First, More Grain Sack... Second, An Unlikely Coffee Table...

We are well into fall now, and I hope you're enjoying the season. Has it cooled off where you live? Someone flipped the switch here in the Pacific Northwest today. We went from bright, sun-shiny skies yesterday to rain today. 

I'm grateful that the bright autumn shades of leaves are putting on a stunning show to compensate for the grey. It seems like there's a life lesson there - I guess it's that our attitude is shaped by what we choose to focus on... 

And today we're going to notice those beautiful leaves. ;) 

A Weathered Wheelbarrow and Edible Nests...

The five of us were driving home from our oldest son's basketball tournament on the other side of the state when we came across a favorite mile marker of mine. About 90 minutes from our house, there's a cute, yet large, old-fashioned fruit market. The fruit market takes up the first floor of the old building and the top two floors are...wait for it... an antique co-op! No one in our car would even glance in its direction on the way to the tournament, but on the way home, I thought I had a shot. And when our youngest needed to make a stop himself, I was golden...