Here comes Fall part two

This Fall I think it will be all about muted pieces with bright accents.

I am really excited to add color to grays and blacks with a pop of color. :)

I am excited to wear skirts and dresses with scarves and tights with cozy sweaters. The last two days it felt like a bit of autumn in the air.

Trip to Ohio

As promised here is our trip to Ohio. We went to an African Safari on Saturday and Sunday Morning. Sunday was much better because all of the animals were super hungry.




























This little guy is known as a Dik-Dik (yeah, I laughed too). He is the smalled Antelope in Africa. (Humor was not lost)






This is a pigeon. Man, too bad New York doesn't have birds like this.











The Giraffes were awesome!













Tom was trying to get their tongues out. They were super long.













I loved the Zebra's hair!













I was trying to get their crazy teeth, but instead got this shot instead.










Cali (Tom's niece) was feeding the baby giraffe.
































They love love love carrots.












My fav was the buffalo! They were awesome.











This was a baby buffalo.













While I was taking this shot, my window was down and well another head came into my window and well the car was rocking a little bit. It was funny watching them stick their whole heads into the car looking for food. They were also slobbering. This guy's breath stunk!

They were soo cute.

Not sure what these guys were, but they were awesome. Couldn't feed them though.

This is a Scottish Highland Cow. He looks a lot hairier in the winter, but he had shed it all. He didn't want to move. . . poo.

However, these guys had no problem eating. The sign at the beginning at the Safari said "enter at your own risk" I was wondering what they meant until now.

Wildebeest were again in a separate pen. Sure they don't look as dangerous as the Longhorns.

Tom enjoyed the llama's. Their lips have a slit in them and they are like two fingers grabbing the food.

A deer from another family. Not sure what they were.

These male Elks were cool. They were trying to take the cup away from Tom.

The big Elk again.

Tom was trying to hold onto the cup.

The Marblehead Lighthouse. SUPER crowded.

Maui with the Frisbee

It was soo hot Saturday that swimming felt good.

Sorry For the Delay

Okay, so life has been a bit stressful lately. I won't go through all of the meltdown-drama details. But I had my interview, and I have yet to hear anything back. I know that there is a ton of other positions being filled. So it is taking awhile to get call backs, but it is beginning to weight on me. I know I shouldn't be thinking about it all the time, but when I try not to think about it, I only think about it more.

I really really want to know SOMETHING. Even at this point if it is bad news, I want to know. That way I can make arrangements otherwise. Plus my employers want to know as well.

But that is not the only reason why I haven't posted in awhile. This last weekend, Tom and I went down to Ohio to see his sister brother-in-law and niece. It was really hot and humid out Saturday that it was almost hard to breathe. I will have more details and pictures to load tomorrow.

Today is sooooo much nicer outside. It is about 74 and not HUMID. Ahhhh feels soo good. I like being warm, but 90 + 99% Humidity was unbearably hot and sticky.

The rest of the week should feel a lot cooler. Ahhh, there is almost a whiff of September in the air. . . I love September and October, my favorite months out of the year. Tom and I are thinking early September for our wedding. Still warm, but a little cooler, plus tourist are mostly GONE!

Anyways, sorry for no pictures yet. However, I will have a ton tomorrow.


Survive the rest of Monday!

Fall Picks

Whether I like at admit it or not, fall is just right around the corner. Well in Michigan Fall begins usually in September, before the actual fall really happens. Honestly I would love summer to stay longer and fall to come later and stay a bit longer. But that is not how it usually works here in the mitten.


So, here are some of my picks for fall clothing.

I also want to add, that this fall is a great time for a faux leather jacket. I don't believe in the real leather, I try to wear animal friendly fabrics. So a faux is the way to go. Plus scarfs. This fall is the time to wear it!

Blazer ( I want a navy blue one)

White button down

and great shoes. I have yet to find a pair that I want to invest in.

Boots are in, which I already have. I'll find a few pairs and post them.

Blueberry Picking

Yesterday, (Sunday) my family went Blueberry picking. It was really hot out, but we had a lot of fun.







Picking your own berries is also a lot cheaper than buying them.












My Aunt Cheri, Uncle Jerry and Tom getting ready to harvest our berries.













Tom was having a lot of fun.












The berries were HUGE!
















I was looking for the biggest ones that I could find.

























My Uncle was pointing out where more were.







I cannot wait to get started on some new recipes. I have a few in mind, Blueberry Cheesecake Muffins, Blueberry lemon bread, and Blueberry Zucchini bread YUMMY!!!

Egg Painting

Last Monday, Judy had a Ukrainian Egg Painting class out at her house. It was soo much fun, I want to do it again.

Basically you take an egg and draw with wax. There are a series of layers that you add onto it. You start with a basic color wheel scheme and add on from there. Mine was yellow, orange, red and black.

My final egg will look all shiny and polished. I will post more on it when I get the egg back. I really want to try it more. However, for my first egg I don't think it looks too bad. :)