Oh no, It's Fall ya'll

                    I love it when I check my Face book and see

this surprise. Thanks to my son-in-law and his talents

they take a family picture every fall and here they are

with their three girls. 

I tell my kids when they ask me what I want for Christmas

and I always tell them,  pictures please, I just 

love getting pictures of them, a mother cherishes

these things.... 

 

So after fighting it, I am now excepting that Fall is here.

Don't get me wrong I love Fall, but that just means that

winter is around the corner, and it gets dark earlier

and Christmas is coming and I'm not ready. 

So many projects, so little time. 

Don't know if chalk paint is out now, but I still have a lot to use up

so grab an old picture that you don't mind painting over and

waa laa, framed chalkboard.  The  decorative vine of leaves are

from the Dollar store. Easy peasy.

This is one of the easiest ideas, yet, a canning jar and

leaves, just make sure your leaves have soaked a bit in water

or else your gonna have a little bonfire in your jar. 

I have some metal baskets and this is a great way to

display them besides filling them with potatoes or spaghetti  squash

which is how I've been using them. 

I am grateful today for sunshine and a good panini sandwich

all ingredients from our local farmers market such as:

Heirloom tomatoes, white cheddar cheese, basil and good crusty

roasted garlic rosemary bread.  Deliciousness!

Have a great rest of your weekend,

tomorrow is the Sabbath. 

Enjoy!

"georgie"

September morn

We rounded out our vacation with spending it with M & J

in Berkeley. We are getting to know the great eats off of

Shattuck the newest foodie place they took us

made these. Yum!

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Each day they make a different pizza, so check their calendar and that's the one kind they

make the whole day. All ingredients are fresh and organic and  vegetarian.

We also attended the Farmers Market. Grabbed some good whole wheat rye bread

and some white cheddar cheese with a nutty taste, added some heirloom tomatoes

and we were on our way to Tilden Park for an impromptu picnic.

The day before the Farmers market we spent time with Cece at China town and

ate some Chinese and picked up some scarves 5 for $19.99 not bad. So needed

for the winter. I gave one to M for her first day on the job.

Sorry these are not in order, this is back at the farmers market. I took this picture to show the

real serious buyers, like this gal. While picking out some tomatoes, there was

this guy in his Chef jacket, and he was actually buying his produce for

that night's dinner for his restaurant. He told me to come and

check it out. I will next time.

Notice the jacket and vest, yes it was a little cool, and I loved it,

Here I am coping a squat at Berkeley's Marina's park. There you have a great

view of the Golden Gate, or Berkeley town and even the

Oakland Temple.

"georgie"

Part 3 Colorado

              So this is the view looking down to the Lobby 

from the 2nd floor.      

Every night they served Roasted chocolate Marshmallows

for the guests from 4pm -7pm. Unfortunately

we were always away doing something else when they did this.

But I heard they were scrumptious!

David looks kinda funny here for some reason.

Okay, so this was one of the best parts. I have never

indulged myself with getting a facial so since they guys were

playing golf, I thought this was the day. Too make a long story short,

the Spa was gorgeous. You were taken to a room where you received

a locker with a robe, slippers and a towel. Then

you went to the lounge where your Facial Specialist

escorted you to "The room". I had a 60 minute Facial,

I told her I wanted the "works". It was so relaxing, so much

so, I caught myself starting to snore, "whoops"!

I was kind of embarrassed but Jennifer my girl

said, "that's okay, that means you are really

enjoying it".  I guess.

This is me before the Facial. I wanted to document this

momentous occasion. Cuz, it wasn't going to happen

again for a long long time.

This is a view in back of the Hotel, looking up at where the ski runs are. During

the summer months, you can bike or hike up and down.

This is the town of Leadville. It is a small town, but in it's hey day during

the Silver mining era, it was the biggest town 2nd to Denver.

It happens to be the city at the highest elevation in the United States, between

10-14k feet at its highest.

This isn't a very good picture of us, but the dinner was tastelicious. Luke and Maya

joined us one evening at the hotel for dinner. We really had a good time with them.

David wanted his picture taken outside this Bar, he was amused with the sign

and name of it. This is in the town of Leadville. While we were there, David

made a great purchase at the Vintage Milecreek store. He always wanted a

pair of cowboy boots and they had some gently used boots that

fit perfect. When we got home we found out they were made by

Tony Lama a famous Boot maker and his boots

retailed for $243.00 we got them for a steal at $25 bucks.

He was very pleased. I just wanted him to put them on and

walk around the house with a cowboy hat on and his Birthday suit.

(You didn't read that). jk,.

"georgie"