Little Turkey Friends

Little turkeys all dress up.

Villages

Amazing villages...first Jamestown.  Small towns where people actually
 know each others names.  This is such a sweet Main Street.

La Petite Maison  

The rooms in the shop are amazing.  Special paint techniques throughout.

Yummy coffee and pie. We felt right at home.

Want to stay here.

Found Cluny Brown by Margery Sharp first edition here.

Sonora..will take your breathe away.

On the Road

Yesterday we found the little jewel of Kingsburg, California.  What a sweet town with a Swedish Village as the downtown.

Looking to the Weekend

Last night I asked Mr. Lee to please take photos of the pumpkins

we had carved for Halloween since Friday is trash day. 

 (I use "we"loosely because I didn't have a hand in the carving)

Mark's pumpkin carving expertise above and 

below.  He carved all away around the pumpkin.

The image Jacob picked for Daddy to carve....advanced, of course.  

And Holly's two pumpkins.

Last Saturday's Halloween party photos. 

Jacob found this zombie stranger and had

to have a picture taken with him.  

This photo starts

this weekend's adventures.

The "tell me about the good ole days" show in Redlands on this

simply amazing property. I don't know about you 

but the residence was enough to 

make me want to swoon.  

Absolutely lovely and we left with with kitschy loot, to boot.

On to our next stop, the Harvest Festival.
See that amazing snake.  I don't like snakes or spiders but the
kids don't have to know.  I remember Mark wearing a boa
around his neck when he was in second grade so it goes with
all my children apparently. No fear.

Next stop, the OC for the behind the picket fence at Pieacemakers.

When you visit Piecemakers don't miss a slice of apple pie.


















Then on to Old Town Tustin for a much over
due visit to the Vintage Lady. I have
known the proprietress for over 20 years
and always admire her interior styling and
all the garden fairies that obviously live in the
shop's garden.

Little fairy gardens.
And the little scene in the parking lot below.

Matthew Mead's HOLIDAY Magazine

This is so exciting...Matthew Mead HOLIDAY magazine is in the mail.  I should receive it this weekend. How lucky am I?  You know you want one for your very own.

New eZine that you are going to LOVE

Hop on over to Amy Powers' site to experience her new magazine.  It is amazing.
Honestly the only thing better would be for me to be able to hold it in my hot little hands and read it on the train.  PLEASE share with everyone you know.

Manners

Sometimes I simply wonder where have our manners gone?  Try this experiment for the next week.  Say Please, Thank you, Excuse Me, Pardon Me, and Bless You at every appropriate opportunity.  It's so much nicer when everyone is polite.

And it's not just the "younger" generation that lack manners, either.  People of all ages and walks of life  lack common courtesy.  Think about it a minute, who is setting the example after all?  My mother said please and thank you to her dying day.  If it is God's will for me to lose my faculties, I pray that I, too, will remember my manners.

 

Awesome book for children (we change out words like stupid...yep, I know I can be a potty mouth but not in the presence of my offspring) but worthwhile for adults, too.