Fall has arrived

I suppose it had to happen eventually. Yes, after 80 days of sunshine, the rain has returned to Western Washington.  While I am happy in some ways to pull out my sweaters, boots and my new warm, fuzzy TOMS, I will miss the sunshine.  Mornings are already hard enough for me trying to get out of bed in the dark and made even tougher with the dark, grey clouds at 8 am when it's time to scoot out the door for the day.

I did manage (finally) to put up the wind chime my mom gave me.  There is a large craft show outside of Wichita, KS each fall and last year my mom had bought this super cute coffee pot wind chime.  My dad hates it.  So my mom gave it to me last Christmas and yes, it took my 10 months to go outside and hang it on the hook outside my kitchen window.  Sheesh!

I am happy for the rain that has come to clean the air and water my sad, sad yard.  Though soccer in the rain isn't all that great either, God has been very gracious and held off the rain for last Friday's walkathon at school and the soccer game on Saturday afternoon.  Today, though, the street is covered with branches, pine needles and debris from last nights little wind storm, but the sun is shining and peaking through those pesky clouds.  Time for a little jewelry photo shoot.

Have a great day, y'all!!

Day 302

We were out and about running errands this afternoon and as we were stopped at the light ( you will notice it is red, so I was completely stopped before taking this picture) I noticed not only the dark clouds to the east of us, but how intense the light coming from the west hit the shopping center in front of us. I just thought it was a really cool display of God's awesomeness.

Day 301

As I was taking Andy to preschool this afternoon, I finally noticed my neighbors red maple and had to snap a photo. I love the colors of the green evergreen, the red maple and the yellow something or other plant that I don't really know and the moss on the rock. Just a fun picture of God's wonderful creation.

Day 278

The only thing I haven't figured out is how to take a picture of the crisp cold mornings we have been having. As you can see, there is not a cloud in the sky and it's been so nice to have sunny days, albeit a bit chilly. We were at the park this morning to run off some energy and I wanted to convey somehow our beautiful fall weather God has blessed us with.

Day 272

Fall has definitely arrived in Seattle. The wind has shown up along with the cooler weather and even the rain has made its appearance. We had all of the above today, but even the sun came out for a bit. I noticed one of the trees today and just love the bark and colors that are emerging. God's creation is just amazing and it's nice to stop and actually pay attention amidst the busyness of our lives.