~ Pretty Treats for Halloween ~

Trick or Treat

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Forget Black & Orange

How about some Pink & Turquoise treats?

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Happy Halloween
{is it true that you Australians do not celebrate Halloween?}

~ calling all sweet tooths ~

sticky... sweet... gooey fun
A morning devoted

to the old fashion candy kitchen

{my kitchen}

naked & sad apples

sweet caramel chunks

gorgeously yummy
layers of
apple...caramel...chocolate....sprinkles

laugh-out-loud-fun
was had by all

{two willing daughters and myself}

~A Few Bluebird Notes ~

Simple Pleasures

What's on your top 10 list?

oven fresh bread

an autumn walk in the leaves

a weekend away with friends

coming home to find dinner on the table

.....the list will be different for everyone

but I pretty much bet everyone finds pleasure in receiving

an unexpected letter in the mail.

Once upon a time handwritten correspondence was the

only way to hear from family and friends.

I feel sad for the daughter's of today who have not had

the thrill of having a handwritten letter

{on beautiful paper}

waiting for them in the mailbox.

I have decided it is time to bring back some Joy...

To reach out in a timeless, classic and personal way

So

for those of you that played along with me in a previous post

Your notes are in the mail!

{as you can see from the stack of envelopes above I had many responses}

{I have two lovely bloggers who did not get back to me with their addresses

so if you are one of them please email me...one friend I am still trying to connect with}

So start sending out some snail mail love

The Joy I got from taking the time was unbelievable!

{The Perfect Note...by Kerry Colburn...is a wonderful book full of amazing letter writing ideas}

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A great big hug goes out to Jermaine

for presenting me with

the Kreative Blogger Award

please visit her lovely blog

French Kissed

...the rules say I have to tell you 7 things about myself..

yawn yawn

so without repeating myself over and over

visit here or here to learn more about me

{only if you please}

~ My Maria ~

flowers fading

weather changing

swift autumn......in all it's glory...like a bonfire of leaves

"Maria" my blue adventurous friend

how many more times will I be able to ride you

before our roads are covered in white?

~ A Saturday Game of Tag ~

my saturday image

black beads

strawberry macaroon

wee pink dish

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I have been tagged

by sweet Kris at Behold the Metatron

This is a one-word game.

Only one word answers are to be used

{really tough for me..as you can see I did use a couple words once or twice}

1. Where is your cell phone? with daughter

2. Your hair? ponytail

3.Your Mother? giving

4. Your Father? gentle

5. Your favourite food? Greek

6.Your dream last night? school hamsters

7.Your favourite drink? pepsi {shame on me}

8.Your dream/goal? bookstore

9.What room are you in? kitchen

10.Your hobby? my home

11.Your fear? drowning

12. Where do you want to be in 6 years? new home

13. Where were you last night? driving kids

14.Something that you are not? loud

15.Muffins? pumpkin choc.chip {thank you Queen B... get recipe here...they will make you happy}

16. Wish list item? cashmere throw

17. Where did you grow up? Oliver B.C.

18.Last thing you did? groceries away

19. What are you wearing? cozies

20. Your T.V.? ancient

21. Your pets? Oliver

22. Friends? inspiring

23. Your life? blessed

24. Your mood? light hearted

25. Missing someone? oldest daughter

26. Vehicle? Honda

27. Something you are not wearing? earrings

28.Your favorite store? Anthropologie {isn't it everyones?}

29. Your favourite colour? turquoise

3o. When was the last time you laughed? minutes ago {doing this}

31.Last time you cried? last night {commercial}

32.Your best friend? husband

33.One place that I go to over and over? my van

34.One person who emails me regularly? parents

35. Favorite place to eat? my mom's kitchen

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I will now tag

Jacqueline...So cute it hurts

Heather.... A day in the country

Tracey.... French Larkspur

Sharon.....My passport to style

Karyn ... French Charming

I usually will not tag anyone and tell you ALL to play along if you want

but no one ever does

so this time I will put these lovely bloggers on the spot

{only play if you want...my feelings will not be hurt}

BUT

if you are not tagged please please feel free to play

It is quiet fun!

~ White Blessings ~

Have you ever seen white leaves?

