A New Month Arrives

Happy November everyone. October has blown out here (actually literally blown out of here, the wind is crazy right now) and after a week of rain, they say we shall see the sun soon. But our temperatures are also dropping off, and it is going to feel more like November.

Good thing it is November.

We start the new quarter at school today too.

And those leaves are coming down.

Time to rake.

Even the cover of my autumn board book looks like it needs to be raked.

And just a reminder our latest challenge at Try It On Tuesday is the Colors of Autumn.

And I think I'll see if I can manage Art Every Day, the November challenge.

Happy Friday, Happy November, and have a great start to your weekend.

The Leaves Are Falling

Hi everyone.  Happy weekend. I am looking forward to a "quiet" weekend; last week was busy and next weekend looks to be busy so it is nice to know I have a little me time in between all of these events.

So today I have another page from my autumn board book for you. On the left is a board book page, which is inked to start with.  Then I added some corrugated tape, a "fake" fall leaf (it is a silk leaf), a frame with a piece of napkin and a found relative photo in it, a crow die cut, and also some inked paper flowers. I needed to ink the flowers to make then a fall color rather than being spring pink.

And on the right I have a page from an old book, and  decorated that with a Victorian woman image as well as a stamp.

I am linking up to Moo Mania and their latest challenge which is die cut or punched pieces.

And after a lot of wind (some of it very strong)  and some rain this past week, the leaves started to fall.

Here's my latest foliage photos from around my yard. I snapped these last evening after work.

The screen porch will get closed up this weekend. One of the saddest days of the year for me (smile), but the temperatures have dropped off and the days are a bit chilly now. It is (unfortunately) time. Too chilly to lounge on my hammock out there at least. Time to pick up all the lawn chairs and the garden decorations, and if the wind dies down, maybe even time to take out a rake.

Wishing you a fantastic weekend.

Autumn Magic

Hello. I hope everyone is having a good week.  It's Friday (or since I am posting Thursday night, it is just about Friday), and we are already more than half way through October. Holy cow.

 I have another page for Eileen's Dream challenge at Art Journal Journey.  Here's a spread from my autumn board book.
 By October our days are getting  more than noticeably shorter here in New Hampshire. (And maybe/probably where you are also, unless of course you live south of the equator.)  It won't be that much longer until the clocks change and it will be dark by 5 pm  (17 o'clock).
Eeeks.
I made my page by collaging various papers. With the lighter background I could stamp  several images  in black and brown inks. Then I added a couple images to finish off my page. On the left I used a printed background, a fame and a TH relative. I cut off most of the body to get the framed view. And on right I used an image I had in my stash, which I stamped with the Dream and Discover quote.
Wishing you all a great start to your weekend.

T Stands for Baking

Hi everyone. Tuesday is here again.
  I had a nice relaxing weekend and kept myself busy without having any commitments, which was great. My last few weekends have had a lot going on.

One  thing I did this weekend was make some chocolate sourdough bread. 

Let me offer you a slice. Not sure you can see the inside very well in this photo.

The bread is coco based, and then I altered the recipe a bit by adding whole chocolate chips rather than melting them and then adding them. I also added some walnuts.

I lightened it up here but not sure this photo is any better.

And since it is Tuesday it is  time to link up our drik related posts at

Here's my baking mess. (Plus all the counter clutter that I just pushed aside rather than putting away.) But can you just make out the teapot on the right (it is blue)  and behind my bowl an almost empty Diet Coke bottle? They are my entry to T day this week.
Stop by Bleubeard and Elizabeth's blog   to join the T Day fun and see what everyone has been up to.
And how about bit of art today also. I want to remind everyone that the Animal Magic challenge is still going on at Try It On Tuesday.

Here's a page from my autumn board book with this vintage owl book page.  I created a frame for the page with some torn pieces of wood paper, added some blue plastic "dots" as well as a metal key and tag which I painted with some brown paints to make look a little more worn and vintage. All this is put down on a light brown inked background, which is just peeking out around the owls.

Hope to see you at Try It On Tuesday with some Animal Magic.

And  before I forget. several of you asked if I liked the Downton Abbey movie that I mentioned seeing last post. Yes, I did very much enjoy it. And so did my husband. who can be a tougher critic. It was very well done and a good story also. I guess the only thing I will say is that if you aren't familiar with the show,  skip the film, as it would be hard to pick up who was who. Does it need to be seen in big movie format? No, but it was a lot of fun to watch an extra long episode on the big screen.

And also wishing you a Happy T day.