Enjoying Everything Fall...

Oh friends we have been enjoying the Fall weather here in the Carolinas now that the weather has started to really cool down....we are loving the walks through our neighborhood with thin sweaters that block the chill of the wind.  My husband is loving coming home to the smell of fresh baked cookies and I am enjoying spending time in front of the fireplace in the evenings. We have not had to turn on the central heat as of yet because the fireplace is been doing the job...But I was looking at some of Thomas Kinkade's painting last night and this one stood out to me....Oh how I love the Fall...the way the leaves change colors and fall to the ground and around here people still burn leaves after raking them in a pile and after all the neighborhood children have had their feel of jumping in the piles of leaves and them having to be raked up all over again.....I love sitting on the porch with little miss cupcake and rocking her and till she goes off to sleep and the rest of my precious little ones chasing one another around the yard enjoying the cooler temperatures.  So I just wanted to share this picture from one of my favorite painters....Don't you just see yourself sitting in that rocker on the porch just enjoying yourself......

Autumn, Queen of Year

by Winifred Sackville Stoner, Jr.

When the pumpkins are so yellow And the vines with grapes abound, When the melons are so mellow And the nuts fall to the ground; When persimmons lose their bitters, And the apples are so red; When we love to eat corn fritters Since the roasting ears have fled; When vacation days are over And the children go to school, They no longer play in clover, But much learn "Arithmos-rule," When weird Hallowe'en's most naughty elves With gnomes and sprites appear, While fat Thanksgiving fills the shelves - 'Tis AUTUMN, QUEEN OF YEAR.