NOVEMBER 2009

November woods are bare and still; November days are clear and bright;Each noon burns up the morning's chill,The morning's snow is gone by night.

Source: Helen Hunt Jackson

It's time to talk turkey, think about pilgrims, reminisce on childhood holiday memories, do some thanksgiving crafts, and above all reflect on God's blessings and bounty.

November Flower: Chrysanthemum

November Birthstone: Topaz

November is...

Aviation History Month, Good Nutrition Month, Jewish Book Month, National Alzheimer's Disease Month, National Diabetes Month, National Epilepsy Month, National Hospice Month, National Pepper Month, National Stamp Collecting Month, and Peanut Butter Lover's Month,
NOVEMBER 2009

1 ALL SAINTS DAY

1 DAYLIGHT SAVINGS TIME ENDS

2 FULL BEAVER MOON

2 ALL SOULS DAY

3 ELECTION DAY

11 VETERANS DAY

12 DDIL#1’S BIRTHDAY

22 REMBERANCE DAY FOR MY LITTLE GRANDSON

21 OUR FAMILY THANKSGIVING FEAST

26 THANKSGIVING DAY

27 BLACK FRIDAY (VACATION DAY FOR MA)

28 REMBERANCE DAY FOR MY DDH

30 ST. ANDREWS DAY

OCTOBER - 2009

There is no season when such pleasant and sunny spots may be lighted on,

and produce so pleasant an effect on the feelings, as now in October.
Nathaniel Hawthorne

October's birthstone is the opal. The opal is thought to have the power to predict illness. This is because the opal responds to heat. If you are sick your temperature increases before signs of illness appear. The increased body heat causes the opal to lose its shine, leaving it dull and lacking color. It is also said that the opal will crack if it is worn by someone who was not born in October.

Its birth flower is the calendula

3 Our Sweetheart’s 7th birthday
4 Full HUNTER or FALLING LEAVES Moon
· Most deer – auto collisions occur from October thru December
9 Ma has a half day of vacation
10 FALL FESTIVAL at the Campground
12 Columbus Day!
16 Ma has another half day of vacation
17 WINTERIZED AND CLOSE UP CAMPERS
31 Halloween

· Halloween Lady bugs
PUMPKIN colored with black spots are entering homes to spend the winter.

They are harmless and will benefit your garden next spring.

Just before the death of flowers,

And before they are buried in snow,

There comes a festival season

When nature is all aglow.

Author Unknown

September - BACK TO SCHOOL PICTURES

I've received pictures of some of my grand babes going back to school this year. It is such an exciting time for everyone. 3 are missing in the pictures and I'm hoping to get them later on but for now I'll put the ones in that I have.

This is DS#3's children waiting for the school bus


This is our Angel - aren't her dimples cute...they do run in the family

This is our Star - sporting new glasses for the first time this year.

They make him look so grown up !

This is our Angel and Star with their little brother at this time last year.

So very sadly he is not with us this year. He is among the little blessed ones in heaven now

and we do miss him so.

This is DS#1's 3 children

Our Sweetheart, Prince Charming and Our Princess

Here are DS#4's boys-I call them the Sunshine Boys as they are always smiling

Our 'Little Ray' of Sunshine didn't start school til later in the week and still has his PJ's on

My Sunshine Boy at Back to School Night

DS#4 and Our Sunshine Boy the first day of school

Both of boys with their dad



I'm so very proud of all of them. Their parents are just the greatest too!

SEPTEMBER - 2009

By all these lovely tokens

September days are here,

With summer's best of weather

And autumn's best of cheer.
Helen Hunt Jackson

SEPTEMBER

4 FULL HARVEST MOON
7 LABOR DAY
11 Ma’s vacation day
11 DS#1 and DDIL#1 Anniversary
11 PATRIOTS DAY
Remembering 9-11-01
13 GRAND PARENTS DAY
16 DDIL#4 Birthday
17 ‘ Little Ray’s’ Birthday
18 Rosh Hashanah
19 National Talk Like a Pirate Day
21 FEAST OF ST. MATHEW
Apostle and Evangelist
22 Fall Equinox begins at 5:19 pm
25 Ma’s vacation day
27 Yom Kippur
29 FEAST OF ST. MICHAEL
GABRIEL, AND RAPHAEL Archangels

Abundant crop of acorns today (St. Michaels Day) forecast a hard winter


September symbols - September's flower is the morning-glory. Sapphire is the gem.

The breezes taste

Of apple peel.

The air is full

Of smells to feel-

Ripe fruit, old footballs,

Burning brush,

New books, erasers,

Chalk, and such.

The bee, his hive,

Well-honeyed hum,

And Mother cuts

Chrysanthemums.

Like plates washed clean

With suds, the days

Are polished with

A morning haze

John Updike, September

AUGUST - 2009

Whilst August yet wears her golden crown,

Ripening fields lush- bright with promise;

Summer waxes long, then wanes, quietly passing

Her fading green glory on to riotous Autumn

Michelle L. Thieme, August's Crown

AUGUST 2009
5 THE FULL MAISE (CORN) MOON
7 MA’S VACATION DAY
9 DS # 5’S BIRTHDAY
11 LEDGENDARY ‘DOG DAYS’ END
13 THE NEWLY WEDS ANNIVERSARY
16 DDIL#3’S BIRTHDAY
21 MA’S VACATION DAY
24 CICADES ARE SINGING
29 DS#1’S BD
29 MA’S LONG HOLIDAY WEEKEND BEGINS

FROM MY MAXINE CALENDAR FOR AUGUST

IF EACH DAY IS A GIFT,

I’D LIKE TO KNOW WHERE TO RETURN MONDAY’S

JULY - 2009

JULY

The special flower for July is the water lily.The ruby is the gem for July.

If the first of July be rainy weather,

It will rain, more or less, for four weeks together.

English Proverb

3RD MA’S VACATION DAY
4TH INDEPENDENCE DAY- HAPPY 233RD BIRTHDAY AMERICA
7TH THE FULL THUNDER MOON
8TH DS#5 AND HIS WIFES’ANNIVERSARY
12TH DD AND HER HUBBY’S ANNIVERSARY

JUNE - 2009

Happiness is as a butterfly which when pursued, is always beyond our reach, but which, if you will sit down quietly, may alight upon you .

Nathaniel Hawthorne

JUNE CALENDAR

June 5 Memorial of Our Pumpkin’s Birthday

June 5 Vacation Day for Ma

June 7 The Wild Strawberry Full Moon

June 13 Our Princess’ Dance Recital

June 14 Flag Day

June 18 DD and DS#3’s Birthdays

June 21 Father’s Day

June 21 First Day of Summer

June 23 Happiest Day of the Year: sunshine, extended daylight
Flowers in blooms

June 26 Vacation Day for Ma

Interesting trivia for our area

On an average we have:

We have 67 clear days
97 Partly cloudy days
201 Cloudy days