fall is upon us

I hate the cold, so the fact that it froze last night makes my heart a little sad. We have officially said good-bye to summer. :( There are two big trees in my backyard. One has almost no leaves and the other has almost all of its leaves...it's weird, so I thought I would show you.




The only good thing about cooler weather...I get to wear my TOMS botas!!! Yay!! I love them a lot!

house or home?

Occasionally I see something that I would love to have in my someday house. This was a house I saw in Manhattan Beach that I just fell in love with. I love the flowers spilling all over the house. I love the outdoor sitting area. I love the windows. Just the whole house is lovely. I just love the style of this house.

miniature delights :)

My roommate and a dear friend love miniature things. So when I was running out of cookie dough the last time and made a couple of mini cookies, my roommate told me that I should make mini cookies the next time I made them. Well, that was tonight...just look how cute and delicious they look!!!



Every time I make these cookies it takes me back to the first time I made them for some dear friends when we were on the other side of the world. Such wonderful memories.

where i really want to be right now

It was kind of a rough day...so this is where I would really like to be right now if I could drop everything and go anywhere.

Near Auckland, New Zealand

chocolate = delight

I love chocolate. I'm a girl...it's in my blood. I didn't always like chocolate, but now I can't seem to get enough of it. The darker the better. Here is a photographic ode to three of my favorite chocolaty treats. Yum!

Askinosie 70% dark chocolate nibble bar...delish!!And it even has c-h-o-c-o-l-a-t-e stamped into the bar...how fun is that?!?!


These are the best chocolate sandwich cookies ever...I'm not even kidding you. Late July Dark Chocolate sandwich cookies...so good!!

And what post about chocolate would be complete without chocolate chip cookie dough? My homemade spin on a fellow blogger's favorite recipe.

a nod to fall

One of the reasons I really don't care for fall that much is the holiday known as Halloween. I greatly dislike Halloween. I know that many people love this holiday, and I don't mean to offend anyone, but this is my least favorite time of the year. However, one of the bloggers I follow posted a picture of a spider the other day, and it reminded me of this pic I took a couple years ago.



So there's my small nod to fall and Halloween. And now I'm back to desiring Spring to be here ASAP.

wishing for spring

I don't like cold...at all. As soon as October hits, my feet and fingers freeze and they don't thaw out until May. The one thing that gets me through the cold, dreary months of fall and winter is the hope that Spring is on the horizon. That after the deadness of winter, there will once more be flowers, and leaves on the trees and new life. That is what I cling to through the cold months. Flower pictures are part of what helps me through those months. They are so happy and lovely and Spring-like.