"The Earth is the Lord's"

  

"The earth is the Lord's, and all it's fullness,  

The world and those who dwell therein."  

Psalm 24:1

 

  We've had such a beautiful fall this year, with pleasant weather, sunny days, and colorful leaves!  We are thankful!

~Alyssa

"October gave a party...."

October gave a party;

The leaves by hundreds came.

The Chestnuts, Oaks, and Maples,

And leaves of every name.

The sunshine spread a carpet,

And everything was grand.

Miss Weather led the dancing,

Professor Wind the band.

~ George Cooper

 

 ~Alyssa

Autumn at our place....

~Alyssa

Out the kitchen window...

~Alyssa

Thanksgiving Weekend....

I hope you all had a nice Thanksgiving!

We had a quiet Thanksgiving at home since Ana was getting over being sick. (We didn't want to possibly spread anything to anyone.) Some friends insisted on bringing us a meal - (that was so kind of them and it was very tasty!) - and then later on we watched the movie Dialtone and a music concert DVD by The Rochesters. It was a nice day. :)

For most of Thursday, all day Friday and part of Saturday our computer was not working. It was about 5 times slower than when we had dial-up connection. But Amy finally figured out the problem, and now it is working again! We are very thankful for that.

Friday we girls had Chiropractor appointments at 11:20 AM. We have never gone shopping the day after Thanksgiving that I can remember, but we thought we would stop at JoAnns before our appointment since we were in town anyway. We had about an hour there.  What were we thinking!?! It wasn't hard to find what we were looking for, but the lines at the fabric cutting counter and the checkout were very long, and slow. We ended up having to leave so we could get to our appointment on time. (The workers at JoAnns know us well, and they put our cart in the back room for us, so nothing was 'lost'!) We were not able to use the 20%off our total purchase coupon though, since we were not back to the store before noon. But we did find some good deals anyway. :)

Sunday afternoon we had practice for the Christmas program that will be this coming Saturday. In the evening they had a Thanksgiving 'Singspiration', which was nice.

I didn't take any pictures this weekend but here are a couple from several days ago:

These pictures are from the Saturday before last, when some of the ladies at church got together to make Lefsa.

~Alyssa

Give Thanks With a Greatful Heart!

"It is good to give thanks to the Lord,
And sing praises to Your name, O Most High;
To declare Your lovingkindness in the morning,
And Your faithfulness every night,
On the instrument of ten strings,
On the lute,
And on the harp,
With harmonious sound.
For You, Lord, have made me glad through Your work;
I will triumph in the works of Your hands.
O Lord, how great ate Your works!
Your thoughts are very deep."
Psalm 92:1-5

God Will Provide

"Fret not thyself because of evildoers, neither be thou envious against the workers of iniquity.  For they shall soon be cut down like the grass and wither as the green herb. Trust in the Lord and do good; so shalt thou dwell in the land, and verily thou shalt be fed."

Psalm 37:1-3

~Alyssa

We woke up this morning to...snow!

~Alyssa

Quilts, Fall Colors, and Pies

A friend from church told me about a block-of-the-month club that one of the quilt stores in town has each year. Yesterday was their first meeting for a new quilt, so Mom and we girls went to see what it was like. There were well over 60 ladies there, most of them over 60! The lady in charge told us about the first block (see picture above) and explained how to sew it. Then there was a time for show and tell. That was a lot of fun, and reminded me of the quilt guild we were in when we lived in Vermont. Exclamations of delight went up from the crowd as people showed their creations!

The lady on the right made this quilt and hand quilted it too! She is donating it to a raffle. It was so beautiful!

Tulips!

This was the quilt top one of the ladies made with last years block of the month blocks. I like the colors in this one, very old-fashioned looking.

If I remember right this was a quilt top someone bought at a garage sale and had borders added and then quilted it. It has so many little pieces!

We enjoyed the time there and being with ladies who love to quilt and sew. It was nice to have some encouragement in a homemaking skill. :)

The sky was very blue and clear on the way home. When we drove into our driveway I got out of the van and walked up to the house so I could take some pictures. I love the bright leaves!

In the evening there was a men's meeting at church so Amy and I went to help serve food. Mr. B., who used to be a cook in the Navy, made all the food for the supper meal, the ladies just made the pies. :) These are just a few of them, there must have been over a dozen pies!

~Alyssa