Giving Thanks!

Hope you & yours had a lovely Thanksgiving!

I made some Give Thanks placemats for the little ones at our gathering.

Luca is filling out what he's thankful for.

*photo by my dear friend gina (doecdoe)

You can see here charmingly retro photography & crafting here!

Along with my sweet husband I'm pretty THANKFUL for her!

Foliage

It's the end of November & we're still raking!

Love it when I find a giant, intact leaf feels like I found a

four leaf clover.

First Harvest

Found a couple older Thanksgiving pieces I made.

Above is The First Harvest 

below is Circle Falls

Do you have exciting plans for Thanksgiving?

We have a good mix this year, one good friend, a little bit of my

family & a little bit of Antonio's.  Should = a beautiful day!

Gratitude Grid

Let's call this my little warm up exercise for Thanksgiving next week.  

This would be a great morning mantra.

Winter Sky

Our first snow arrived on Saturday.  Although not a lot  enough to make

me remember what I'm in for.  My favorite part was looking up a seeing

a flock of birds flying amongst the gentle flakes.

*Looking for the positives here!

Friday FUN....

                                         Friday late afternoon always feels like a royal affair.

Have a great weekend!

Winter Garden

The forecast for where I live is on a steady decline until the end of the week.  I'm not a winter girl so I'm thinking of ways to make the most of it.  My usual trick is a indoor winter garden- Amaryllis, Paper Whites & hyacinth.  Gives me hope to see flowers bloom in the frosty weather. 

(even if it's indoors)  and it smells so good.

*If you have any suggestions or tips for the winter pass them along!

I did order a new down filled coat as my cold weather staple.

Sunday Sketchbook

A little Sunday morning painting in my sketchbook.

Added some text digitally- makes more sense to me now.

Some things just need words & well others definitely don't!

Car Talk

Just found out that Tom Magliozzi died earlier this week.  I am a HUGE fan of car talk & so enjoyed listening to them crack one another up & learning a little something along the way.  I almost forgot they had names.... just thought of them as the Click & Clack brothers.  The show always brought a smile to my face & gave me a lasting impression on a beautiful brotherly bond.

Fall Floral

Starting out November with a fall floral.  Trying to hold on to last couple weeks of warmer weather here.  Then it's on with my North Face coat until the end of April!
*Note to self find a chicer winter uniform.