seeking peace and simple joy...

as i seek peace

and simple joy

this holiday season,

i will do so

in the quiet

of our home

on the prairie.

~~~

i will do so

leaving prairie pastimes

to rest

thruout the christmas season

~~~

and so i wish you

and all of yours

a very blessed

and merry christmas

and a happy and healthy 2011.

~~~~~

~~~

~

may your christmas be full of

peace and simple joy...

peggy

it's beginning to look a lot like...

it's beginning

to look a lot like...

~~~

thanksgiving

in south dakota!

~~~

it's cold and snowing

this morning,

not unusual

for a late day in november.

we've been especially blessed

this year with

a long and beautiful autumn,

full of mild days

and glorious color.

~~~

and now,

with thanksgiving

only 3 days away,

winter appears to be approaching.

~~~

i am grateful

for these days

as we approach thanksgiving.

~~~

i am grateful

for all

that i have been blessed with.

i am most especially

grateful for

family,

friends...

~~~

the barn that houses

the animals i love,

the garden shed that

holds my hopes

for spring and summer...
~~~

and

our home.

~~~

wishing you a day that looks

like thanksgiving to you!

peggy

go...

karen

(my best and favorite

movie-going friend)

and i

went to secretariat last nite!

all i can say,

and i know karen would agree,
is go!

~~~

go!

~~~

go to this movie!

~~~

this movie is based

on the life of secretariat,

an incredible horse

that raced in the 70's.

~~~

i remember this horse racing!

~~~

if you love horses,

if you love diane lane

who stars as secretariat's owner,

if you love a feel-good movie...

you will

love, love, love

this movie!

~~~

get your best and favorite

movie-going friend

and go!

~~~

go see secretariat!

~~~

get your buttered popcorn

and large diet pepsi

and

laugh and cry and cheer

for this incredible woman,

her incredible team,

and their incredible horse!

~~~

go!

~~~~~

~~~

~

oh happy day...

peggy

autumn blessings...

another amazing autumn day...

~~~

they just keep coming!

~~~

and i'm grateful.

grateful

for the blessings

of these late autumn days.

~~~

this morning,

on my walk,

i picked field corn

to hang

on an old corn dryer.
~~~

this corn dryer

has a hook

on the top

of the wooden peg

to hang the dryer.

~~~

it has nail-like extensions

on all 4 sides

of the square wooden peg

to hold the corn

and another hook

on the bottom

of the peg

to hold another dryer.

~~~

what a blessing

to have so many

beautiful autumn days

to enjoy all the gifts

of the season!

~~~~~

~~~

~

wishing you

beautiful autumn blessings...

peggy

looking for the great pumpkin...

halloween is nearing

which means

looking for

the great pumpkin!

~~~

i spent this morning

doing just that~

gathering

the squash and pumpkins

from the garden.

~~~with all that i gathered,

the great pumpkin

has to be amongst them!

~~~~~

~~~

~

wishing you luck in finding

your great pumpkin...

peggy

a full day...

here i am,

all set up

for the 36th annual

arts and crafts festival

at faulkton, sd!

~~~

pumpkins,

trick or treat goodie bags...

~~~

more pumpkins,

autumn handbags...

~~~

christmas stockings,

mittens,

pillows...
~~~

simmering potpourri,

jingle bell trees,

twinkling star cookie cutters,

little lite decorations...

~~~

glittery gold stars,

wooly rag balls,

more mittens,

more stockings...

~~~

snowmen,

and popcorn balls!

~~~

a full day...

filled with lots of goodies

and lots of people!

~~~

after all,

that's what craft fairs

are all about!

~~~~~

~~~

~

wishing you a full day...

peggy

christmas craftings...

as long as you're

"hanging" around here,

(and i'm glad you are!)

let me show you

some of the

christmas craftings

i've been working on

for the craft show

on saturday!

~~~

i've been sewing and stitching

several wool stockings,

one ready to be hung

by your chimney with care...

~~~

stockings are such

an old-fashioned

part of christmas.

~~~

i love them!

~~~

i love them wooly,

rustic,

and

simple.

