"Autumn is marching on: even the scarecrows are wearing dead leaves." - Otsuyu Nakagawa

Fear not November's challenge bold—
We've books and friends,
And hearths that never can grow cold:
These make amends!
~Alexander L. Fraser (1870–1954), "November," c.1918

~November 2~ 

And November sad,—a psalm
Tender, trustful, full of balm,
Thou must breathe in spirits calm.
~Caroline May, 1887

~November 2~ 

The world is tired, the year is old,

The faded leaves are glad to die...

~Sara Teasdale, "November"

"For man, autumn is a time of harvest, of gathering together.

For nature, it is a time of sowing, of scattering abroad."

--Edwin Way Teale

~November 3~

"Swinging on delicate hinges
the Autumn Leaf
Almost off the stem"-  Jack Kerouac

~November 4~ My street. Just me or has this November been even more dreary than usual?

~November 5~

Along the road

Your steps may stumble

Your thoughts may start to stray

But through it all a heart held humble

Levels and lights your way.

Dan Fogelberg, Along the Road

Pumpkins on sale at K-Mart. Is it any wonder they're going out of business? The store here is closing soon. Sears too. It's a shame.

Dabbling in the Waterlogue app...again

~November 7~Hubby Neil (the bearded guy in the black frames) joined the food box packing gang at Churches of Christ Disaster Relief in Nashville, Tennessee ~another 1500 boxes ready to go wherever they're needed

~November 9~Grandson Knox on the path from school to granny's house 

Picking up grandson Elijah after school~I rarely do this any more since his sister got her driver's license this year

~November 10~iPad time for Knox

~November 11~Our neighbors' massive leaf piles~Thankfully the city came by and sucked them all up  just before the fierce winds and rain blew through here Friday night (Nov 17)

Flying the flag on Veteran's Day

Daughter Kelly, grandson Knox, granddaughter Shelby hanging out at Blue Coast

~November 12~daughter Kelly's birthday~brunch after worship service at Grandma's Pancake House

Granddaughter Shelby gave her brother Elijah a new hairdo

The drifting clouds are dark and drear,
The blossoms die of cold and fear,
The wild wind mourns the fading year,
And winter threatens near.~Elizabeth Chase Akers Allen (1832–1911), "November," c.1864

~November 14~Some people have clouds in their coffee. I have hearts in my Cheerios.

~November 17~Flags are flying not just on Veteran's Day

"She calls it "stick season," this slow disrobing of summer,
leaf by leaf, till the bores of tall trees rattle and scrape in the wind."-   Eric Pinder

Knox received his prizes for the laps he ran and money he raised for Cougar Run, his school's only fundraiser each year. He requested this one, a virtual reality headset

His mom downloaded an app on her phone that works with these glasses. You pop the phone into the glasses compartment and suddenly you're under the ocean in a shark cage!

November is whizzing by!
It's Thanksgiving week already. So remember ....

.... every day ....