Good Monday morning! I am popping in to say hello, but without a myriad of excuses for my lingering absence. Let's just say that I am still slow . . . still enduring . . . and still finding God to be faithful.
Autumn is tiptoeing in and I am ready. My friend Barbara and I celebrated our end-of-August birthdays a few weeks ago with (iced) PSL's. I clipped several bunches of limelight hydrangeas wearing their autumn blush and I have placed them in crocks and pitchers around the house. Ron and I spent an afternoon driving all over the county for the "right" color of mums. Bekah has begun her new job as an instructional assistant at a Christian school. Now I am waiting for the temperatures to feel more autumnal to match our activities. I am ready to make soup, wear a sweater, and take a fall foliage drive.
It is hard to believe, but it has now been over a year since Ron retired! It has been a year for learning to balance work and projects and service with rest and quiet pursuits. He has several projects on his fall to-so list, and then he will take a break from projects for the holidays.
One of my own projects is clearing off and reorganizing my library shelves. When I finished homeschooling in 2019, I was not ready to get rid of any books. Seven years later, I am somewhat ready, so I am going with that. Bekah has put aside some books for her future children. I have passed along some to my other children who are all homeschooling themselves. I have offered some to friends. And I am donating some to a local thrift store that benefits the homeless community. I am approximately halfway, so I need to keep on keeping on.
What do you have on your want-to-do or need-to-do lists for autumn?
I will try to visit you, my blogging friends, over the next few days! (I hope that the Blogger Dashboard will behave and show me your posts. It has been a little glitchy of late!)
I hope you're having a lovely September!
Time flies by doesn't it! I am sorting out bedroom drawers at the moment. It seems to be a season of decluttering!
ReplyDeleteOh yes it does fly, Barbara! Decluttering is hard work, but it feels so good to accomplish it.
DeleteSounds like you've been doing all the fun things! You, Barbara, and I need to meet for tea! Autumn is our season and we need to enjoy it to the fullest!
ReplyDeleteI have enjoyed every one of the fall-ish things we have done so far! Meeting for tea would be so much fun for all of us autumn-loving girls! Finding a day would be quite the challenge . . .
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