Harvest

Leaf

Red to blue

The red backs on these desks have bothered me ever since someone dug three of them out of storage and relegated them to the teachers' suite. So, yesterday I covered the red with blue fabric. It will be interesting to see who notices the change on Monday morning.

Fall

The snow is gone and fall is back.

First snow

Cousins

I met my youngest second cousin at the family reunion.

Campus

Puppy

 I puppysat yesterday.

White

Gourds

Fall

The trees beyond the parking lot are in their glory.

Expressive

Orange

Apple harvest

 I picked my apples. It was hardly the harvest that I had last year. 

Garden

Zinnias

Basil

Five years

  Five years ago, Julie and I signed papers to purchase the Cookie House. This month, the last mortgage payment was made.

Pink styrofoam

 When I was growing up and Dad and Grandpa were remodeling our old farmhouse, Dad always bought blue styrofoam from the Dow store. The lumberyards had other, prettier colors. I wished for pink styrofoam.

Now that I've grown up, my wish has come true. I have a house with pink styrofoam. 

Pumpkin time

Drying

Donuts

Coming soon

Sunrise over the parking lot

Fog

Nepalese dinner

Nepalese tea with milk and sugar

I have been paired with a nursing student from Nepal as part of the International Friends and Family program at SVSU. Last Saturday, my student and three of her friends came over and cooked Nepalese food, including Nepalese tea, for me, Amanda, Kathryn and Libby. 

Most of my interaction with international students has been with students from Saudi Arabia and China and I've learned about their cultures and beliefs. I'm really enjoying learning about new cultures and beliefs in a part of the world that I know very little about. 

Orange

Mushrooms

Last week was rainy and on Sunday I noticed a variety of fungi in my yard. 

Colors

Sunset