due to a family emergency, so we moved on to the second one-

The Decker Farm

The Decker's farm is a CSA farm. They grow vegetables and also raise meat chickens.

Examples of their CSA buckets, which are put together and picked up by customers weekly.

Their artistic chicken coop. :)

Inside one of their 2 hoop houses, out of the rain and cold.

The gardening season is of course mainly over, but there were still different types of greens, lettuce, peas, and a few tomatoes.

The second hoop house was a mainly inhabited by fruit.

Mr. Decker was very informative and kind in answering questions as he showed us around his farm. The Deckers also own an off sight apple orchard and they make and sell variety specific applesauce.

The other stop, was the Elling Tree Farm, which along with selling a huge variety of tree saplings, also makes Maple Syrup and many beautiful wood creations...

...Including this beautiful picnic table.

Mr. Elling demonstrated his incredible sawmill.

So despite the chill and misty weather we had a wonderful day, met some nice people, and even learned a few things! :)

~Chs