THE BUSYNESS OF FALL-ARE YOU BUSY WITH FALL CLEANUP

There's a hustle and bustle in the air. School in full swing. Thinking about the next events like Thanksgiving. Turkeys are on sale. The Fall vegetables. Trees trying colour. Time for some photo opts! Of course, garden cleanup. Four bags to the curbs. Adolph needs to tie the branch bundles. A year to chop and cut back a very over grown and messy garden. Not fair to ask the snow to cover it up! It will still be there in the Spring. There is something about garden work. It clears the head. Chopping and bagging, no other thoughts, just slow methodical work. After a stressful and sad week, good for the soul. So busy to slow needed work. Slowly each week the garden is surrounding to Barb's efforts! Also slow efforts. No longer about to spend a whole day, now more like less than 2 hours and sometimes only 1! But like most valiant workers, every effort counts! Just doing something helps with the overall appearance. Like most tasks in life, getting started, doing and stopping when tired. Just to start over another day!

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SEPTEMBER 2013-IT'S A WRAP!

As September wraps, the bounty of the fall is in full swing.The trees have started to turn beautiful colours. The harvest is well underway. Garden cleanup and taking in summer furniture continues. Even indoor fall cleaning is happening in stages. Thinking about preparation for Thanksgiving as the month ends. The kids are back at lessons and school so free time is at a premium! The panic at the beginning of the month is over with the norm being the back to back activities. Some projects like the baby blankets for my new grandchild coming in a month or so have been finished! Thinking about hats and scarves for my other little "pumpkins" are the new projects! Oh September-it's a wrap!

PUTTING THE PIECES TOGETHER

Many times in life we have many different activities or stresses on the go. It seems that life is going in all directions. Then it happens things fall into place and we put all the pieces of our life together for a short time. Like in the Spring with garden cleanup and planting and cutting the grass the first time. The task seems unsurmountable but we plug away at it. Planning for a party, a trip, a special occasion- and then it comes together. Are you busy trying to get a project, party, event finalized? Just keep going and it will come together!