Friday Foto Friends: November~The Season of Blessings

November is here! The season of blessings and thanksgiving! Also the "season of change", according to this John Sloane Country Seasons calendar!

What a beautiful house and yard...and I guess for some of you up north, your yards probably looked like this this week. I know some of you had snow already, and possibly all the leaves have not yet fallen off the trees.  I know I just had a wonderful LONG phone conversation with one of my dearest "old" friends up in Ohio...she called me just to get caught up...something we try to do at least once a year.  She said the snow fell on top of the leaves that had fallen before she had time to rake them up, and there are still more leaves on the trees waiting to fall. I remember those days from way back when we lived up north. November is an in between month...transitioning from autumn beauty to the starkness of winter, which has its own kind of beauty, even if it is freezing cold! LOL.

Now here's a place that I would dearly love!!!I love everything about this place, except maybe for the huge mountains in the background! those might be a bit too much...but that house on the lake is gorgeous! Too big for me nowadays, but I would love to visit there!

Amen!

This is a lovely autumn garden somewhere!

And then there's this sweet little Susan Branch calendar...I love these pictures.  I guess I didn't get the photo close enough to read what it says:

"Now go outside for a big breath of fresh air~come back in and see how good your kitchen smells".

"Things taste better in small houses." Queen Victoria

"God bless thee when winds blow; Our home and all we know." Florence Bone

Here's the lovely picture from the Teapot Calendar...

"Tea! Blessed ordinary everyday afternoon tea!" Agatha Cristie.

Wouldn't you love to sit and have some afternoon tea with dear friends? I know I would.

Yes, November is the season of change...it was downright chilly this morning when we woke up, so we turned on the fireplace and had a hearty big breakfast of fried ham and eggs, grits, and toast with blackberry jam. It was yummy!

Oh, and we must also remember to change our clocks this weekend!  Fall back one hour, which means we gain an hour of sleep, so they say.  I've always felt like no matter what we gained or lost, it always takes about a week to get back to some kind of normalcy, and I really wish they'd just leave it one way or the other!  That being said, don't forget to turn your clocks back when you go to bed Saturday night! I know, it's a pain...going backwards is harder than going forwards, but if you don't do it, you will be very early to church!

Today was such a lovely day after the sun came out...it was cool but not too cold, sunny, and no humidity! Hubby was feeling well enough to want to take a little ride somewhere and get out and walk a bit.  After a month of mostly sitting and not going anywhere, we have both had cabin fever and we are so thankful to finally be able to get out and about.  So we rode back to this little boat ramp park where we've been once before, "Kenwood".  Here's a few pictures I took to show the little signs of fall here in Florida:

This Cormorant was busy diving and fishing for his dinner.

As soon as I'd get the camera focused on him, down he'd go...and then he'd pop up again way beyond where he dove in. 

This is actually where I was watching him...

This is a beautiful stand of Bald Cypress trees. They are gradually changing color and will soon drop their leaves...

These are the trunks and "knees" of the Bald Cypress Trees. I especially wanted Debbie a.k.a. "From My House to Yours",so see these trees, as she showed a picture of a beautiful clock that she has from her parents that I believe was made from the trunk of the cypress tree.   So, Debbie, this is how the tree looked before it was cut up into slabs and made into clocks!

It truly was a lovely morning, and I was so glad we were able to get out and take this little ride and walkabout this park...

They also have a beautiful picnic pavilion with BBQ grills and tables. It would be a fun place to bring the family for a nice picnic...especially if we had a boat and could go out in the water!

You do need to watch out for the Manatees.  Especially as the weather gets colder, they come into the warmer waters to stay warm, and too often they get hit by boaters who don't see them there under the water.

So today I am thankful for this season of "change", the beautiful  weather, and for my hubby's recovery, which gets better with every day, Praise God!! We are so very thankful for the ways in which God has blessed and healed above and beyond our expectations. 

Ephesians 3:20-21

20 Now to Him who is able to do exceedingly abundantly above all that we ask or think, according to the power that works in us, 

21 to Him be glory in the church by Christ Jesus to all generations, forever and ever. Amen. 

Have a happy November,  Friends!!