French Bee

I found this cute halloween fabric and made myself an apron. I will wear it when I greet the trick or treaters at the door. I sn't it scarey??

These are the photos I took yesterday . . . This is the Santiago fire. . . This is the orange moon . . . When the sun had gone down, we could see the orange glow and flames of the Santiago fire and the southern fires. Tonight I don't see but a small orange glow in the northern location. Not good, but better.

My French Bee Collections are now in progress! Here is my first apron creation and soon I'll open my Etsy shop. What do you think? This apron is fully lined with coordinating fabric as you can see at the hem. The fabric is a very soft 100% cotton in yellows, pinks and plums. I think it has a vintage look to it. As you can see, there are ties at the waist and neck, one lined pocket in front and a cute feminine ruffle at the bottom. There is a slight v-neckline cut. Double click on the picture for a close-up. I can see I have to improve my photography skills in order to give you a good picture.

Oh my, can I even tell you how excited I was today to find this package on my doorstep! I won Wende's contest . I think I had goosebumps while I was unwrapping the little surprises. Chocolate, chocolate and more chocolate! I found Mint Chocolate hand creme. Really - no kidding! I have such dry hands that I love to have bottles to keep in my purse. It smells like I could eat it! But I won't . . . My 'fantabulous' package has so much chocolate in it! There is a box of assorted chocolates, 65% dark cocoa chocolate (love that!), Swedish milk chocolates, gourmet hot cocoa, organic dark chocolate with cherries and vanilla - yeah! Hey there's more -Creme Chocolate Black Tea Leaves - no kidding! I wanted to try chocolate tea - cool. Get this - Mocha Java Grilling Rub for beef. Who even thinks of these things? She included a cute coffee mug with a pink rose on it. How perfect is that. My last little gem is Cocoa Lip Scrub with promises of becoming addicting! ...

I was putting out a few of my fall decorations today. I have this beautiful basket that was decorated by a dear friend, Kristin, that I bring out every year in time for me to put Halloween candy in. I fill it far enough ahead of time so we can sample the candies to make sure they are good enough for the trick or treaters. . . Ya know? T o my surprise, when I turned around, our precious Chloe had crawled inside the basket. She stayed there all afternoon as a matter of fact. I sn't she so cute ?? She loves the attention. I think she thinks she is funny. T he first day of Autumn is always celebrated with a homemade pumpkin pie. We love pumpkin pie, but I didn't have any whipped topping. We ate it anyway. Today, I made another pie. Yumm! I love fall, but I wish it wasn't so hot outside. M y daughter is listening to Christmas music now. We love Christmas too. There are 78 days till Christmas, you know.

I have so enjoyed visiting Wende, at Evidently . She had been waiting and waiting for her diploma to arrive and she decided to have a little fun with it and made a contest out of guessing the exact day it would arrive. If you could guess the date it would arrive in the mail, she would reward the closest guess with something CHOCOLATE ! I couldn't resist tossing my two cents worth into the guessing pot and I Won ! Now that's something. Chocolate is definitely in my future.