Thanksgiving Thoughts, Part III

As we express our gratitude, we must never forget
that the highest appreciation is not to utter words,
but to live by them.

~John Fitzgerald Kennedy

Gratitude is a quality similar to electricity:
it must be produced and discharged and used up in order to exist at all.

~William Faulkner

Who does not thank for little will not thank for much.

~Estonian Proverb

If a fellow isn't thankful for what he's got,
he isn't likely to be thankful for what he's going to get.

~Frank A. Clark

Forever on Thanksgiving Day
The heart will find the pathway home.
~Wilbur D. Nesbit

We can only be said to be alive in those moments
when our hearts are conscious of our treasures.
~Thornton Wilder

Thanksgiving and Autumn BrightandShinyThings in my eBay and etsy shops.

Thanksgiving Thoughts, Part II

As we express our gratitude, we must never forget
that the highest appreciation is not to utter words,
but to live by them.  

~John Fitzgerald Kennedy

 

For each new morning with its light,
For rest and shelter of the night,
For health and food, for love and friends,
For everything Thy goodness sends.
~Ralph Waldo Emerson

Thanksgiving comes to us out of the prehistoric dimness,
universal to all ages and all faiths.  At whatever straws we must grasp,
there is always a time for gratitude and new beginnings. 
~J. Robert Moskin

Let us remember that, as much has been given us,
much will be expected from us, and that true homage
comes from the heart as well as from the lips,
and shows itself in deeds. 
~Theodore Roosevelt

  

We can only be said to be alive in those moments
when our hearts are conscious of our treasures.  

~Thornton Wilder

  

On Thanksgiving Day we acknowledge our dependence. 
~William Jennings Bryan

Thanksgiving dinners take eighteen hours to prepare. 
They are consumed in twelve minutes.  Half-times take twelve minutes. 
This is not coincidence. 
~Erma Bombeck

 

Earrings and bracelet can be found here.

The Most Sincere Pumpkin Patch on a (Nearly) Wordless Wednesday

Haunted Pumpkin Patch

Ft. Worth Pumpkins

Buy pumpkins locally

The sincere Cornerstoregoddess pumpkin patch can be found on etsy and eBay.

Autumn Comes to California

by Cornerstoregoddess

Out here in California

The natives all will warn ya,

Our seasons blend together,

To make our west coast weather.

Though spring still precedes summer,

Our floods could thwart a plumber.

In summer we go drought-y.

Of this there's little doubt-y.

In autumn our brush fires

Thwart firemen with pyres.

To soothe our Santa Anas,

We offer up hosannas.

Our quakes just make us flail

Upon the Richter scale.

But still, with all the shaking,

We're quite light on leaf-raking.

Lovely fall leaves from California Cornerstoregoddess on eBay and etsy

Hair of the Leaf That Bit You

Remember when you were a kid
Who played in leaves in fall?
You'd hurl yourself into the pile
And hardly hurt at all.



But if you tried the same jump now
You'd need a chiropractor.
In fact, it would feel quite a bit
Like falling off a tractor.



So wear these leaves twined in your hair
And leave jumps to the kid.
Your body will feel better
And your hair feel glad you did.

The California Girl on Autumn Leaves

Those brilliant leaves of autumn...



I think one time I saw some.



They happen when long nights come



But not here where I come from.



(These bookmarks are the outcome.)

Leave This Haiku Alone...

Are autumn leaves called



Leaves because that's what they do



When autumn arrives?



Get an eyeful here.

I Think We Have a Winner!

So many of you have entered the drawing for the Cornerstoregoddess bracelet in lovely shade of orange.



First Uncle Buck wrote each entry on a scrap of paper.  She doesn't write very well, so she asked George to help her.



She couldn't find the beaded hat, so she put the entries into a shoe.  (Uncle Buck likes shoes.)  Then she got up on the top of the stairs and posed while pondering how to jump into the shoe.



At last she leapt into the shoe...



...and pulled out a winner.



And the winner is...



(wait for it)...

Ericka Wildgirl Dana!

Uncle Buck and George are doing a high-five on your behalf!

Ericka, email me and confirm your shipping info and your beautiful bracelet will be on its way!

Thanks to all whom participated.  Uncle Buck reminds you to keep the Halloween spirit and have a great season!  (More autumnal goodies in the store to keep you happy until the next giveaway.)

Hive Creative Challenge: One Last Leaf

 





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-  e.e. cummings



 Don't get leafed behind.