The mornings are cooler, days are shorter. Soon the trees will begin to change to the
many shades of autumn. The leaves fall
to blanket the earth to become food for the soil for new flowers, plants in the
spring.
It’s also time to put away the summer clothes and sort
through the winter clothes. Let’s see
what to keep or give away or keep for scraps to make a patchwork quilt. Mmm, I’m thinking about my Grandmother and
how she use to take our old clothes to make us grandkids patchwork quilts by
hand. As I write this post I also recall
going to the mountains in the fall with a good friend as we looked over the
farm land below. I was struck by how the
land below looked just like one of grandmother’s patchwork quilts. This may be a good fall time project – let me
put this on my “to do list” made a “Shade of Autumn” patchwork quilt.
Ok – Back to the chores around the house; cleaning out the
basement, donating items to Goodwill and/or Salvation Army. I enjoy having a nice table laid out using
the color of the seasons as my guide.
Try to keep my table set ready to break bread with family and friends
when they stop by. This may sound costly, but you can get many nice things at
thrift stores, yard sales, dollar store or make them yourself. And it’s a must is to have cold sweet ice tea
and lemon aide in the fridge too! My
family seems to drinks the tea and lemon aide as fast as I can make it. Also it’s time to get the living room
painted! Mmm…. What color do I
want?? Ok – let’s move that thought to
the back burner for now.
There are some upcoming fall holidays such as Columbus Day,
Veteran’s Day – both of these are on a Monday which means half price days at
many of the thrift stores in my area. Thanksgiving is a time for families to
come together to give glory to the Lord for all he has done for us and our
family. Next is a personal holiday “Black Friday” Wait hold on - I can hear you
Say - What?! For me I have found this
day to be one of the better days to buy items for your home at crazy cheap
prices. This takes a bet of planning,
because we don’t always know just what items will be on sale. Well I seem to have my lists together time to
drop off the donations and take care of a few errands. At the bottom of my “to do list”, I have
don’t for get to take time out to take a walk to enjoy the seasons good weather
while is last and to also enjoy the many shades of autumn.
Enjoy this time by God’s Grace and Love.
