This Perfectly Imperfect Life

the outside pics (taken during the day) are out of order! (and 1 refuses to upload!) they're numbered to help you see what goes where, from right to left! 1. moved the scarecrow girl next to dracula (who's hanging in that dogwood tree!) 3. i've got marcas the carcas down at the bottom of all the flowers ~ he's got a light up head, feet and hands that fade in & out view from inside/bedroom windows 2. that's frankenstein in the front and a ghost w/skull face in the back i've got all orange lights on the bushes and throughout the garden ~ these little good & bad pumpkin heads are from light sets i've thrown away over the years for whatever reason & i've just placed them throughout the garden. close up of the right living room window close up of the left living room window here's good ol' marcas the carcas! a work in progress!

a cool & gusty breeze is blowing through the windows. dried leaves are tumbling along the side walk. thick, fluffy clouds in shades of white & grey have gathered over head dimming what was a bright afternoon. crickets & other bugs are chirping & blowing their whistles to pass the time away. a preying mantis, once a bold green, now the color of a browned fallen leaf, lumbers slowly along the top of an evergreen bush. she has mated. her eggs have been laid in my garden, safely hidden in some unseen nook. and now she waits for her last day. she will not survive the falling tempretures nor see her eggs hatch & her children come into life. but, she has done what mother nature has called on her to do. and so, this coming february her children will continue on the journey their mother is now ending. (copy rght'd 9/27/06-jw)

if you're big into seasonal & holiday decorating like i am, make sure you keep your extension cords, suction cups & some metal ornament hangers in a place like a "junk drawer" or box in a closet where they are at hand when you need them! i seem to have packed away all of my extenion cords & suction cups away in the basement some where & now will have to trudge through all the christmas decoration boxes to try & find them!!!

i'm losing my restraint & the halloween stuff is finding its' way out of the closet! these little crows (on the door windows) are left over from a bunch of halloween themed cut-outs i made from black construction paper last year for our windows. living room, bottom center window. off center shot of the living room center window! this is the top half of the right living room window. left bedroom window. (not finished yet!) left living room window. (that's a light up black cat silhouted (?!) by the moon!) right living room window. (that's a light up witch silhouted (?!) by the moon!) again, the center living room window. a neat shot, i think! i've added my bats, pumpkins & purple light gardland to the entertainment center!

i was thinking this morning that i may start listing the 5 things i am grateful for every day on here since i just don't seem to be able to keep up with my 'gratitude' (did i spell that right?!) journal. just a thought! so, here goes: 1. my husband 2. having a beautiful home 3. my friends 4. for not being the only one to carry the weight of life anymore 5. fall has arrived!