November Beauty and Adios

I just HAD to create one more blog post before we leave tomorrow because November has begun in such a gorgeous manner!  Really, it's warm and mellow here.  I was walking around the backyard trying to accumulate steps (ha!) and I became overwhelmed at the early evening beauty!

Sometimes it's sad when the darkness descends earlier on the first day of "fall back' but today the sky seemed extra pretty longer than I expected.

 My sweet peas can't ever catch up.  By the time they are trying to bloom the temps are cooler, but I am applauding their great effort.

 From now on my posies will be wool (thanks to by sweet blog friend Heather at Blackberry Rambles!)

 The golden birdie will keep shining, even when she's standing in snow.

I forgot to show you the sweet house row that Lisa from Pen, Ink, and Maybe Some Paint drew.  We send each other art and art things a few times a year, so she's my art buddy. I put these on the refrigerator.

I'm all packed (and I mean PACKED because I shoved and shoved and stuffed and stuffed my backpack) and ready to go.  I had this Mexican dress stored in my closet.  I've had it for DECADES I think, so I tried it on and it fits!  It must have been gigantic on me when I was younger because I had thought it was a tiny dress.  Not so!  It fits and I'm taking it because guess what?  It looks better with my white hair than it did with my brown hair.  Ha!  Hooray!
Thank you for calling in.  I'm charging my camera and I have a purse full of little things to please James as a three hour plane trip might be a little much for the wiggle worm.  Thank you for your prayers!  
Adios!