IT'S NEARLY AUTUMN.. SO LET'S GO WITH PUMPKINS!

A NAUGHTY PUMPKINS FATE 

AN ODD LITTLE PUMPKIN, A JOLLY FAT FELLOW,

STOOD CLOSE TO HIS MOTHER SO ROTUND AND YELLOW.

"WHAT A STUPID OLD PLACE! HOW I LONG TO ASPIRE,"

CRIED HE, "I WAS DESTINED FOR SOMETHING MUCH HIGHER"

"MY SON," SAID HIS MOTHER, "PRAY DO BE CONTENT,

THERE'S GREAT SATISFACTION IN LIFE THAT'S WELL SPENT!"

BUT HE SHRUGGED UP HIS SHOULDERS, THIS PUMPKIN, IT IS TRUE AND ACTED JUST LIKE SOME BAD CHILDREN WILL DO. WITH A SHOUT AND A WHOOP, IN THE GARDEN THEY RAN, TOM AND NED, FOR THEY'D THOUGHT OF THE LOVELIEST PLAN TO ASTONISH THEIR FRIENDS FROM THE CITY, YOU SEE, WITH A FINE JACK-O'-LANTERN "AH, THIS ONE SUITS ME!"

NEDDIE SEIZED THE BAD PUMPKIN, AND DUG OUT HIS BRAINS, TILL HE FELT SO LIGHT-HEADED AND BRIMFUL OF PAINS: THEN TWO EYES, A LONG NOSE, AND A MOUTH BIG AND WIDE,

THEY CUT IN A MINUTE, AND LAID HIM ASIDE UNTIL NIGHT WHEN THEY HUNG HIM UPON A STOUT LIMB, WITH A CRADLE INSIDE; HOW HIS POOR HEAD DID SWIM, AS THEY TWISTED HIM THIS WAY, THEN TWIRLED HIM ROUND THAT, TILL AT LAST WITH A CRASH, HE FELL OF THE GROUND FLAT, A WRECK OF THE ONCE JOLLY, FAT LITTLE FELLOW, WHO STOOD BY HIS MOTHER SO ROTUND AND YELLOW. JUST THEN A LEAN COW, WHO WAS PASSING THAT WAY, ATE HIM UP, JUST TO FINISH HER LAZY AUTUMN DAY.

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JUST THOUGHT I WOULD GET STARTED WITH A FEW THINGS ABOUT FALL.. PUMPKINS SEEM TO BE THE PERFECT WAY TO START.. I HAPPENED TO RUN ACROSS THE LITTLE POEM ABOVE TODAY AND THOUGHT, WHY NOT?   AND BELOW, A LITTLE JOKE, THAT SEEMED PERFECT FOR THE POEM ABOVE.. ENJOY..

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(QUESTION:) HOW DO YOU MEND A BROKEN PUMPKIN?

 (ANSWER:)    WITH A "PUMPKIN PATCH, " OF COURSE!!

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 AH, A FOGGY LITTLE PUMPKIN PATCH... "THE PERFECT AUTUMN PICTURE" I'LL BE SHARING SOME MORE PICTURES ABOUT AUTUMN.. HOPE YOU ENJOY THEM...

 IT HAS BEEN THIS FOGGY OR WORSE ON MY WAY TO WORK THIS WHOLE WEEK.. AH FINALLY, TOMORROW IS FRIDAY! AND SATURDAY... WE WILL CELEBRATE OUR OLDEST GRANDDAUGHTERS BIRTHDAY (SHE WILL BE 18) THEN ON SUNDAY, WE WILL CELEBRATE OUR ONLY GRANDSON'S BIRTHDAY.. HE WILL BE 14.. BOTH OF THEM WERE BORN ON SEPTEMBER 17 ... BUT 4 YEARS APART~
                                                          LOVE TO BOTH OF YOU....
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WE ARE ALL PRAYING FOR ALL OF YOU AND YOURS, FROM OUR AUTUMN LEAVES TO YOURS... GOD BLESS, LOVE, PROTECT, GUIDE AND GRANT YOU ALL INNER PEACE, HEALTH, HAPPINESS, AND SALVATION..

PRAYING TO FOR JAKE AND FRANCES (hope things are going better and those treatments have worked and it's over with)... PRAYING FOR MRS TERRY (Norman's mother) in this her 86th year of life...PRAYING ALWAYS FOR LITTLE EVAN, AND ALL THE CHILDREN WITH EB OR ANY OTHER DREADFUL DISEASES, AND THEIR FAMILIES... PRAYING FOR EVERYONE WITH CANCER AND THEIR FAMILIES AND CAREGIVERS.. SPECIAL PRAYER TONIGHT FOR DICKIE.. BARBARA'S HUSBAND, AND HIS CO-WORKERS.. THAT THEIR JOB WILL CONTINUE.. THINGS WILL WORK OUT AND IT WILL BE BETTER THAN THEY HOPE FOR..PRAYING FOR OUR COUNTRY THAT GOD WILL BLESS AND GUIDE OUR LEADERS TO DO WHAT HE KNOWS IS BEST AND RIGHT FOR OUR COUNTRY.. PRAYING FOR OUR SOLDIERS, THAT THEY WILL ALL SOON BE BACK HOME SAFELY WITH JOBS TO COME HOME TO AND FOR COMFORT AND INNER PEACE FOR THEM AND THEIR FAMILIES... PRAYING FOR NORMAN, THAT HE WILL SOON GET FEELING BETTER AND THINGS WILL WORK OUT FOR HIM EVEN BETTER, AND EASIER THAN HE'S HOPING FOR.. PRAYING FOR ALL THE "UNSPOKEN PRAYERS" FOR EACH OF YOU AND ASKING THAT YOU'LL PRAY FOR OURS TOO.. SPECIAL PRAYERS FOR EACH OF MY CO-WORKERS AS WE START ANOTHER SCHOOL YEAR, HELP US THAT WE WILL QUICKLY HAVE A REPLACEMENT TO HELP OUT DUE TO THE LOSS OF ONE OF OUR DEAR CO-WORKERS. HELP US LORD TO ALL BE CLOSE, PATIENT, KIND, CARING AND HELPFUL TO EACH OTHER.. PRAYING FOR EVERYONE LOOKING FOR JOBS, PLEASE LORD HELP THEM ALL TO FIND A DECENT JOB, SUITABLE FOR THEM... PRAYING FOR BETTY JO, TIMMY AND KRISTIN, WISHING THEM THE VERY BEST AND LOTS OF INNER PEACE AND HAPPINESS !... PRAYING FOR SHARON MAE AND HER KNEE SURGERY AND UPCOMING OTHER KNEE SURGERY!... PRAYING FOR HAPPINESS, REST, LOVE, AND GOOD HEALTH (and wealth, lol) FOR JENNA AND THE SELL OF HER HOUSE.. PRAYING FOR SPECIAL GUIDANCE IN MANY THINGS "UNSPOKEN" AND INNER PEACE ... AND AS USUAL AND ALWAYS, GIVING GOD THE THANKS, PRAISE, HONOR, AND GLORY IN ALL THINGS IN JESUS HOLY NAME, AMEN!