List 1 - Thankful

We are having an exceptionally beautiful Autumn here in my corner of The South.

We went for a walk around our property the other evening and I was once again amazed.

I am a very lucky girl for so many reasons. 

This morning I decided to share a list of some of the things I am thankful for, illustrated with pictures from an Autumn Evening walk.

 My wonderful family (near and far).

A good job.

Good things to eat.

Our Home

This beautiful place we live

Eyes to see the beauty with.
(I broke a pair of glasses this week and was reminded how wonderful good vision really is)

Old Friends (we have a visitor).

A warm and cozy place to sleep.

Our Health

New Friends

 Sunsets

Christmas Music!

My Sweet Husband.

And of course,
Spontaneous!

As the holidays begin, I hope you too have much to be thankful for.
Cheers
Kat
(P.S. no worries, the glasses are fixed)

Autumn Post

Autumn Color

 

 Heintooga Roundbottom Road

Blue Ridge Parkway

North Carolina

 Glorious Color

 The perfect moment in time

 Majesty

 Choosing Apples

 

Bounty



 Time Travelers

 Where too next?

 

Cheers,

Kat



Getting ready for winter.

It has been a busy week around here.

We have been working on the garden,

My Sweet husband is almost done with the last mowing of the season

and I have been putting in bulbs for spring.

We even picked up another load of wood to season for later.

Elm 

The Barn,

as you can see, I did take time for a few photos.

Early Moon rise

This vine provides a nice decorative touch to the fence post.

Color in the woods,

Just down the road aways,

Mushrooms playing peek-a-boo with each other,

see the one underneath?

Isn't it lovely here?

Hope you are ready for winter,

it is on its way.

Kat

Autumn day trip.

Sometimes, living in the country offers surprises.

The other morning

(well actually a week or so ago, but I am getting a little behind)

I walked past the kitchen window

I say something not right out of the corner of my eye.

I stepped back and looked again,

sure enough, something was not right.

   The big old oak behind the house lost a limb.

You can see it here in front of the elm.

It is as big as some trees.

  Here you can see where it broke off.

The limb is much to big for us to move.

We will have to have our "tree guy" out.

  Now we return to our regularly scheduled blog post.

All Aboard!

The Great Smokey Mountain Railway.

Part one of our day trip to the mountains.

  Any tour of the South should include a bit of Kudzu.

 Fontana Lake as seen from the train.

  Our train stopped at the Nantahala Outdoor Center.

(Remember our rafting trip last year?)

 Duck.

My Traveling Companion. 

Going round the bend.... 

Doesn't this place just inspire stories?

Seen from the window as the train went by. 

 I will close with that for now.

Hope you enjoyed the ride.

Next Stop,

Harvest goodies and a walk in the mountains.

Cheers,

Kat 



Just a little color.

We had a colorful early morning visitor.

He joined us while we had tea on the porch.

I offered him some tea, but he prefers flies.

We try to encourage these guys because they are cute, 

and they eat bugs. 

 When we were through with our tea,

I walked down to the mail box.

We are starting to see a little color in our leaves.

A little yellow. 

Are your leaves changing?

Cheers,

Kat

Life is good at Kat's Corner.

I am having a lovely morning today.

To start with, we are on day light savings time.

We got to set the clock back last night and sleep in an extra hour this morning.

The weather is lovely and sunny outside,

but just a bit chilly (OK a lot chilly).

This wonderful old house is quite comfortable.

My trees have not quite reached this stage yet, but at least some are starting to turn.

I thought I would include this one and see if it gives mine the idea.

 I have a lovely cup of PG tips tea.
(Thank goodness for the commissary and the Internet).
Nothing beats a warm cuppa on a chilly morning.

 Unless of course, you have a Sweet Husband who makes fresh Banana bread.
This was a particularly tasty example. It was breakfast this morning.
He makes it from scratch and it is one of my favorites.

 Here is my very generous portion.
I like the crusts best.
It tastes even better than it looks.

 We spent quite a bit of time and energy last week on this.

I love a nice tall wood pile!

It makes me feel more secure.

We are putting some of that hard work to good use this morning.

Our fist fire of the season is merrily crackling away.

Warm and cozy.

Back when this house was built (around 1830), fireplaces

were the only heating option. They do a great job of it too.

Speaking of warm and cozy.

Spontaneous likes to lay in the silliest positions.

She is very cuddly this time of year, just look at that big soft belly.

I have a paper to finish for school,

I better get to it.

You know what? I don't even mind having to do homework on a day like this one.

Hope yours is as good.

Kat