I have such fond memories of Halloween growing up in Connecticut. My mother make our costumes and decorate the lamp post on the outside walkway with corn stalks. Together we would paint pumpkins with faces and add straw hats. Across the street was a graveyard and I would run by there as fast as possible…
As we near the end of the month (can you believe it?), this will be the last Saturday Meanderings in October 2024. I love this month and we continue to get glimpses of Fall temperatures, but Mother Nature keeps reminding us we live in the Valley of the Sun. Looks like it will officially cool…
Well, it’s mid-September and also, today is National Coloring Day. I wonder who comes up with these quirky commemorations but you may want to pull out your coloring book in recognition. It’s been such a busy week that I failed to post anything on Tuesday. We have returned to Phoenix from a summer in the…
It is early September and I long for the autumn weather in our lingering hot Phoenix climate. Even here in the Arizona mountains, the days are warm with slightly cooler weather in the mornings. With the official start of autumn only a few weeks away, here are 8 ways to get in the Fall mood….
It is the last Saturday of August 2024 and the beginning of Labor Day weekend. Just like that another month vanishes. There is a slight shift in temperatures in the morning and soon, fall will be well on its way. As we say goodbye to August, I am still cherishing the pace of summer in…