In need of warming... :-)))

My sleepy little Mouse, which I've had for a long time.  Awwwww, I think  he is just so cute.  And he reminds me of a favorite Christmas Time book....

"Mr. Willoby's Christmas Tree."

This may well have been a book, which I first learned of, on the old tv program "Captain Kangaroo."

Now there is "an old chestnut."  ,-)  Yes, I'm so "olden," that my kids watched "Capt. Kanagaroo"!

Oh I am so cold.  No, it's not really cold in our house.  My saying is; "I'm too old to be cold."  But still, it seems to be a state of mind, with me.  So I sit here with my afternoon coffee...

...in a pretty white scalloped tea cup....  And open up my "Flower Fairies of The Winter" book.

Who would not be warmed, by The Song of the Holly Fairy?

And look how cozy and sweet, is the Fairy illustration, of The Song of The Old-Man's-Beard Fairy...  Don't you just want to cuddle him, and sing him a lullaby....?  :-)

And look at the precious Christmas Tree Fairy!

"A dolly-fairy stands on top,
Till children sleep;  then she
(A live one now!) from bough to bough
Goes gliding silently.
O magic sight, this joyous night!
O laden, sparkling tree!"

There!  That's better!  Between my warm cup of afternoon coffee, and precious Flower Fairies of the Winter, I'm warmed up now!  :-)

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Blogging theme questions...

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Searching again, for blogs which love/display magical thinking and whimsey and faeries, etc.  Really the only one I have found, which balances out all these things...  Is Cielo's.  I first found her "The House In The Roses" blog, and loved it.  She has moved and now writes in "The Here And Now" blog. 

Faerie lights
  
 Her way of blogging is the best example, of this.  And hers, seems to be about the only example of what I love.  -sigh-  Am I the only one, who just loves her blog(s)? 

No, because people comment in her blogs.  But does anyone else, want to write/picture a blog, in a (somewhat) similar way?

Yes, I do.  But I'm not nearly so talented.    I try.  Without anywhere near her success.  But, I do try.

Are there others out there, like me?  Who love these aspects of blogging?  And if so, why haven't I found them?

 Are there any others, who would love to even try, but don't? 

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A very varied post... ,-)

Thursday dawned rainy here.  But this was the beautiful southern  view of the sky, the other early-evening.

I need to look up the name of that beautiful Evening Star...  Which appears below, and to the left of the waxing Moon....  ~~~  There is a "reflection" of the Moon, a little bit above it...  Because I had to take these pictures, through a Den window.  :-)

-Various shadows-

~Rug in Den~

To carry on my Books-Library-Book-StoreTheme of the other day...  :-)  How is this for a quirky doorway, in a quaint Book Store????  Wish I knew where it is located.  I found it in this blog post, but click-able source link below it, didn't work.  -pout-

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And since I'm on a kinda' silly kick here, in this post, I leave you with an early Christmas decorating suggestion!!!  I've seen a lot of different Christmas trees, but this one is really different.  -gigggggles-

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Wanna' come Trick-Or-Treating, at my house??? ,-)

Wanna' come to my house???

Wanna' go Trick Or Treating, here????

Well, if you can't make the trip easily...  From your neck of the woods...  Find an old sparkly cape, and a completely outrageous witch's hat (with spiders on the veil), and have your own fun, with the Trick Or Treaters.

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Happy All Hallows' Eve

'Grey House' movie sets and etc.......

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 I love movie sets, of inside old houses.  Love the sets, more than the plot of the movie.  :-)  The sets which are supposed to be inside 'Grey House,' in "The Good Witch" movies on Hallmark Channel, are sooooooooo wonderful!  Just what you would picture an old house to be.  Gorgeous deep wall colors, and lots of beautiful original woodwork, and old picture frames on the walls and....  Oh just purrrrrrrfect!  (To me, anyway...)

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 So I really enjoyed this past weekend's marathon of "The Good Witch" movies, on The Hallmark Channel.  Oh yes!  Oh those sets!  Oh happy sigh!!!

And the stories are sweet also.  Delightful and charming and with a message of tolerance.  :-)  And not, not, not scary!

Have you seen any of them? 

And I all-of-a-sudden realized that Halloween is near.  As of today/Mon., it is only 3 days off. 

It's really time to post my Halloween themed photos.
 

And of course, to give my blog a fun Halloween Look.  I think the cute, scardy-cat-pumpkin header pic is purrrrfect.  And the vintage illustrations Background too. 

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Fire-pit... Goat products... Fasting BS...

Sunday evening, son and family (next door) had a fire in the fire-pit.

 Granddaughter's boyfriend was over.  Fun times.  "S'mores" were made, of course.  And just roasted marshmallows, too.

It's a beautiful-fun time of year.

Why am I not paying more attention to the now?

And less attention to the computer?

Trying to cut back on sugar.   I know... I need to go "cold turkey."  But wonder if I can????

My blood sugar numbers are fine...  According to the present medical info.

But a book (by a doctor) I'm reading, wants fasting blood sugar to be no higher than 88.........
 

 It seems as if, any cutback in sugar use, would have to be helpful...  Needless to say, this doc wants us to dump sugar, under all its different, sneaky names.

Yesterday, I ate some plain goat yogurt and felt so virtuous.  -grin-  All processed yogurt has "stuff" like forms of sugar, added to it.  Not this!!! 

Need the goat cheese/yogurt, etc., because I can tolerate that.  But my bod can't tolerate dairy, any more.

October... Fun time... To be... Anyone...

October... 

Fun time to be a kid... 

Pumpkins, 

and going to "The Pumpkin Patch," 

and Halloween...

October... 

Fun time to be a teen... 

Football, 

and bonfires, 

and sweaters, 

and apple-cider donuts, 

and "Haunted Hayrides," 

and  "Fright Fests," 

and Halloween...

October... 

Fun time to be a woman...

  

Finding some magic, 

and Apple Pies, 

and pumpkins, 

and crisp mornings, 

and clear-star-filled evenings, 

and bonfires, 

and snuggly sweaters, 

and Halloween, 

and...

Finding some magic!