A Peaceful, Quiet November Day

It seems to me that November arrived in a gentle peaceful manner. After all the hurry and scurry of October I am happy to feel the calm of this day. The leaves have begun to fall and there are even some yellow ones among them. Every once in awhile we get pretty fall colors but most often it is just brown. Crispy brown. I love to hear the crunch of leaves under my feet when I go for a walk.

Louis Dean stayed home this morning while I went to Fort Worth to visit Mother.

I am so fortunate to be able to spend a little time with her every week.

Today was a treat - we had lunch at a new In-N-Out Burger place close to the beauty shop.

Mother LOVES a chocolate shake and the hamburger was good!

She and I did a little shopping afterwards. Ross for Less, Hobby Lobby, a Wine shop, the Dollar store.

She found TWO pair of house shoes at Ross. I should look in her closet someday. It seems like she is ALWAYS buying house shoes! I love that she still wears make up - and she had a few things she needed along that line. I bought myself some Red Door perfume - it's Louis Dean's favorite fragrance on me - although we both call it 'BARN Door!' Hobby Lobby had 50% off their art paint brushes so I braced myself and bought several. You can paint with cheap oils or expensive ones. You can use inexpensive canvas, discarded pieces of wood - you can paint on just about anything! However, there is NO substitute for good brushes!!

I also picked up this cute sign for $6 at Hobby Lobby!

I am a sucker for a sign!

I was home by 3:00 and in keeping with the peaceful feel of the day - I took a good nap!

The guest room is the best place for napping - it was cool and dark and just perfect!

I puttered around the house the rest of the day. I love changing the calendar page to a fresh new month!

I keep all my calendars and use them for craft projects later on.

I wish I liked red wine. It just looks so pretty. I am a white wine kind of gal!

Louis Dean sat out on the driveway and watched me pull some of those persistent little weeds we have in our yard after he filled up all the bird feeders!

I felt a bit elegant as I still had on the dressy pants and top I wore to Fort Worth. 

With the cooler weather all our flowers are blooming like crazy!

It is not unusual to have fresh bouquets of roses in December!

When we came in and I fixed myself a tea tray. Earl Grey is my favorite HOT tea.

I bought the Brownie Brittle at HEB in Waco last week and let me tell you they are DELICIOUS!!!

I have a Frito Pie in the oven for our supper tonight. Not quite cool enough for a fire - perhaps tomorrow.

I hope November has many, many days as calm and sweet as this one has been!