Mosaic Monday

Be sure to check out Mary's blog and view the other links for Mosaic Monday

http://dearlittleredhouse.blogspot.com/

Delicious "Acorns", weekend in the kitchen, from http://sixinthesuburbsblog.blogspot.com/2011/10/chocolate-peanutbutter-acorns.html  I just had to try this, too cute for some fall yum!

From our camping trip last weekend, the kids were having fun with rubbing the crayons over the leafs and drawing hand turkey outlines.

I made some of these little candy treat tubes using the stampin up bags and the leaf set die and spice decorator paper. A pretzel dipped in chocolate will fit in these bags too, as long as it's not too thick.   Did I ever tell you I'm also a stampin up demonstrator, see left button to click on my web site.  I've been stamping for about 25 years and it is another on of my loves.

Have a marvelous Monday, hugs, Michelle

Praise God-Fall Blessings and a Give Away

Today's Praise God post is on "counting my blessings"...check out Ann's blog:  http://www.aholyexperience.com/, "One thousand gifts" is her incredible book I am reading.  I can't put it down, started it on 8th of October.  I was playing with photoshop textures so the book does not look so grungy in reality.  Ann writes from the heart, she puts herself out there for all to see, her writing is poetic, a marvelous read!

So today I have about a dozen moments I'm counting as gifts.

#94.  Jesus Lover of my soul
#95  There is no fear in love, but perfect love cast out fear.  1 John 4:18
#96  Son frugelness-buys hair clippers
#97  Chai Tea Latte's
#98  Daughter's gift to Mom-ceramic mug
#99  My name in the Book of Life
#100  Rejoice in the Lord always, I say again Rejoice.  Philipians 4:4
#101  Color tinged tree tops dancing in the wind
#102  Mums-yellow, purple, white and maroon
#103  Cousin who chats with me and listens
#104  Delicious Apple cake
#105  Photos of Fall to treasure

One of my faviorite songs!  Keep looking up...Michelle

*Just noticed that this is my 100th post this year, leave a comment and I will pick a winner, A "gift" to count.  A pack of handmade cards and tags all in a Fall theme.  :)

Walk with Him Wednesdays-One Thousand Gifts

"A Dare to Live Fully Right Where You Are"

One Thousand Gifts....

# 71    Autumn Pumkin Muffin with crumbled topping
# 72    October Frosted Cream Cheese Pumkin Bread
# 73    Fall Flying Honking Geese
# 74    Christian Radio Station

Praise God, Michelle

Texture Tuesday-Red

http://www.kimklassencafe.com/thecafe
Thanks to Kim for the lovely fall textures. 

Went camping this past holiday weekend and spent a couple of days soaking in all the beautiful fall foilage and taking lots of phtotographs.  The weather was spectacular!  Praise God, glorious fall days.
I thought today I would show the before and afters.

Before

After

Before

After

Before

After

Have a terrificTuesday.  Blessings, Michelle

Texture Tuesday

http://www.kimklassencafe.com/thecafe

Thanks to Kim for the lovely fall textures.

I love barns in the country, this one is only about 10 minutes from my house, even though I live in the suburbs.

The last of summer flowers, the dahlias are still holding on and blend with the mums.

Brought the hibiscus inside now for the winter, we just had a spell of cold weather and rain for 8 days.

Have a tremendous Tuesday.  Hugs, Michelle

Mosiac Monday-Fall Fronch Porch

Be sure to check out Mary's blog and view the other links for Mosaic Monday

http://dearlittleredhouse.blogspot.com/

I showed you one side of my porch in a previous post, so here's the other side, the porch is very small, but I am still decorating before I show the whole porch.

The pinecones and yarrow are from my yard.

I still have some dahlia's blooming, this yellow one was spectacular this year, I probably have to dig them up in a couple of weeks.

I found this rack at a local antique/farmers market...I knew it would be perfect for the porch.

Have a marvelous Monday! Hugs, Michelle

Praise God

Revelation 19:11

Then I saw heaven opened and a white horse standing there; and the one sitting on the horse was named "Faithful and True"--the one who justly punishes and makes war.

Praises today, my brother in law was able to fix my computer crash...I was able to get my photos back, not sure about my documents.  But now I'm having to reset and reprogram everything.  My what a lot of work.  Next step buy an external hard drive to back up regularly....hard lesson learned. 

Blessings, I hope you all have a wonderful week!  Michelle

Praise God

September 21st was my Mom's birthday, and she, I'm sure had a fantastic celebration in heaven with my Dad and others.  She loved birthday parties.  This year my sisters and I did something different, we went out for dinner in celebration of her birthday and gave gifts.  We celebrated her and remembered her, November will be 5 years she's been gone, and I Praise God that we are all Christians and have His promises of hope for being reunited with our loved ones.  It makes it much more bearable to know we will spend eternity with each other.

Blessings, Michelle

Pink Saturday

Pink Saturday-Stop over to our hostess sweet Beverly and check out all the other linked blogs
http://howsweetthesound.typepad.com/my_weblog/

Another, post from pinterest. If you want to follow me I have a button on the side to click or you can click here, and check it out, I have to warn you it is addicting, but soooooo inspiring, http://pinterest.com/rosebudquilter/

One reason I am doing a post on pinterest again, is my computer has crashed with a virus I believe and I am not sure it is repairable and of course I was going to get around to learning how to back up my c drive with all my documents and photos and did NOT and now I may have lost everything, I am very sad and angry as you can all imagine....so if you don't do so {which you all probably do} take my advice and regularly back things up...the evil ones are all around us.

Happy Pink Saturday, hugs Michelle

Mosaic Monday-Sunset

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http://dearlittleredhouse.blogspot.com/

If you already seen these for pink sautrday as a single photo I'm sorry, but I just had to share again with Mosiac Monday in ths format.  It was truly a magnificent, breathtaking view of the sky last week, after my bike ride and walking the dog, I just happened to look up and there it was!  So glad I didn't miss this these few moments because they were changing very rapidly every few.  Have a lovely week.  Michelle

Praise God

Cute decorating idea.

Well worn, well used.

All imaged from pinterest!  Have a blessed Lord's day!, Amen and Amen, Michelle

Pink Saturday

Pink Saturday-Stop over to our hostess sweet Beverly and check out all the other linked blogs.


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Sometimes I get so busy I don't even see what's going on outside around me, I'm rushing around doing errands, driving here and there, busy inside the house and I just have not been slowing down to enjoy the simle things.  So, I went for a bike ride the other night after dinner, then I took the dog for a walk, well as I was walking down the street, I could not  help but notice the sky in front of me. 

It was breathtaking to say the least. His artistry was magnificent. The sky was luminous and radiant with beauty, I tried to capture it best I could with my camera, just hoping I could run in grab the camera and get some shots off before it disappeared, each couple of minutes the sky was changing with the clouds and color. Note to self.....slow down, missing moments!


Have a wonderfuly weekend, enjoy something simple, HUGS, Michelle