Monday, October 5, 2009

Snapshots of My Autumn Life

A tree fell on our house a few days ago. The wind was pretty strong that day, and we didn't know it, but the limb was rotten. It made quite a clatter. I thought the cats had gotten into the dishes and broken a few, but alas, it was our maple. And I wanted to build a treehouse in that tree! I guess it's a good thing I didn't. (We made a movie instead.) The tree guys came and chopped it all up and put it through the TREE SHREDDER! *wince* Terrible. Just terrible. And they didn't stop there! Oh no, they had to cut down two other trees near our house! Of course, those were dead already, but I feel like we're losing trees right and left. Last time a storm came through we lost Gandalf and part of Treebeard (now he looks ever so much more like a real Ent).

Anyway, that's the pain of autumn storms.


A few nights ago was the first frost, so we raced down to the garden after dark to save the food! We covered my dad's (GIANT) pumpkins with cozy quilts and I picked my herbs. My dad also had a ton of tomatoes, so we filled two whole boxes of 'em and brought them indoors for safekeeping, a.k.a. canning. My mom has been busy making pizza sauce and salsa. And tonight we had sausage tortellini soup with fresh tomatoes and basil and parsley. Mmmm... perfect for cold weather!


I felt like taking a nap this afternoon, but when I climbed up my ladder to my loft bed, this is the sight that greeted me. Five innocent* cats had already claimed my bed, and there was no room left for me. So I was forced to lay on the couch instead. I know, I'm hopeless. I can't even fight off snoozing cats for my rightful place.

*Sarcasm.


The muted colors of early autumn...


And last but not least, a makeshift cover I created for my upcoming Christian fantasy/sci-fi novel, Bluewillow, that I'm going to write for NaNoWriMo. More on this soon!

8 comments:

Eldarwen said...

Love the pictures and the cover for your book is beautiful!

~Eldarwen Failariel~

DTH Rocket said...

I EXTREMELY can't wait for this novel to come out in hardcover. I'm DYING to read it!

Jan Mader said...

I love the pictures too. That tree was amazing.

I am really anxious to read your book. I loved the ending you left on my blog!

Rachel Kimberly said...

@Eldarwen- Thank you!

@bro- you'll have to wait quite a while, seeing as I haven't exactly written it yet! And then I'll have to write the first and third books! I've got a lot of writing ahead of me.

@Jan- I had a lot of fun writing the first and last lines on your blog, and I'm looking forward to writing the middle now...

Cassandra said...

I'm doing NaNo too! I found you from your comment on Earwen's blog. I like your idea of NaNoWeen since we don't celebrate Halloween either. So, do you get together with other Wrimos to do it?

Blessings,
Cassie (On NaNo I'm Cassandra Noelle)

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Elizabeth J. said...

Love the book cover!

Abigail Hastings said...

Man it was fun having a little jungle outside the window on our deck. And I too can't wait to read your book,you will let me read it. HMMMM?????

I can't wait NaNoween too! Dressing up as characters from novels is fun! Even though I haven't done it yet.