Hazel's Last Ride...of this season

This was a beautiful Fall day. The air was crisp, but the sun was bright and the sky was clear and blue.

Since it was beautiful, I hurried to strip the bed and get things washed to hang outside, all the while praying that the wind was still coming from the east and keep the neighbor's chimney smoke away...thankfully, it was.

One day last winter, the bedclothes smelled so bad of smoke, that I could hardly sleep!! Today, however, we were spared.

After taking Keith to work, I set out to finish cutting the grass, no doubt for the season. The last two years, I was still cutting parts of the yard in November! We've had several heavy frosts, so I think I'm safe. Hazel, my John Deere, can take off her mower deck and mount up her blade for the front to be ready for snow removal.

Cutting grass has become so relaxing for me. Didn't used to be, but now that I'm used to how this yard lays, I can let my mind wander and do my praying.

Betty's yard is difficult to mow and I grumble about it each time I do it. But, I love her to death and after I'm done, I'm always glad that I've done it. She's the best neighbor!

The applesauce is put away. Every inch of space on my canning shelves is full--a happy thought. My OCD kicks in when each fruit or veggie does not have it's own space or lined up in nice rows...I have applesauce squeezed in any empty place...oh well. The shelves are full and I am sure I'll find what I need when I need to find it.


The dead or almost dead flowers were taken to the compost today, too. How sad to see the colors go. I picked more rose hips today, too.

It was a good day for getting ready for Fall.


"Sanctify and prosper my domestic devotion, instruction, discipline, example, that my house may be a nursery for heaven, my church the garden of the Lord, enriched with trees of righteousness of they planting, for thy glory." The Valley of Visions, The Family