Thanksgiving with friends
We spent Thanksgiving at our neighbour’s house. We share a back porch, left our doors open and wandered back and forth with drinks and dishes of delicious food all afternoon as we were cooking, rushing as we braced ourselves for…
Fantastic Giveaway Finale [Shades of Autumn Photo Challenge]
And so we come to the end of our Autumn Photo Challenge! I’m writing this as I stand in my kitchen on Thanksgiving. There’s some pecan-stuffed mushrooms cooking in the oven and I’m sipping some cranberry sangria brought over by…
Top Pics of the Week [Shades of Autumn Photo Challenge]
Submitted by Live, Love, Travel Submitted by A Little Bit Crunchy A Little Bit Rock and Roll Submitted by Deanna Leigh Photography Such beautiful photos submitted again for this week’s colour theme! Surprising white blooms and seeds, austere architecture,…
The Whistling Wind
The wind certainly whistles around the corners of our apartment building on those cold days, making cheeks and ears glow red. Last week we made sure all of the storm windows were closed and we’ve been mostly cozy in our…
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White [Shades of Autumn Photo Challenge]
We had some short flurries of snow in Chicago last week, one cold windy day and punctuated with bright sunshine. While Mikey and I were outside walking our neighbours dog, that sweet little face you see up there among the…
Top Pics of The Week [Shades of Autumn Photo Challenge]
Submitted by Not Always Picture Perfect Submitted by Barefoot Mama Submitted by Keeping Up With The Times Who knew that there were so many different, and beautiful, shades of brown? Kristi, Alicia and I have had a wonderful time…
Theatre, Books & Lovely
“An interactive love letter to the universe”. That’s what the crowds are doing in Millennium Park, Chicago in the first 5 photographs. The Beckoning of Lovely, something you should watch. Perhaps you can’t quite see how many people were there…
Weekend Reading
A couple more of the photographs I took while wandering in the rain, these I didn’t think we’re brown enough to make the cut for Friday’s blog post… but perhaps the scenes are still pretty enough to share, despite the…
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Brown [Shades of Autumn Photo Challenge]
As the brighter shades of Autumn begin to fade away we’re left with very little. Dead leaves blowing along sidewalks by the ever-colder wind, bare branches reaching out toward grey skies, and exposed soil underfoot. Before winter draws closer and…
Top Pics of the Week [Shades of Autumn Photo Challenge]
Submitted by Jenny Rain Submitted by Cedar’s Photography Submitted by Not Always Picture Perfect So many beautiful and creative entries for purple this week! I love purple during autumn, as the nights begin to draw in. A lot of…
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