Daylily Soup Chitchat III

Hello, Friends,

I've almost worn myself out redecorating Daylily Soup today.  It's easy to get carried away playing with the templates and fonts, and with "hanging" wallpaper over and over, etc.  Anyway, I sat down with a cup of Dunkin' Donuts coffee, and decided Daylily Soup needed a little pizazz now that the daylilies are on hiatus.  Just curious, how do you like the new wallpaper?  I don't want you to run out of here due to "loud" wallpaper, so please do give me your opinion.

I'd like to share a few photos from a couple of day trips I've taken lately, so let's take a couple of little trips if you have a minute.  Last weekend, I went to this boot shoppe with my husband and spotted these lovelies.

I've Gone Country!

You guessed it.  I proceeded to ooh and ahh, and ooh and ahh, etc. over each and every pair of them.  No, I don't have a pair, but it's not over yet. :-)

Then, we stopped by Fresh Market.  How do we always seem to end up in there?  I was whisked past the orchid display.  You'd think I have a problem or something. ;-)

Sugary memories ...

What am I doing looking at this?  A "girl" who has sworn off sugar (temporarily) has no business in here ...

Oohs & Ahhs

More Oohs & Ahhs

No, your eyes don't deceive you ...

This is a child's toy horse (the type on the springs) galloping in the open field.  Not the best pic, but a truck was coming down the dirt road, which we pulled onto for the sole purpose of me getting a shot of this.  I had to make a quick paparazzi/mad blogger getaway.

Beautiful Sunset

I took this on the way home.  I only had a few seconds to get this shot, and pouf, the magical scene was gone.  Each sunset is truly a fleeting gift.

- Let's time travel ... a week has passed us by. -

Yesterday, we went on another little day trip which was quite fun.  It was a beautiful fall day here, so I saw lots of photo ops.

Fall Morning on the Lake

 Isn't it lovely?

Blue Heron

Blue Heron on his own peaceful, little island. 

Lunch at Zoe's

A nice little lunch outside 

(Greek chicken pita, Greek cole slaw and iced hibiscus green tea).

Lovely Fall Creek Scene

My husband was nice enough to turn around so I could snap these two, which I had to do quickly due to traffic.  I wish I had snapped better pics, but safety had to come first.  Notice the Spanish moss hanging from the trees?  This creek was glorious in real life.

Lovely Fall Creek Scene

I'm off to start planning for Thanksgiving.  I feel a little bit overwhelmed this year with the holiday season upon us, so I'm going to take some deep breaths, remain calm and enjoy the season.  Just curious, do any of you have to take deep breaths, and remind yourself to remain calm at this time of year?  It really is a beautiful time of year, so we have to make sure we enjoy it.  I think the key is to avoid putting too much pressure on ourselves.  That being said, I'm not going to ruin my own holiday for myself by putting too much pressure on myself.  Stress-free Thanksgiving, here I come!  May those of you celebrating Thanksgiving this week have a stress-free, enjoyable one as well.

Thanks for stopping by.

I hope you have a lovely, fall week. :-)