First Sign of Autumn
My daughter Mercy is waiting for her first baby’s arrival. She and I went for a walk to the local park today. We first went to the post office to mail an international letter. Before heading to the park, we stopped by a bakery to pick up some pastries and hot drinks. We then went and sat on the bench in the park, watching the kids running around, going up and down on the slides. The sun came out after two days’ off and on rain. We had such a relaxing time and heartfelt conversation together.
Here are some photos I took on our way to the park and this is the first sign of autumn I captured. The leaves on the maple tree just started to change color. How lovely to see a homegrown pumpkin!
I’ll stay with my daughter until the end of October. The colors of autumn will be gorgeous later next month!
The Showers of Blessings 
A lovely, vibrant, autumal post Miriam! My poems this week are also about autumn in case you have time to look? Have a good day, Sam 🙂
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Yes autumn is a great inspiration to all of us, Sam. Thank you for reading my post! Will read your post later. Catching a flight!
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Hope your flight went well and thanks for reading 🙂
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You’re very welcome. I arrive safely.
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Good to hear! 🙂
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Thank you so much!☺
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Glad you are having a good time together. Walking is very good for your daughter at this stage. Hope she is doing well!
Thanks for sharing these lovely photos.
Nahla
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You’re very welcome. My daughter and I enjoy our walks and talks!
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That’s great! Mother daughter’s special time!
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Yes, that’s precious time!
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Love that “hi” in grass! So fun. And the street scene with the leaves turning red, so Portland-y! 🙂 Keeping you-all in my thoughts.
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Thank you, Teresa!!!!
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Lovely pictures, Miriam. Have a lovely time!
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Thank you, we will have a good time!
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What a creative gesture!! Beautiful pictures ☺️☺️
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Thank you so much! We found that in my daughter’s neighborhood! Thank you for liking the photos!
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beautiful pictures-I am praying for Mercy and your precious grandchild.
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Thank you, Michele! The baby should be here anytime. I’m home for 3 days and go back to Portland with my husband and stay for 3 weeks to help with chores!
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best wishes !! I am excited to wait with you!
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Thank you so much, Michele!
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Alrighty! 💛
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🙂 🙂
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Love it💗
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Thank you so much!
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Ill wait for your follow 💛
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I visited your blog and followed. Good start of blogging!
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Thank you ♡
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Such an exciting time for Mercy and you, Miriam. Lovely photographs too.
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Yes, I enjoy being with her, waiting for the baby, but also have time catching up with a lot of conversations that we didn’t have for years!
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Excited for you Grandma. I imagine she is wishing just to get the whole having birth thing over with at this point, and have the baby out. At least, this is how many of my best friends felt at this point! Beautiful pictures and such lovely fall images. They’ve literally had the fall/Halloween stuff out since mid August here. I’m thinking to carve a jack-o-lantern or two this year, you can get some very cool online designs now & it lets the kids know your house is olen for business!
Hope everything goes well for you, your daughter, and new grandchild, and quickly. 😊 🍂
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Thank you so much! She tries everything, walking, taking herbs, using oil, squats, and other things. Just waiting for baby’s timing. A lady at the post office said two of her kids were 10 days late, even the second one. I’m going back to CA for a few days to take care of business and come right back.
Thank you for your kind thoughts. My daughter got some ideas online to use drills to carve different designs.
Is it getting cold in Canada yet?
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Well, I don’t know too much but I know I was born 10 days late. And my one brother was 4 days late. All my friends who are having kids have pretty much had them attend expected date or time. My one friend had a couple if her kids 3 or 4 days late but other then that everyone else was one time. One of my BFF’s Tara is pregnant, due in February. Tara is always late. If we plan something, I always meet her or wait for her an hour later then she says. That way she is on time. So, I think her baby is going to be late just like her lol.
It’s not too bad. Sometimes we have cold Septembers by the end of the month but we,ve actually had just a few colder days, fall days, and most days are more like an Indian summer around 20 to 26, so we’ve been lucky. October will probably be colder around 10 to 15 degrees C if we’re lucky. Sadly, usually October 31st is are first snowfall, but we’ll see. Enjoy CA, wish I was there 🙂
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I think my daughter will need the induction. I’m going back tomorrow.
We have Indian summer also. Some cold days are just teasing us!
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Good luck to you both!
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She doesn’t need the induction now.
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One year I made Halloween costume with thin material for my daughter. On the day of Halloween, it was so cold, I put the bathrobe on her when I took her to school.
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Many kids go to the mall here but I notice costumes for kids up to even 6 or 7 years old are often made of thick material so they can wear them outside. Otherwise kids who do go outside, and when I was little, it’s perfect usual to layer or design a costume over a snow suit. A winter jacket and pants. But it’s hard b/c you need a good costume for school as well. Your poor daughter, it was good you had to her housecoat.
I’m excited for my friends Stagette this month she loves themes and has had many dress up themed parties. Last one was movies from 1986, the year she was born so we dressed up like characters from movies. I did the girlfriend of Tom and Cruise from Top Gun as it was not to hard to copy having a similar leather jacket. I just did eighties makeup and made myself a top gun pun fir the jacket (I got it second hand so I’m okay with piercing it once). For her Stagette we are dressing as 1950’s rockabillies girls or pinup type looks but ones you can wear in public. I found an awesome dress on sail and on YouTube a how to for fifties makeup and hair. For her Shower it’s Audrey Hepburn themed. So black dresses or jump suites in black and pearls so that one is much easier.
Any luck with the baby? Your poor daughter.
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Before administration, I was in the classroom. Teachers dressed up for competition.
Oh, my daughter is in labor.
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Congrats hope it goes fast now!
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Just came back from the hospital. My daughter and the baby are doing well. Thank you so much!
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🍧 👶
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:–) xo
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Beautiful!! 😃
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Thank you so much!
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That pumpkin looks awesome Miriam! 🙂
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Thank you so much. Yes, Fall is surely coming to this part of north America!
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These are all so lovely Miriam. The day with your daughter walking to the park, pastries, and photos :):):) lovely :):) Now I want pastries hahaha
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I don’t know what the weather is like where you are. Pastries and hot cocoa on a cold day afternoon seem cozy! 🙂
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oh sweet Miriam, I can eat pastries and hot cocoa on any day 😉
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Haha, that’s good. I like it in the early afternoon though!
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Hi Miriam. I like the photo of the pumpkin best. I somehow reminds me of magic and renewal.
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Oh yes, thank you, Kim, magic in the pumpkins! It also reminds me of my long gone teaching days before I got in admin. The pumpkin contest was so fun!
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Great photos Miriam, I wish your daughter a beautiful and peaceful birth, it won’t be long now, so exciting 😍
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Thank you, Elaine, any day now! 🙂
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🙂 🙂
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Hi Miriam, I really like that creativity with the first photo. Great shots. 🙂 Have a wonderful weekend. 🙂
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Thank you so much Dimple. I thought so too, couldn’t pass up taking the photo! A wonderful weekend to you too!
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You’re most welcome. Enjoy the weekend and remain blessed. 🙂
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Thank you, a blessed weekend to you!
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The grass photo made me smile…
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Yes, a creative neighbor of my daughter. I couldn’t pass up on the photo!
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Hi to you as well….that was a pretty gesture. Nice post.
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Thank you. My daughter’s neighbor created it! She and I took photos of it!
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Really sweet…..
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Yes, we were delighted to see that!
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