Pumpkin Pie, Anyone? Cinnamon Buns?

Yummmmm.....Smell that pumpkin pie?  Those cinnamon buns and the wonderful smells of Autumn?  I do!  I'm surrounding myself with homey, cozy, spicy scents from Good Neighbor Candles - You know - Becky at Hospitality Lane?   I have meaning to order some of her luscious soy candles for months  and I figured since it was Autumn  and those are my favorite smells, NOW was the time!   I received my candles a few days ago, and thought I should show you all what she sent, and then you can turn pea green with envy til you order some for yourselves!!!

Look at these yummy candles.  I ordered some Pumpkin Pie Spice, Cinnamon Buns and Autumn Spice candles.  Think I'll be using them exclusively this fall!  Thank you so much Becky!  They all got here in perfect shape and I started using them as soon as they arrived.  Can't decide which is my favorite yet...

Above, one candle burning on my pie safe next to my little homemade spice cabinet that old Uncle Claude built for his wife.  Uncle Claude built this little farmhouse, the pie safe, and this little cabinet.

On my farm table, this candle has three wicks so it gives off a great scent . My rooster likes it alot and thinks it really brings out his good side...  He sits there with my cornicopia. 

Anyway, Becky, thanks so much for such a wonderful product - I know you made these lovingly and with great pride and I really am enjoying the soy candles.  And thanks for all the little extra "goodies" you tucked in my box! 

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What Should I Name This Post?

WE INTERRUPT THIS BROADCAST TO BRING YOU THE FOLLOWING: 

(caution - not for the faint of heart or those prone to losing the contents of one's stomach... cover your children's eyes...)

If the guys on the movie "The Great Escape" had had a few of these guys, they would've made it out of the stalag with bells on.  This'un here is one of the biggest I've caught yet.  You could almost made a nice size coin purse out of him.... hmmmm....

SHOUT OUT to Kathy at Spot on Cedar Pond - Kathy, I've killed 4 gophers in the last two weeks.  When it rains (as it did a couple of weeks ago) the gophers have to do major renovations and excavations to their burrows.  It's been a long time since our last rain last spring.  It's been a long dry spell for gopher huntin'.

SOOOO,  check on my sidebar for my gopher count.  End of the year we'll tally up and see who wins our contest for this year!  No matter who wins I've got something up  my sleeve to send to Kathy!!!  Thanks Kathy, for joining in this fun game!

My daughter sent me a picture of her and her mutt.  Remi was a rescue from the Animal Shelter and he's been THE BEST DOG she could ask for.  He is so protective of her, he's sweet, and he stands guard over his owner without fail.  Half/Lab and half/birddog.  She lets him sleep on her bed, and I think I don't have to worry about somebody trying to slip in.  He uses his big dog bad bark when he hears something strange outside, but he's not a yapper.

Below is what's left of our pond.  Sad.  It was full up to the rim early this year.  If there were any fishies in it, they've been toast for awhile.  I don't know where all the turtles went.  There were tons of turtles in there.... All the brown you see are dead trees... It's a good thing we didn't have any livestock this year.  We'd be out looking for old bathtubs or stock tanks to pump water to them.

For comparison, here's a photo of what it normally looks like...

That's old Jake out there swimming... may he rest in peace.  My husband bought him a granite headstone to put over Jake's gravesite.  Wasn't that sweet?   He was a great dog...

What's going on in  YOUR neck ' o ' the woods?

If I Die Young...

You have to listen to this --- it was played at Kayla's funeral - the 17 yr old daughter of my friend, Helen. There's a female artist that sings this, too, but I SO love this version...

Ready...Aim... TRAP!!!

It's gopher season!!!!!!!!!!!!!! (rubs hands together with an evil grin...)

I'll be back with the results................

EDITED TO ADD:   Gopher count September 1 to date - 3