be my guest.....

I am guest posting today over at musings of a gem....

gemma is a darling young lady who lives in england.  i have been following her on her blog for quite a while now and she has an etsy store, she loves to cook and has lots of recipes on her site.

check her out....and give her some love!!!

here in good old michigan, we have had our first fall-ish day.  two days ago it was 88 degrees with a heat index of 95....whew!!!

today? 

57 degrees with a wind chill of 54!!!  brrrrr....

summer goes so quick!!!  fall goes so quick and brings w.i.n.t.e.r   i am so not ready for that!

in the meantime

i am still hoping for more of 

this....

sunflowers are courtesy of don's garden....aka....the jungle

school starts tomorrow in our district.....my baby goes to high school...sniff!!!

just because.....

just because i love this picture...

and this one....

more fall fabulousness....

the hubster and i decided to take a drive last saturday morning 

along the back roads of a neighboring town...

it was breathtaking...

it was prime color...and i think we nailed the timing.....

hope you are having a happy fall!!

fall is here......

and it arrived like gangbusters.  after a very cold, gray and soggy september, autumn arrived in all of her brightly clothed splendor.....

but the prettiest things i've this fall were these two princesses...

i think i'm in love......

a new, old mirror

i picked this mirror up at the habitat for humanity re-store this summer trying to do my part
to reuse and recycle the world's crap junk...

 it was hideous.  seriously, who would have this......

in their house?  a woman was hauling this out of her car to donate when i spotted it.

she took $5.00 for it....

i was horrified, yet strangely fascinated at the same time.
  

then i was horrified again when i saw the big crack in the frame.

well, a little bit of glue and my

very best friend, heirloom white...and....

hello, gorgeous

please ignore the crack in the driveway....we had a crappy builder...

(what is with that face??? is that how i look when i take pictures??  i'm surprised kids smile for me at all!!)

another piece rescued from fugly
and
from 70's sick to shabby chic...

then, i saw this on someone's blog

a very close match to my little redo project.
the price tag on that mirror???  $65.

score!!!

baby "r"

i scheduled a photoshoot for yesterday.  all last week, i watched the weather.  because you know that here in michigan it's a real crapshoot to get good weather on any given day, or hour for that matter.  well, the forecast for sunday was not good. in fact, the whole weekend was supposed to be a washout.  so i suggested friday afternoon instead.  temps in the 80's and sunny....

and doesn't a dandelion taste better when the sun is shining?

she just had her first birthday, so she had a cake....

and got to wear a tutu... 

and fed dog biscuits to her dog, buck  (big, big buck!!!)

she had just learned to take her first steps...and what is better than first steps 

than first steps in a tutu??

she has her grammie's eyes...

and her mama's sweet smile....

thanks, "k" for letting me go with my instincts.  we had a great day!

today's post is brought to you by the color....

yellow...

and now back to your regularly scheduled programming...