The "NUMBERS" on the calendar show that soon the days will become "DARK," and possibly, "MESSY!"

The days are getting shorter.  I really noticed yesterday when I was driving my daughter, her four boxes of worldly possessions, her best friend, and her newly acquired gecko from California, back home, to Oregon.  We left my parents house in Sacramento at 5:45am and arrived at my house in Hood River around 5:45pm.  It was a long drive, but we made pretty good time considering we made a few stops, and had lunch with a friend in Bend, OR. Anyway, I definitely noticed that we left in the dark (and drove in it for at least an hour) and when we arrived home, it was still light but, the sun had already disappeared over the horizon.  Fall is officially here!  To boot...it rained today. The word in the Farmers Almanac says we might be in for a pretty messy winter. Since I'm not much of a snowbunny, I'm not really looking forward to that, but I DO admit that it was nice to wear jeans and my favorite sweatshirt today.  It looks like I'll be able to pull my boots out of the back of the closet soon.  That always makes me happy. :)

The October Photo a Day Challenge has definitely been helping to show me how the season is changing. You can find it here. So what are we waiting for? Time to share!


"Numbers." Oct. 14th.

I know. I know. The photo is a little boring.  You'll have to forgive me.  That was the day I had driven from Oregon to California. After 11 1/2 hours I was beat and determined to just make a submission. Yep! That's my Mom's calendar. :-/


"Dark!" Oct. 15th.

I did a little better with this topic. The fabric of my daughter's dress.

The Bird House in my Parent's backyard.

The solar lights and the evening view. Again, from my Parent's backyard. I guess I felt the need to make up for the previous day. What do you think? :D


"Messy." Oct. 16th.

Let me see a show of hands. Who likes moving? I have recently moved into a new house and have a couple of housemates. I have very few belongings, so it didn't take much for me to get my stuff unpacked and put or stowed away. However, my housemates moved from a larger house and are still in the process of sorting through what will go into the new house, and what will be discarded. This is my garage right now!! :-/

So, that's it for the last three days.  I'll be back to share in a few more. 

Blessings to you and yours. See ya on the flip side!! :3