That never ending summer~has ended .Little tribute.

 

All our beautiful leaves are long gone now..yet this Spring I'll have to blow and rake again as some trees are very late to the party.

Our street is jus so beautiful in fall..and after a freshly fallen snow..

I feel I am lucky to live in such a cute town.Tilly calls it a Hallmark town.

I think that's a compliment.

During football season..my son-in-law's friend from high school..attends many of my grandsons football games..Mathieu..we find him so very nice..Jacques called him a Hallmark friend.

And he is right.A friend that only a Hallmark movie would have in it:)Fred is equally as nice towards Mathieu.I think they are very lucky.. 30 + +yrs into a great great friendship.

I'm coining Hallmark as an adjective.

And not in an artificial way:)

Our Littles just finished their football season with heart..courage and determination.

I applaud them.

I never thought I would be a nana that gets up and cheers or automatically starts crying when she sees one hurt.

This and that…

A couple of yrs ago..I feel I can mention it now.. why I was shy about it ..well that’s just me..a network company approached us to film a movie here.I guess they loved the town ..(they have filmed quite a few movies here) ..The gentleman that came to the door was super nice..said they had looked at it before..a Christmas movie..

As soon as my husband came to the door ..the man knew it was a no.

So this is how it works..

They have you sign agreements of course.

You are paid a handsome fee.

But you move out..egads.

And they kind of move in.

They pay hotel and such..

If you knew us you would know its was to be a hard no.

And it was covid.

For us to not live in our home with our creature comforts..  no..

I know it sounds funny.I have seen bloggers bend beautifully to this..even an ex agent I knew..

But ..no..

Nicest man though:)

We are true homebodies..possibly adventurous a few times in our 50 yrs together..lol..but 99% of the time...Creatures of habit;)

I am curious..would you do this?

I'll leave you with these..when the Littles were in fact Littles I used to make protein bites..I had a hankering to make some again.

These are really good..

They are from Give me some Oven  called No Bake Energy Bites.

Much better than those bars you can buy.

Really:)

Take care..

I guess next post will be a snowy scene..Hohoho.

A little cake..some cookies and lots of leaves..a master's canvas.

 

I just love finding perfect recipes..

A chocolate shortbread cookie that stamps so perfectly you are elated when you pull them out of the oven..Curly Girl Kitchen shared it..

Or the easiest marbled cake that you could even have for breakfast..a French tiktoker shared it.

I keep my tried and trues in file folders..

I have so many it's almost unbelievable..But it's been yrs and yrs..

I am not even embarrassed.

Not sure what will happen to them one day..But perhaps kept as notes are on  them..and they have been enjoyed by my family:)

We watched a cute movie..Mr.Church..and at one point Charlie says Mr Church is always baking/cooking.painting/gardening..well that's like me..except Mr Church also played piano.Pas moi.

I sometimes wonder what would have been had I kept working past 30 yrs.. the weird thing is a few  yrs while I worked..I saw ladies at the raquet club..golf club..out to lunch..and wondered what that was like.I thought I'll have to have a broken arm or something to not work.

Strangely enough it was  a medical reason that forced me to stop.

Now 11 yrs later ..I think I should have stopped earlier.

:)

I can paint..garden and bake way more.

But first..  the less fun parts re gardening...

All the beautiful autumn leaves..are near gone now..peak is done..in the process of blowing..believe me when I say we have zillions.

The winter tires have been put on..90% of gardens put to sleep..garlic for sure planted..

The favorite garden things brought in.. our she/he shed is so cute outside..

But inside it is being used for what it was built for.Potting in Spring etc..storage in fall and winter.

Fave cobalt planters..fairies and and special old ornaments I place here and there in the gardens..Jacques' dad's crates for milk bottles.. I have sheers on J's side to take photos..I didn't take one indoors this yr apart from the garlic..

So many pots lol..and my first Nana's House sign..there is a fresher one now but this one almost lasted forever:)I kept touching up the paint.

We remove it in winter..this old one and the new one.

Winter is ..or can be harsh here..

Isn't it funny the things..I am attached to?

And this is outside ..hahahaha.

In Spring and Fall I go a bit nuts.. we wash all the windows..Jacques outside me inside..ovens get cleaned..move washer dryer..lol and clean behind..

Little garbage foragers..

Anyway do be a bit squirrely and save some herbs..dry them..and make bouquets garnis:)

Take care.. busy here..:)

All vaxxed and la grippe inoculated..

Aren't they cold? BRRRRRR...