Crystal Christmas

From Paper Mulberry

Scent of Cinnamon

Merry December to you

No snow here, as far as the eye can see. I knew I shouldn�t have complained last year. It�s so much better with degrees below Celsius and land covered with White. Now it�s +5 and just wrong. It�s December for crying out loud!

Well, it�s December, as said and though no snow, I wish you all a happy Christmas month!

 
Source: Tell me!

Table setting for Halloween

So pretty with the Green and Purple and Black instead of the traditional Orange. I like!

Unknown source.

Hot Skwash

Hot Skwash came to life in 2008, by Daria Knowles. She works with local farmers and harvests unwanted pumpkins and squash stems and recycles them into beautiful accents for the home.

Hot Skwash donates a portion of proceeds to the Learning Community, a non profit dedicated to providing free parenting resources to parents who wishes to raise healthy and happy kids but who may not have the information or support they need.

Source: hotskwash.com

7 Things You Didn�t Know About Pumpkins

Pumpkin pie wasn�t always sweet. It dates back to the colonial period, when they filled pumpkins with milk, spices and honey. It was then baked in hot ashes.

Back in the 18th century, medicine men prescribed pumpkin as a cure-all, for example if you got a snake bite.

Pumpkin carving is a huge American tradition, but turnips, potatoes or beets were the original Jack-O-Lanterns.

Howden Field is the classic pumpkin, but there�s also the Atlantic Giant, which grows to more than 100 pounds, Little Boo, and Munchkin varieties.

If you think your Jack-O-Lantern is huge, consider that in 2010, a New Yorker carved a pumpkin that weighed 1,810 pounds!

Pumpkins grow on almost every continent, including super cold climates like Alaska. The only place you won�t find pumpkins is on Antarctica.

Pumpkins are 90 percent water. This didn�t stop the world�s largest pumpkin from weighing more than 2,000 pounds, though. In comparison, the world�s largest watermelon weighs in at a measly 268 pounds.

Source: countryliving.com

Thanksgiving setting

Early Halloween

So, Halloween is on October 31st, but I found this adorable photo and had to show you. Isn�t he cute?

Fall beauty

This morning

I haven�t slept at all tonight. And strangely, I�m not yet tired. So at five o�clock I woke R and we had breakfast together before he went to work. Just after, this image appeared outside our dining room window and I had to show you. It gives peace to the soul!

Have a wonderful day, all of you. I can feel this is a good one.

August

Last month of Summer. If all is like last year the snow will lie several decimetres on the ground in about two months from now.

Strange how fast the nature changes. Right now all becomes deep Green. It�s my favourite month of the year. The colours are radiant, it�s happiness and melancholy mixed.

Soon the Summer is gone. Christmas is coming and then it starts all over. Another year will have passed.

In just a few days I turn 35 and it�s time to again wonder where the years went. What have I accomplished, what are my dreams and goals, looking back, looking forward. Dreams and hopes that didn�t come true, and those who did.

I am dreading this birthday but that too shall pass.

Source: flickr.com