Little elves

My granddaughter and one of my great nieces

I think they look like they could be sisters

They had a sleepover on Thanksgiving night

and

helped put up my tree.

It's up

with lights, that's it so far.



41 Years ago today

We were married

of course we were both

a lot younger

(I was 17 he was 24),

less grey

and thinner.

It hasn't always been easy

but

I knew he was the

one

I wanted to spend my life with.

Beautiful fall

 The roses are still sharing their beauty.

The trees are blazing

Last night we turned back the clocks

how I wish I could really turn back time

I would have just one more day

to tell my momma

how much she means to me

I would tell her how much I enjoyed

the time we spent together.

The last 3 words my momma said to

me

were

I Love You.

I love you too

Momma

You are forever in my heart.



Halloween Party

Vanessa is having a Halloween Party.

Thank you Vanessa for your magical blog.

You have helped me get through some very rough days this year.

I've always LOVED Halloween.

I love all the colors, the smells, the pumpkins.

Maybe because it's a couple days after my birthday.

Maybe it's because when we were kids I could always borrow some of my

mom's

skirts, scarves, jewelry and be a

gypsy.

Maybe it's because I have a dark side.

A side that love zombies, vampires, werewolves, ghosts and

other things that go bump in the night.

So,

follow the ghost lights

to a welcome.

We can chat and have popcorn,pumpkin roll (I had plans to make pumpkin cupcakes today

but I've done something to my knee so no cooking for me)

and drink some hot apple cider.

(With spices of course).

Or maybe you would like some hot tea.

It is the south so of course there is some iced tea.

Maybe a Honey crisp apple is more to your liking.

Pull up a chair

get cozy and we will watch

a movie, or two.

Maybe a book is more to your liking

with stories by Edgar Allan Poe, HP Lovecraft, Robert Bloch, Ramsey Campbell or Stephen King among many others. (A recent find at Barnes and Noble).

Don't mind the ghosts, they are all friendly here.

We can watch the witches.

Glad you stopped by for a visit.
Well, doesn't everyone have a grave in the garden?

Jack-o-lantern

Fall is in the air

Pumpkins are everywhere

so we brought one home and

made this.

God knew what he was doing when he made

her

my grandchild.

Forever in my heart.

She lost her brave fight with cancer.

We were there with her to take care of her. She would look at us and say I don't want you to work so hard taking care of me. We would tell her "Momma if our roles were reversed this is what you would do for us." We knew that because that's what she did for her step-mother, her dad and her mother and father in law.

The last 3 words she said to me were "I love you".

I love you momma, you were my momma and my friend. You will be forever in my heart.

Moments like butterflys

My butterfly is out of focus

kind of like life right now

I find myself wishing I could change things

but knowing I can't

I try to capture moments

remember past moments

and hope for future moments.

My mother is now in hospice care

She's my first thought in the mornings

and

the last at night.

The moments we share now are

me trying to be sure she is comfortable

and

that I'm there to talk to her.

To listen to her talk about the early

days

with my dad.

All those moments we've shared.

The moments are flitting away like a

butterfly

out of focus but you know it was there.