Wednesday

I’m a dud at Halloween fun. As a teacher, I dreaded all the holidays. Halloween was the top of my list. It was a long day filled with disruptive behavior. Now, it makes me sad that I was such a party pooper. 

My Laura takes dressing up for Halloween seriously. About the Holliday growing up she says— “Mom made me be a witch every year”. She had long red hair and made a great looking little witch. She got her love for dressing up from her Dad. He had a huge trash sack full of masks. He bought new ones each year after Halloween during the mark downs. Here’s a few I found of Laura’s characters.

Fiona

Jessie

Darla

Sally O’Malley

Anxiety 

Mrs. frizzle and Jessie

Tuesday

Astrid has a camera at her chicken house. I this this guy could smell the chicken feed.

I started my walk at sunrise. The hunters moon was big and pretty.

Sun came up then I could see better. My neighbor has a pretty Red Maple.

My maple by my porch is turning red. 

Astrid cut the dead headed grass in one pasture Sunday, now if we could get a little rain.

Today is my gym exercise day. I’ve added a little elliptical to the end of my workout. Today it took 2 hours. My knee hurt afterwards. I over did it a little. I washed my dirty car and it filled up with gas. 

Greta’s team plays at 6 tonight. Hope we win. 

Astrid is being interviewed tomorrow on tv about the nonprofit she works for. Hope I can catch it.
 

Harvest Moon is Shining

Greta is 16 today. She’s is off to the State Volleyball Tournament with her team. They will stay at Hot Springs tonight and will play at Bauxite, AR Tuesday. Another girl on her team has a birthday today too. She’ll be driving to school now. Birthday wishes!

Ingrid was in a baking mood. Fall baking! Cinnamon, brown sugar sticky buns with cream cheese icing and pumpkin bread rolls with pumpkin cinnamon filling and maple syrup icing🍁🍂🎃oh, they look delicious. 😋 

I was tired all weekend…not sick…just tired. I think it was because of the Covid Flu shot Friday. I’m looking to feel better today. I’m trimming the vines and trees along my lane and I want to wash my guest room bedding and hang them on the clothes line. Fleta is coming again November 11. Kay and I are going to travel north up hiway 7 and eat at Hagarville Grocery. We’re hoping to see some fall color along the way.
 

Sunday

Astrid had a pumpkin carving party. Afterwards the chickens had a pecking party.

Ada’s church had a hayride and she and Greta enjoyed it. Then at the soccer game she had a cousin friend to play with. Here they are sharing their seat.

I am filling my bird bath twice a day. The birds are so thirsty! All day they are flying in for a cool drink! His eye is on the sparrow!

 

Saturday

 

Astrid decorated the Powell farm for Halloween. It’s a spooky farm.

Sigrid is going to wear the poncho I made her…well, maybe, at least she modeled it. I made it last year.

I had my bird bath by the water hydrant but it wasn’t in view of my porch seat. I moved it so I can watch the birds getting a drink. They are really congregating there. Not much water to be found.

Unexpected gifts, ones I never dreamed I’d receive, have come to me from my cousin Mike Sneed. When our dear Winnie passed, Mike offered to share family treasures with me. Today by American Express a package arrived and inside was my Grandpa Powell’s cane. It’s too beautiful to even use. I often must use a cane now. I think this one could only be carried to church. R. M Powell was born in 1883 and passed in 1954. I am honored to use his cane. When I held the grip, I thought, he held this once. Amazing👩‍🦯‍➡️👨‍🦯‍➡️

Grandpa and Grandma— young and old!

Friday

A wild man from Florida—Rick Mahan and his wife Debbie Kay came to see me today! Debbie Kay brought me a box of Aunt Pearl’s devotionals! Ricky brought a big bear hug! I love getting to see them when they visit Arkansas! May the Lord bless them with safe travels home again to Panama City, Florida! ❣️They both prefer Arkansas to Florida, but moving is hard on old folks.

I walked this morning to the little watershed~~Galla Lake! I looked across the water and my eyes fell on the one orange tree! It was gorgeous among the green leafed and bare limb trees! Today I hope my light will shine like this orange  tree! I may not be the best, but let me be MY best today.  Lord, thank you for forgiving my errors yesterday! New day— new chance!

My favorite tree the Tupelo Black Gum has turned to its deep plum color. It’s my favorite fall tree. The leaves will fall soon because it’s really dry here. The leaves can’t hold on long.

These are the devotionals Deb brought me. Aunt Pearl was a Pentecostal minister. I plan to read them. We can glean bits of knowledge from other faiths.

 

October 22

Sigrid is a puzzler. She and Logan E have that in common. She is a math person too. The two skills are related. She had two tests last week and this. She scored 92 and 100 percent. Well, you wouldn’t want a dummy filling your meds.

Greta will be driving in less than a week. Seems time has flew by. Laura and I went to her volleyball game last evening. We must have been bad luck as they lost. So they got second in regionals. They will play in the state tournament next week. Hoping for success.

I voted yesterday.  The ballot is stronger than the bullet. Abe Lincoln

Erin saw two flocks of wild turkeys today. My dad loved wild turkeys. The threw corn to them and they stayed near his house. He never killed any of them.

My fire plant is turning red. Siggie gifted it to me. It’s special to me. I planted my pansies yesterday. I pulled all my purslane up. It is too cool here now for it to bloom. I put some donkey manure under the pansies.

I was sick of this monster. I was afraid when I saw him that I couldn’t get someone here to eliminate him so I used the pick ax. Sort of like Lizzie Borden, but I only used one whack. Sorry, if you think I’m the monster. Logan and Eric came and finished what I started.  Some armadillos carry leprosy. Never touch one!