Recovery Mode, Fall is Fading and the Winner of a Sunflower Painting.....and a Visit With Rayne and Mummers!

I had plans for this day but decided to stay home and rest.

It's a good thing I got a whole lot of deep sleep early on because I didn't sleep well last night.

I really regret scalding my habd yesterday.

I was making tea and pouring boiling water over a silver knife in a glass pitcher.

I've done that so many times and never a problem......until yesterday.

My hands already looked like they are 100 years old and now these huge blisters are going to age them even more. Nita reminded me to put Emuaid on it and that has helped.

I won't take a picture of my hand but if I did - it looks like something you would see on Halloween!

I had a nice surprise this afternoon!

Summer ordered cookies to be delivered and they were still warm from the oven!

Louis Dean and I halved one of the brownies and that was the first real BITE I've taken since Wednesday morning. It was a bite to remember!!!

Fall is winding down and I am a bit melancholy about that.

I packed away all of the Halloween themed decorations this morning and Louis Dean and I put them away in the storage building. I like the clear tubs better so I can see what I have.

Can you peek into the dining room back there on the right?

I still have art out from Tuesday and discovered a Sunflower canvas I had set up on a shelf but forgot to finish it.

I worked on it a bit more this afternoon and will finish it tonight and let it dry before glazing.

Since I already have such a big bag of names from the Sledding Santa drawing......

I decided to draw one out for this Sunflower canvas.

Here I go......

Linda Hillin!!

I will mail this off to you as soon as it gets dry enough to wrap up!

I'm going to keep my Bag of Names to use whenever I paint an extra painting or two.

Tomorrow we are going to Quadville to hang out for the day and Amber said she would help me order my Christmas Card for this year.

I used to send out cards and then for whatever reason, I didn't.

I'm going to use the pic of my Sledding Santa with the yellow sky.

I would love to send you all Christmas Cards!

While I have lots of  your addresses already, if I don't have yours - please send it to me in an email.

Debbie West won the Sledding Santa and she is a gifted photographer and often uses her work for cards. I am playing copy cat with her idea! I have framed many of the cards she has sent me over the years and use them as seasonal art.

Guess who came to celebrate Friday night with us???

Summer and Rayne were just what the doctor ordered!

Rayne is the sweetest little girl and we enjoyed every single minute with her.

She can raise her eyebrows so high she could give her Aunt Amber a run for her money!

Eventually Rayne will return to her Puerto Rico home so I am lapping up the time we get to spend with her.

She does love her Mummers.

We ate Chick Fil A el fresco......

thank you, Summer - not only for the Cookies that arrived earlier - but for bringing dinner tonight.

While Summer and Louis Dean sat and talked on the driveway, Rayne and I went to the backyard to play hide and seek.

Can you spy her?

There she is!

We had so much fun!

She found another cool hiding spot behind the French doors that open to the outside of the sewing room.

Summer took this photo as Rayne and I watched the moon rise up and over from under our pecan tree. It helps that I don't look as bad as I thought I did. I had lost so much bone support that my face seems to have filled out and some of the wrinkles have been stretched back. I like that!

Granddad played music for us......

and Rayne kept us entertained.

She even talked to me about her adventures with Hurricane Maria.

She said the evening before had really been 'quite nice.'

I think it's a good thing she can talk about it all.

I'm not sure I would have been as brave as she was.

Then it was time for Granddad to read The Ghost Eye Tree by Bill Martin.

Louis Dean knew him personally and this book was a gift from the author with a note written on the flyleaf. It is one of Louis Dean's most treasured possessions.

Rayne was totally engaged.

 It was a Fun Friday!!!

This sweet girl took my mind right off my sore mouth.
What a treasure this evening has been!

And now I shall bid you all a Good Night!
~Sweet Dreams~