Went to the Forest Park in Noblesville this past weekend to eat some KFC with my sweethearty and snap a few last "peak season" shots around the park.

I'm totally going to miss fall - I've had so much fun traveling around takin pictures here and there. I'm sure we'll get a blast or two of winter to excite my picture takin' mind. Just one or two great big ol blizzards would work for me. I've got spring, summer and fall, now all I need is winter! Bring it on Ol Man Winter!!

Oh enough talk about snow, here's what I got:

Now....I'm thinking about printing these as Christmas gifts in collage form. What do you guys think? Do people want pictures of fall leaves? Here's what the collage would look like in 11x17.

For those of you thinking of buying me a Christmas gift this year,
here's my Amazon Wish List:

Are you sick of me taking pictures of fall yet? I'm sorry! I can't help myself. Oh, don't worry, it's almost over....I'll sure miss all the beautiful colors.

With this picture, all I can think of is that old Kansas song....
Dust in the Wind.... but in this case, I keep changing the lyrics to:

"All we are is ducks in the mist"

I couldn't resist, I had to stop on the way to work and snap the following pictures. The lake was so still and quiet, with that little lingering mist floating above. I hope heaven is like this!

We had our first frost of the season this morning. As I drove to work, the lakes and ponds had a foggy mist raising from them. It created a great scene for some new fall pictures. Can anyone think of anything better than fall in Indiana? I love it!

Duckies on a Foggy Lake

And here they are again.....

I love how the fog is separating the reflection of the trees in the lake

Hope it's frosty again tomorrow!!

And now for today's installment of Fall scenes around Indiana

A Rainy Autumn Afternoon in Indiana

COMING TO A LIVING ROOM NEAR YOU!!

Rich and I are bringing Kellie, Ellie and Brian to Kokomo next Saturday to visit with all of you and for you all to meet little Ellie Grace.

Our plans are to be in Kokomo around 1:30-2:00 at Grammy's house.
If you'd like to meet Miss Ellie Grace and say Hi to Kellie and Brian,
please stop by!

I'm totally lovin' these foggy October mornings! I couldn't wait to get out of the house this morning to get a few shots as the sun came up and the fog burned off the morning sky.


Foggy Sunrise Over the Farm

Fog in the Distance

North Side of the Lake

South Side of the Lake

Tree in Transition

http://presto.com/

Rich found this HP Printer that accepts email via a phone line for people who don't have a computer. We think Meemo would love to get email from people like Marc, Carla, Dick G in Wi., and all of us if she just would sit down and learn to use a computer. However, we know she won't - she won't take time to learn how to use her DVD player.

So what better!?! A printer that accepts email! All we have to do is hook it up, set up a Presto email address for her and tell the printer what time to download email messages for her every day. She literally doesn't have to do anything except walk in the room to get her print outs. The printer logs on via the phone line, downloads the messages at a time we designate and they are waiting on the printer for her whenever she wants to read them.

I KNOW Meemo would say...."Oh I don't need that" but I'm sure she would love to get email from all of us all the time - espeically those of us not great at calling her on a regular basis. She would love to talk to Marc, Carla and Dick more often but doesn't want to call long distance and they don't seem to do it very often from Mom's cell phone.

My bet is, she'd love it!!

I found it for $119.00 online and then internet access is $99.00 a year. I thought the family could go it on it together and split the cost. The more people we get to go in on it, the less it costs us individually.

Whatta ya think?

This is pretty cool.
Pick out a handmade card,
fill in the form
and it will be sent to a soldier
serving in Iraq.

AND, it's free!


http://www.letssaythanks.com/Home1024.html

New Freebies Are Available on the Walmart Website....

You all know how I love FREE STUFF!!!:

http://walmart.triaddigital.com/Free-Samples.aspx

October Morning Mist

(taken Saturday morning at the horse farm down the street from my house)

Kellie sent me some new pictures she took of Ellie Grace today. I made a couple of them black and white, then just colored in the bow.

How stinkin' cute are these pictures anyway???

HAPPY BIRTHDAY ALLI-GAL!!!

HOPE YOU'RE HAVING A GREAT DAY!!

Olivia and I took some pictures around Grammy's house today.

Old Fence In Grammy's Back Yard

Livie found this weird dead flower, we put it in with some colorful stuff and got this picture

Ivy on the Tree by the Street

Pink Flower on the Back Porch

Fuzzy Leaf Plant

The Big Ol White Birch Tree

Rosie spotted this hosta leaf that had interesting shadows shining through

HAPPY ONE WEEK BIRTHDAY TO ELLIE!!

I was wide awake for my party!!

My momma put a cute red ribbon in my hair! Do you like it?

I like to hold my hands together when I sleep

This is me and my family

My momma loves to kiss my forehead (I like it when she does that!)

Ellie Grace - Day 5

We've been videotaping just about everything in Ellie's life - from minutes before she was born to her first bath - to her days under the jaundice lights in the hospital and now on Day 5 - we visited her at home. Of course, I'm taking pictures while Pop (Richie) is videotaping her every breath.

Just look how cute I am in my pink and white outfit

I'm hungry, even though I just had a Ba Ba

Yum, I love these things! And look, I can hold it all by myself!

This is my Pop, my Nana and my daddy having fun at my house while I take a little tiny nap

This is my Momma, she loves me tons even though I just made a real stinky booboo in my diaper!