#3 First Rainy Night of Fall

Does it seem like I'm grasping for this one?  Seriously, I promise I'm not.  Last night the wind came in suddenly from the north and we found ourselves transported from a sunny, warm South Bend to a blustery, cool night complete with a cozy rain falling.  To celebrate we headed to our favorite evening haunt for a cup of coffee and a thrilling read.  True to form, we did more talking than reading.  What can we say, fall weather makes us contemplative!

#2. First Bread of the Fall

 















Yesterday evening led us to a particularly dismal church hunting experience in which we were both so uncomfortable, and frankly fed up, that we left before the "worship service" was over--not something our non-confrontational personalities are likely to do.  Let's just say that we spent over twenty minutes singing the same (off-key) line to a song so that we could "feel the spirit move us." 

When we got home, we needed a pick-me-up, so we whipped out some of the first bread of the season and proceeded to eat the entire loaf.  Good times!

I'm including the recipe after the break, it's a tried-and-true one in our family which we love and which takes the stress out of bread baking.  Especially if you're like me and don't want to spend many hours kneading bread dough.

Happy Happenings

I thought that years ago there was a huge fad about "things that made my day".  At least, I was thinking about this on the way home from Target today trying to remember who started it and exactly what it was.  A little googling when I got home leads me to believe it wasn't actually a huge fad, but rather, something my fabulous sister number two did on her blog.  Regardless of the origin, I am going to pirate the idea and share some of those clever moments and happy findings that make life rich. 

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