a simple white sunday

I know I've been silent a long while...life has just gotten so busy! It's like I'm on fast forward. So lately I've just been trying to learn to balance my life and work. I work endless hours on the clock and at home. And realized at the start of 2016 that I needed time of doing absolutely nothing. Doing this is actually more difficult than working for this girl=) 

Sunday we got our first snow, here in Indiana. It was a lovely, wet, damp snow...sticking to everything in sight as it floated downward. After church I came home to a cozy afternoon of just me. After tramping around outdoors in my lovely white world and taking a mini photo session of myself in the blissful wonderland. I settled to an afternoon of reading and drinking tea.

I sat quiet and concentrated on how my drink smelled, tasted and felt. This may sound dumb, but I don't think I've just enjoyed the simple act of drinking, in - well I can't remember when.

I sat in front of my window and did nothing except watch the snow fall and marvel at all God's beauty around me.

I let go of the guilt of doing absolutely nothing, for an hour on Sunday. I've decided that by doing nothing on Sunday I was actually giving myself a chance to be more productive and mindful in the future. 

Until next time,

Cheers!

casey crocker’s mini apple pies

So here we are again, another Autumn is upon us. What better way to welcome in this season but by baking up something special with apples!

I don’t know what I enjoy most about fall…is it the weather, the clothes or the wonderful food?!?!? Which is it for you? For me it would have to be….hummmmm….okay I can’t decide =)

For me fall also includes hunting, which I know doesn’t apply to everyone…but with these crisp mornings, I can hardly think of any thing else but sitting in a stand watching the sunrise and of course seeing deer. But I’ll stop before I bore you all.

My brilliant Casey came up with this super quick and easy recipe to include in our coffee date, turned cooking date, a few weeks ago. We had so much to catch up on…she’s literally been on vacation the entire month of August and I’ve been honestly very busy myself. (Traveling, home remolding etc.) Resulting in July and August being skipped entirely with a post to include in the casey crocker blog series. But no worries we're both back, refreshed and with lots of ideas. 

I seriously couldn’t stop with these green apples, I loved the color so much – I decided to paint a wall of my laundry room this color=)

Casey’s blue dress was just stunning on her=) I just love the contrast between the green and blues in the photos. She has a way of always wearing the perfect color for our little cooking sessions. 

Doesn’t this picture look heavenly?!?! I'll just take one...just like this=)

She had extra of everything, so she made this darling pie=)

With her fabulous Starbucks choice=) Ice Caramel Macchiato….

I love this part of our cooking dates=) I get to lay my camera aside and sit beside Casey on the couch and talk about life…it’s, hands down, the highlight of my afternoons with this lovely =)

These turned out wonderful! I love the Autumn feel of Casey’s photo setup.

And=)

 isn’t she lovely?!?!?

Enjoy your early Autumn weather. Before long we'll be racking leaves and digging sweet potatoes.    Snatch this the time to do all those things you’ve put off or haven't been able to do all summer. Or fall cleaning is always a good idea. I'm just about done with my spring list, and here's fall....I guess I'll just skip my summer " to do" and move on to the fall. But seriously where has this year gone? 

Anyway happy Thursday! and remember to check out Casey's blog for the recipe and directions to this fabulous little yummy. 

…and until next time=)