~~~

i use recycled

and repurposed wool

for my stockings

and all my wooly creations.

~~~

i love mittens too!

~~~

wooly,

warm,

and cozy!

~~~

and again,

ready to be hung

by your chimney with care...

~~~

and what would christmas be

without a wooly

and jingly tree?

~~~

so...

if you happen to be

in the faulkton, sd area,

stop by

and check out

the 36th annual

arts and craft festival!

~~~

stop by my booth and

i'll treat you to one of my

homemade popcorn balls!

~~~~~

~~~

~

come see me...

peggy

from crafting to selling...

this is the week

of the craft fair

that i am in!

~~~
i've been crafting...

and crafting...

and crafting...

~~~

on saturday

i hope to be

selling...

selling...

selling...

~~~

i hope to

sell this rustic

stitched halloween pillow,

~~~~

these bright

halloween trick or treat bags,

~~~

and these

jack-o-lantern

trick or treat bags!
~~~

what do you think?

~~~

i'll give you a look

at more of my craftings

tomorrow!

~~~~~

~~~

~

stay tuned...

peggy

birthday pie...

today is my husband's birthday!

~~~

happy birthday honey!

~~~

he's not much

for big celebrations
so we'll enjoy

a quiet evening

at home

with a nice meal

that he's chosen.

~~~

he's chosen

steak and potatoes

on the grill

for his birthday supper.

~~~

and for dessert...

apple pie!

~~~

i chose apple pie

for dessert.

~~~
he's been waiting
for one
and i thought today
should be the day!
~~~
i baked
this itty bitty pie
for the 2 of us!
~~~
i'll bake a big apple pie
when we have guests
to share it with!
~~~~~
~~~
~
wishing my husband a very happy birthday
and all of you a very happy day...
peggy

autumn walk...

it's another

incredibly beautiful autumn day...

~~~

what a blessing!

~~~

nell and i set out

to enjoy

the splendor

of the day.

~~~

i hear the splendor

of autumn

in the loud crunching

of the dried fallen leaves

above the quiet of the morning.

~~~

looking around,

i see autumn's splendor...

~~~

in the gold

of the leaves

against the blue blue sky...
~~~

in the once

smooth brown cattails,

now fluffy.

~~~

i see the splendor

in the milkweed

spreading its' promise

of spring...

~~~

and the fuzzy

little caterpillar

who also promises spring

on this

beautiful autumn day!

~~~~~

~~~

~

autumn's splendor is

all around!

~~~

wishing you autumn splendor...

peggy

autumn's show...

autumn's show

continues

in my yard.

~~~

the mums...
~~~

the clary sage...

~~~

veronica...
~~~

and asters!

~~~

i am grateful

for the beautiful days

of autumn

and the beautiful show

autumn brings

to my yard.

~~~

wishing you beautiful autumn shows...

peggy

for karen...

i love pelicans!

~~~

karen loves pelicans!

~~~

i think of karen

whenever i see a pelican

because i know

she enjoys seeing

these big beauties

as much as i do.

~~~

i am fortunate enough

to see pelicans

almost daily

from spring

until late autumn,

in or near

the many bodies of water

that surround us.

~~~

i love to see pelicans

land in the water,

watching the water

splash from the sides

of their wide-webbed feet!

~~~

pelicans

are so big!

~~~

just look at those beaks!

~~~

big and beautiful!
~~~

they say beauty

is in the eyes of the beholder.

~~~

in our eyes,

karen and i

see

pelicans as beautiful...

~~~~~

~~~

~

wishing you beauty to behold...

peggy

autumn table...

i looove autumn!

~~~

i may have already mentioned

how much i love autumn!

~~~

i may have also already mentioned

that i love to decorate

our home

for autumn!

~~~

this is our dining room table.

we use this table when

family and friends gather.

~~~

i enjoy decorating
our table seasonally
and i enjoy seeing it decorated
as i pass by
thruout the day.
~~~
the dining room table,
with its' golden wood color,
and the autumn decorations,
with their rich, earthy colors,
gift me
with feelings of
warmth,
coziness,
and
being very blessed.
~~~~~
~~~
~
wishing you autumn blessings...
peggy