Today as I was on a Nature Walk with my grade 5 classes

we came across these beautiful unique leaves

the white was actually on their backsides

they were all flipped over on the ground

amazingly beautiful

{especially for us white lovers...so I just had to bring some home}

so to celebrate my white find

I thought I would
show you some more black & whites from around my home

(to see more click here)

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I am feeling very blessed this week
because I have gotten some very special awards
many thanks to

Kissed by an Angel for the Splash Award
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I need Mom for the Honest Scrap Award
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Dust Jacket Attic for the Xxtraordinary Blogger Award
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Passport to Style for the Stylish Blogger Award
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Please visit them
their blogs are amazing

Hugs to you all

~ Take Note...A Letter from Me? ~

please take note this is very note worthy information

adorable sketches + pastel paper= pure stationary bliss

from

{kara rosenberry co.}

a while back I won a giveaway from the lovely kara

i received 3 packages of the sweetest note cards ever in the mail

her illustrations are simply amazingly lovely

{thank you ...thank you ....thank you....thank you....thank you kara}

perfect for my little bluebird notes


fifi in paris


chandelier love

kara has a new holiday line of cards and tags
{which i could not resist}
please please check her blog out here
{she is having another giveaway soooooo hurry over }
check her lovely shop out here


i am now officially hooked and i so want to get back
into the art of letter writing....
i wish i knew all of your addresses....i would write you a note
really really i would {will}
{if you have my email address send me your address or give me your email address so i can email you and get your address.... i promise i will send you a note on one of my new note cards...i love mailing letters all over the world...something romantic about it...dropping the lovely stamped letter in the mailbox and watching it go down...call me crazy but it gives me the tingles...imagining how many places it goes to before it gets placed into the recipient mail box....the excitement of the recipient...oh i should of been a mail lady.....remember... .all i need is your address and you could have one of kara's lovely note cards addressed to adorable you from little old me xoxoxoxo}


you all deserve a thank you note for visiting me
and another one for leaving such heartwarming comments

~ Scarf & Gloves for my Tree?? ~

October

Listen!

The Wind is Rising

and the Air is Wild with Leaves

We have had our Summer Evenings,

Now for October Eves!

{H Wolfe}

My tree is getting ready for Winter....

Reconsidering it's Leaves
For a Warmer Scarf ?



Or perhaps
A Woolly Glove or Two?

Time for us to cozy up inside and out!

~ Some Rain...Jams..and Nature ~

Molly and Me

Rainy and Wet

South Surrey

Missing Goat Jams and Chutneys

Meeting sweet Heather at her adorable Shabby Shack and her friend Angela!

{visit her here}

Shopping at H & M

Home

Tea Time...Heather's Bird Nest Cookies {thank you Heather...so yummy}

Nature Walk

Samosas for dinner with Missing Goat Chutney

Missing my Husband who has gone Sailing for the Weekend

~ OrBs oF REd ~

iT's tHAt TimE

oF tHe YEaR agAiN

pomEGrAnaTE
TimE
FreSh FOr thE SeASon

{just like my new deep rich ruby shoes}

OrBs of ReD
shApED LiKe hOliDAy ORnaMenTS
BurStINg witH JEwEL-liKE seeDS

mY FamiLY Is FaSInaTed
WIth
tHIs FrUIt....

hOW Do yOu eNJoy tHEm?

{peanut butter popcorn recipe found here at Julie's lovely blog...thank you for sharing the yumminess Julie}

~ It's Easy to be RICH ~

With Gratitude our Life becomes Rich

I am so Thankful for each of You

You are truly amazing

Hugs to you all that responded to my post a few days ago

Here are just some of the many things you are Thankful for...

the number one response

Family & Faith

{many wonderful husbands were mentioned}

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the response that gave me the biggest chuckle

Lime

{instead of Lemon today in her Gin & Tonic....

I did ask what you were most thankful for right at that moment...xoxo }

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the yummiest response

Peanut Butter Popcorn

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Our bowls runneth over with praise items

{double click on image to read}

What a wonderful way to live

To realize that our lives are filled with so much....

A feeling that nurtures our Souls

Lets remember to say thanks everyday

{even if it is just a wee small thank you item...like toothbrushes or bras...what would we do without them?}

{today I was thankful for my crock pot...my dinner was waiting for me when I got home from a crazy fast pace day at school...yahoo}

~ Not Another Attraction in my Life ~

An Attraction

is a

force drawing two things together

So

A Delicious Attraction

would be

Lemon and Blueberries

which I found out go perfectly together

after a recent trip to the Local Farmer's Market

where I brought home a

Lemon Blueberry Pound Cake

the first bite produced

An Instant Addictional Attraction

for me towards the pound cake.....

all I can say is

"Why Me?"

~ GIVING THANKS ....IT'S EASY ~

Happy Thanksgiving

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"A thankful person is thankful

under all circumstances.

A complaining soul complains

even if he lives in

paradise."

