Sunday, November 7, 2021

Sunday, November 7, 2021

Tonight's picture was taken in November of 2003. Mattie was one and half years old and we took him pumpkin picking at a Fall festival. Mattie just gravitated to pumpkins and things that were orange. No surprise that his Foundation color is orange! Mattie was the one that introduced me to eating pumpkin, as prior to him I truly did not like the taste. But he loved it and therefore over time, I too grew to appreciate this cute orange fruit.

Quote of the day: Today's coronavirus update from Johns Hopkins.

• Number of people diagnosed with the virus: 46,480,822
• Number of people who died from the virus: 754,326

I am trying to get as much done with the house before I leave for Los Angeles in a few weeks. Today we started to hang up some of our photographs in our bedroom. Seems fitting that we have a butterfly, the sun, and the moon closest to us. There are 14 other photographs that Peter has taken that arrived in the mail today. So next weekend, hopefully we can get them up on the walls. I figure why frame art, when Peter has captured so many beautiful memories on camera.

This is the current look of our family room. If you saw what this room used to look like, you'd see the huge transformation. Starting with the wall over the fireplace. There used to be a huge mirror almost up to the ceiling on that wall and it was surrounded by very old and cheap looking sconces that held candles! They are all gone! Fresh paint and re-staining the floors have made a big difference. 

This is our front hallway. I have tried to bring a little fall into the house. The ledge above our front door has a fall bough and candles that operate off of batteries which are controlled by a remote control. To me this is very neat. Sunflowers are important and meaningful to me, so when I saw these flowers at Michael's I knew they were meant for the house. 

We are having friends over for dinner tonight, and I am trying to give the table a fall look. 

Tonight's dinner is beef bourguignon. This is a recipe that I just love, but it is time consuming to make. 

Dessert is a pumpkin cheesecake! Mattie would love it and approve.