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i took the above photo some years ago. although it’s just driftwood and seaweed i thought it looked like some kind of sea monster! i want to share four stories that happened to me, a couple of which are quite spooky. featuring a vintage estate sale pink chenille pom pom bedspread and coordinating bed sheets. i had experimented with leaving my 1960s panels that i thought would look great! but like so many new things these days they were outgas*ing a caustic chemical odor (gasp) so i snapped these pics in the golden light of yesterday afternoon. it was the most beautiful foliage and leaf cover in our yard yet this season. right now it’s pouring rain and we have a high wind advisory with gusts up to 50 mph, so by tomorrow morning most of the leaves will be down. i’m so glad i savored them and i hope you’ve enjoyed my fall foliage photos! this simple circa 1930s recipe for banana fritters was inspired by ms. ann knight’s version in the fellowship cook book by members and friends of the second congregational church in norway, maine. these fritters are sweet with a smooth texture and best eaten piping hot i shot these photos two years ago when wayne and i took a morning walk in calvary cemetery, south portland. we spoke of life, death, and the mystery of what’s to come. the sunlight, crisp air and golden descent of decaying leaves back to earth where they will cover and nourish the ground was stunning. when i looked into the “eyes” of the old moss covered statues they seemed to be possessed with the continue reading “the haunting beauty of an old new england cemetery in autumn” → (almost to) last on the autumn “honey do” list for wayne was to pressure wash the deck, so after mowing and raking leaves he got right to it. first step was to clear the deck. when he first started, the sky was overcast and a bit forlorn looking but then clouds quickly gave way to a golden splendor as the sun highlighted the brilliant fall foliage in our yard.