Bahaullah...founder of Baha'i' faith

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Today is a great day to be thankful.

I would love to know what you are thankful for at this very moment.

please let me know....

LARGE things or small everyday things....

We all have something we can be thankful for...

no matter what kind of day we are having or what our situation is

{ I would love to do a post later on this week using some of your responses}

xoxoxoxo

~ Two Little Sock Monkeys ~

My New Friends

Two

Little

Sock

Monkeys

Jumping

On

My

Bed......

Don't you love these little guys?

I found them at Target today

I may never take them off!

They make me sooooo happy!

Happy Weekend to you all

It is Canadian Thanksgiving this weekend

so I will be spending my time eating turkey

and

wearing my new monkeys!

~Take Time ~

I am the guest blogger over at Sharon's lovely blog

My Passport to Style

My Dear BlueBird Diary

helped me out so much

with this one

Please

Take Time

to see what my Diary's Words of Wisdom are

{check it out here}

Time is so precious to us all

so make sure you

take some

for

the most important

things

in

your

life

xoxoxoxo

{read all about Sharon's 5 day event here}

~It's A Sweet Day~

Sweet Tidings

It's another Dreamy Sweet Day

and

I feel like Celebrating

{maybe because it's my friend Carol's Birthday or maybe because I have been given a gift of another day}

Cupcakes

Teacakes

Fairy cakes

Sweet cakes

Cakes that Delight

{i think i like these wee bite size cakes because I can eat them with my fingers}

What would us girls do with out our Sweet Days?

Food for the Heart ..... from the Heart

**Girl Food**

{do men really appreciated sweet little cakes?}

~ Sunday's Gifts ~

Happy Sunday

Just finished my tea and danish

and thought I should let you... my dear friends

{who left such caring & compassionate comments which warmed my heart so}

{a million thanks to you all}

know that my family is feeling much better today

and I am still healthy

{dare I say that?}

I thought this would be a good day to

share another Maria and Me adventure

If you are new to my blog....

Maria is my lovely blue bike

we have been on many adventures together

travelling the

"cute spots"

of our area

click here to see where else we have been

This time we cycled to

Limbert Mountain Farm

This herb farm is adorable

and their lunches are incredibly yummy

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I also want to share something amazingly wonderful with you all

Sharon at My Passport to Style

along with

Lauren at Lauren Loves

Are hosting a five day blogging event which begins tomorrow the 5th of October at 8am UK time.

The event will be choc full of guest bloggers, interviews and much much more, kicking off with a great competition and some gorgeous prizes! Please join them as they raise awareness for cervical smear testing and follow their fun five day event, leaving your comments and encouraging as many women as you know to attend through twitter, facebook,telephone, friends connect, texting, your blogs of course and good ole word of mouth!

I know this event will be amazing so please stop by and show your support for this important event!

{I am so honored to be one of their guest bloggers so please visit...I have been working on my post}

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One more important thing to share
I have been very very bad

I was given the Honest Scrap Award a few weeks back

from 3 lovely bloggers

so I must not wait any longer to thank them!

{please go visit them ...you will fall in love with their magical blogs}

*Tracy at French Larkspur

who I adore so much...she has an amazing on line shop you will love...please visit here

for lovely Jeanne de'Arc Living products

**Sharon at My Passport Style

who is such an amazingly talented stylist and one of the dearest persons I know

***Morning T

a sweetheart who takes amazing photos and shares about her family, home and travel on her lovely blog
Thank you all for the lovely award

I really do not know what I would do without you guys

What a blessing you have been to me

xoxoxoxo

~ kitten poodle soup ~

We have a quiet a few uninvited guests visiting our home
those nasty cold and flu bugs
have moved right in
making
everyone sick
everyone
but
moi

{me}
{knock on wood}
Sooooo you know what kind of weekend I am going to have
I will be making
buckets of
chicken noodle soup
and
dodging
nasty germ bullets
when all I really want to do
is have some fun
Can someone come and rescue me
and take me far away?


chicken noodle soup
kitten poodle soup
kit and kaboodle snoop
thicken strudel loop
stick in doodle hoop
{as you can see I am already going loopy}
Please save me from myself
I Need to get out of this house!
{image from Canadian home & country feb/march 2005...words add by me}

~ Tiptoeing through the China ~

Anything Goes

with

Beautiful Plates

even

Ballet Slippers

So come tiptoe through the China

with my dancing

Ballerina

Mix and Match

One of My Favourites

My cozy PomPom Slippers.....

So Lovely!

Anything goes with Beautiful Dinner Plates!