a perfectly simple & sweet crisp autumn morning

 we are having some glorious weather here in Georgia

glorious!

  we're opening  windows

freshening up the blankets

&

baking yummy things like chocolate chip pumpkin bread

and apple crisp

lady antebellum playing on pandora

fresh sunflowers

a breeze blowing through the open windows

& a heavenly aroma in the kitchen

perfectly simple & sweet

my favorite kind of day

 the chalkboard reads~

the woods are full of fairies

the sea is full of fish

the trees are full of golden leaves

let's make an autumn wish





i also put out some of my paintings

i took painting lessons for several years

& am hoping to make the time to start back up

many of the paintings i did were jennifer lanne

i love her simple subjects

combined with breathtaking use of color

since i'm not gonna sell them

duh

i hoped she didn't mind that i was inspired by her work

& wanted to "practice"

she's going to be here in october for the country living fair

oh my word

i am so stalking her

i placed them in the little hallway between our kitchen

& what i affectionately refer to as our skinny door

( the little opening beside the garage)

a little pop of color in our neutral home

also wanted to share one of the pieces we brought home

while packing up dan's parents home

which by the way

WE CLOSED ON!!!

it sold

what a miracle

seriously

i purchased a little cushion & covered it with some painters tarp

i used no-sew fusable webbing

be impressed

my little snazzy slipcover will probably fall apart by thursday

at which point i'll run it up to my alterations bestie

but for now

i'm LOVING it!

i always wanted a chaise for our back porch

so on our perfectly glorious october weekend

i sat on a chaise formerly owned by my inlaws

i thanked the lord for them & for their lives

for the fact that their home sold so quickly

for the blessing of a home full of 5 of my favorite people ever

for a perfectly simple & sweet crisp autumn morning

simple things

but things i pray i will never take for granted

ever