i LOVE october!!!! it is by far the BEST month in the year!!! of course, my birthday just happens to fall in this month, but that is not the only reason i love it so much......each month holds it's own special-ness, but october is just grand to me.
it is harvest time, and all is right with the world time....the show of abundance of God's greatness. the weather cools off, not too cold yet but not those awful hot days of summer anymore....just perfect weather. you smell the smoke of fireplaces at night and in the early dawn.....the air is crisp and has a snap to it. you want to cook again, and fill the kitchen with yummy smells of cookies, breads and soups....
notice that i didn't say that i DO fill the kitchen with those smells, but that i WANT to LOL i CAN cook and bake, but i mostly choose not to---but i do want to more now that it is october! i am mostly a soup maker i discovered, and i think it is because i am so tied to my emotions--and since i love the fall so much and fall is soup weather it just goes hand in hand....seems logical to me anyway. i make killer potato cheese, zuppa tusana, navy bean and a mexican chicken tortilla soups the most.....i made beef stew monday YUM!!! i am making myself hungry!
my heart turns towards home in october. cozy and warm at home, knitting, quilting, and oooohhhhh!!!!!--handwork !!!!! i love to do applique in the fall!!!
i did the above applique piece last year for a round robin for a quilt group in am in. you mail a person your starter block and they add to it, then send it on to another person who also adds to it, after 5 people you get it back..... i LOVED that little block and was so excited about seeing what others would do with it. unfortunately, mine got lost after it got to the first person.... i am still working on putting the script into practice....in all things give thanks. AND, the lady did not even seem to really care that she lost my block--another little bit of bitterness to deal with and swallow--but, in all things, give thanks......a good little lesson for me to learn--let things go a bit--to hold my plans loosely.
I just heard that saying recently from someone when we were talking about my sisters death....i think it was her pastor actually that included that in a closing prayer when we were planning her service. but it just smacked me in the face......Lord, let me hold my plans loosely in my hands, and let Your will be mine..... i wonder if pastor marc knows how much that sentence of his impacted me.
october seems to be the month that i make plans---thoughts of the holidays--special meals to prepare and plan for, gifts to make and buy--lots going on.....i just hope and pray that i will keep my plans open for what God would have me to do and be....not my own ideas of what would make for the perfect holidays, that i would hold those plans loosely.....
2 comments:
October is also breast cancer awareness month, mom :)
Yep, it's soup season!
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