Fall is...

Fall is elusive,

secretive, shy;

Fall is a crispness

that comes from the sky;

Fall brings chrysanthemums,

and sand that's cold;

Fall gives the trees

great halos of gold.

Rustling and bustling,

each little fall sound

Stirs up pumpkins

which squat on the ground,

Scoops up summer,

pauses to tease;

Fall is the mist

which creeps through the trees.

♥ My Daybook ♥

For Today… Monday, February 22, 2010

Outside my window... It is cloudy and a little cold. Snow is still on the ground, but is starting to melt. It is supposed to rain today.

I am wearing... a gray long-sleeved shirt and cheetah-print pajama pants.

I am creating… a cleaner bedroom...and doing some redecorating in it.

I am going... to the library after while, and then no where until Thursday evening ~ grocery night.

I am reading... "Where the Heart Leads" by Kim Vogel Sawyer...plus for school, "Anna and the King."

I am hoping... that it will warm up outside soon!

On my mind... my dad's birthday tomorrow. I am going to decorate the diningroom for him while he is at work today...and I have to clean my room some more.

From the learning rooms… math, English, reading, history, spelling, Bible, science, piano, computer, etc.

Noticing that... the snow is slowly going away...and I hope we don't get anymore until next winter :)

Pondering these words... ♥ It is God...who made the garden grow in our hearts.♥ 1 Corinthians 3:6 TLB

From the kitchen… we are going to have baked chicken with carrots, onions, and potatoes, with applesauce. I like the chicken, potatoes, and applesauce, but carrots and onions aren't my favorite!

Around the house... I am doing my schoolwork...then I will go back into my room to clean some more. I can't wait to get it all done and redecorated! ♥

One of my favorite things: listening to my MP3 player

A few plans for the rest of the week: going to the library, my dad's birthday tomorrow, going to the grocery store on Thursday, my aunt is coming to spend the night on Saturday.

From my picture journal...

My new Tobymac CD--I like it, but most of the songs make my dad and mom's heads hurt--lol :)

If you would like to join us in The Simple Woman's Daybook, please see Peggy for details.

Life

Life is like a mirror -

if you frown at it,

it frowns back;

if you smile,

it returns the

greeting.

~ SPRING ~

Happy first day of SPRING, EVERYBODY!

Spring is GOD thinking in gold, laughing in blue, and speaking in green.

~Frank Johnson~

Picture from allposters.com

~ Melting Snow ~

Every day the snow was melting a little. The cedars and spruces shook it off, and it fell in blobs from the bare branches of oaks and maples and beeches. All along the walls of barns and house the snow was pitted with water falling from the icicles, and finally the icicles fell crashing. The earth showed in wet, dark patches here and there. The patches spread. Only the trodden paths were still white, and a little snow remained on the north sides of buildings and woodpiles. Then the winter term of school ended and spring had come.

Farmer Boy, "The Turn of the Year"
by Laura Ingalls Wilder