Staying home while having fun...can we find a way to do both? Only if we can go outside on the nice days! I always tell my sons when we talk on the phone, that I work really hard some days so that I can go outside and play when I am done. I clean and shop...oh and decorate and read!
I changed a few things to reflect the Fall season.
I love this old dough bowl that a blog friend gave me YEARS ago! She doesn't blog anymore but I always think of Sandi when I decorate with it.
And I put a few more Fall colored flowers in the basket in the kitchen.
I'm going to just do a little this year because our weather is so fabulous for hiking!
I wanted to show some of the pages in these old readers.
I love these old children's books with their pretty illustrations.
I always clean as I go! So now I've cleaned, decorated and read my school books.
Can I go outside and play now?
I drove over to the 49th Ave trailhead and walked on the Florida Trails a couple of days ago and finally got a fairly decent photo of the large brown butterfly I see every once in awhile.
This is the underside of the butterfly so it makes it even more difficult to ID. But do you think it is a Palamedes, Debbie? She's my blog buddy from It's all about Purple and an expert on butterflies.

And speaking of blog friends! Look who I saw at Walmart this week! My blog buddy, Barbara from Sweet Tea and Sandals. We live in the same town and this is the second time we've run into each other there! Makes shopping more fun, too!
Now look at the photo again....do you really think I'm worth 98 cents?
And speaking of blog friends! Look who I saw at Walmart this week! My blog buddy, Barbara from Sweet Tea and Sandals. We live in the same town and this is the second time we've run into each other there! Makes shopping more fun, too!
Now look at the photo again....do you really think I'm worth 98 cents?
I'm joining Angie for Mosaic Monday HERE .