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Monday, October 7, 2019

Thoughtful Moments #3 "Do you see...what I see?"

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My oldest memories are of my favorite Fall seasons. I always loved warm sun on my back with a cool breeze licking my face.

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Chippewa Flowage, Chippewa Falls, Wisconsin

Who wouldn't love the green world bursting into so many colors...and tones you can't imagine?

I loved to do my gradeschool artwork with chalk on black paper, leaves and grasses bright in Fall's display.

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Fox River south of McHenry Dam

Dad was a fisherman, so my youngest memories are of throwing in a line with a cane pole and watching it drift with the current. Ripples on the water teasing the bobber and his earnest reminder to,

"Wait for it to disappear."

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South of McHenry Dam

Late afternoon October skies showering the water with diamonds, blinding in beauty.

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Moraine Hills State Park Illinois

Our family had property in the middle of Wisconsin surrounded by fields, hills, and nestled on a small chain of lakes. I would take long walks along the creeks and across the fields, the ever changing landscape as it morphed from greens to golden tans and then to the subtle dead grays of November.

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Lakewood Forest Preserve Wauconda, Illinois

Even with the flowers long spent, the grasses and wild plants provided fascinating details and diversity.

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Moraine State Park, McHenry County Illinois

Windswept delicate grasses and grains, strong enough to withstand the pounding fall rains and wave playfully in a breeze.

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Moraine State Park McHenry County Illinois

The teasing angle of an Autumn Solstice sun, fiery when high and smoldering and smokey in dusky light as it lowers in the southwest.

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Lakewood Forest Preserve Wauconda Illinois

Fleeting clouds or....a pink sunset, what do you see?

When you stop long enough...

'to really SEE'.

These photos are all mine---some as old as 2007. Color has yet to even begin to change in N.Illinois this year.

I'm thankful for each and every comment, and will try and answer every question.

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Sandi

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Tuesday, October 10, 2017

Fall----my Favorite Time of Year

This is My Favorite Time of Year!

Here are a few of my old pictures, from older posts---since my camera is dead and I'm still trying to work out the new one!

Fall, the end of our GREEN garden produce.

Next week we can all the tomatoes we stashed in the freezers.

Last of the garden-blooms.

Trips to orchards and the Chicago Botanic Gardens.

We usually sojourn up north to Wisconsin. October is spectacular there.

Mixed hardwoods and deep woods welcome Fall, like nowhere else.

Illinois offers many Forest Preserves with stunning prairie and bogs in autumn.

I love the long walks when we get a chance to wander.

And there are always pumpkin farms. The rule---you have to be able to pick it up yourself!

I 'do'd it myself, Grandma!

My home is made for Fall, with grass and earth tones. My prized family Bornholm (Denmark) Pottery comes out!

What is prettier than old silver in Fall.

The porch morphs to autumn

A mix of Faux and Real.

and the wonderful climax of Fall

Halloween and the Talk of the Town...Loving it ALL.

Thanks always for visiting.

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Monday, October 10, 2016

Halloween and Pancakes:Windhill Pancake Parlor

Tucked away in northeast Illinois is the sleepy river town of McHenry, Illinois located on the picturesque Fox River. One of our favorite places to venture for breakfast is Windhill Pancake Parlor a block away from the river. It's one of those wonderful family places, filled with antiques, collectibles, teacup chandeliers and a bank teller's cage for a checkout.