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Simple Pleasures #2

October 5, 2014 By Talya Tate Boerner

Week two living in Fayetteville…I feel more unpacked and settled in with more time to write. And that’s nice!ย Here are a few of last week’s simple pleasures.

simple pleasures #2 with Grace Grits and Gardening

Clouds. Monday night I joined a group of Northwest Arkansas Blogger friends for dinner at The Depot.ย Walking to meet them, I stopped to take a picture of this incredible cloud hovering over Dickson Street. Itย was a huge cloudโ€”the only cloud in a clear sky. After I took the picture I decided it wasย in the shape of a razorback. Do you agree?

Razorback cloud hovering over Dickson Street.

 

Birds. The birds found my bird feeder. After a week of no feathered visitors, I can’t tell you how excited this made me. Yesterday three fat cardinals fed at the same time. Of course I didn’t have time to get a picture of them, but this little guy posed for me. So cute.

after a week in the new house, the birds found our feeder!

New Friends. My sister-in-lawย and her friends,ย Stella and Barbara, have welcomed in right into their weekly dinner group, and it feels like I’ve been there all along. (I have been a regular visitor during the past year, but my attendance has been very sporadic.) Tuesday night Barbara made chicken pot pie and an assortment of appetizers and salads. Talk about comfort food… these ladies know how to do it up!ย I get to host in two weeks. Yay. What to cook?

Barbara's chicken pot pie

Rain and Cooler Temperatures. We finally received much needed rain. The front brought cooler temperatures. Much cooler. Like a low of 38 degreesย Saturday morning. Brrrrr!

Junkin & Pumpkins. I wentย junkin withย my writerย friend Laurie who blogs atย Junque Rethunqueย and See Laurie Write. Such a fun day (more coming on this later). Even before I arrived at The Junk Ranch (really how can you not love that name?),ย I got a thrill simply driving pastย pumpkin patches inย Prairie Grove. Those fat orange pumpkins sitting in the fields caught my eye, and I knowย the Great Pumpkin is waiting out there somewhere.

Prairie grove pumpkin patch - Simple pleasures

Can you see the pumpkins? I couldn’t get very close, but they are there!

What simple pleasures did you enjoy recently?

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Comments

  1. Kaylin @ Enticing Healthy Eating says

    October 5, 2014 at 5:50 pm

    The cloud does indeed look like a Razorback! I hope to meet you at one of the NWARK bloggers meet-ups within the next couple of months. I couldn’t make this last one due to last-minute changing of plans that had to be taken care of.

    • Talya Tate Boerner says

      October 6, 2014 at 6:54 am

      I’m glad you see it too! Yes, I’m sure we will meet soon:)) Love those meet ups.

  2. Jamie says

    October 5, 2014 at 10:18 pm

    Love all the pics! I missed Junk Ranch this time around. Good thing they do it twice a year.

    • Talya Tate Boerner says

      October 6, 2014 at 6:55 am

      It was so much fun. We should get a blogger group together to go in the spring. Fun!

  3. Jamie says

    October 5, 2014 at 10:18 pm

    Love all the pics! I missed Junk Ranch this time around. Good thing they do it twice a year.

  4. Laurie says

    October 5, 2014 at 10:30 pm

    I am selfishly glad to have you in NWA! But another simple pleasure this week is having an excuse to wear boots and leggings. I love fall. ๐Ÿ™‚

    • Talya Tate Boerner says

      October 6, 2014 at 6:56 am

      I agree! Yay for cooler temps and fall clothes.

  5. Gary Henderson says

    October 6, 2014 at 10:54 am

    I think the cloud looks kind of like a hippo from below. But maybe because I’m not a Razorback. ๐Ÿ™‚

  6. Dorothy Johnson says

    October 6, 2014 at 1:08 pm

    Love your pictures and see that you’re settling in as if you’ve always been there!

  7. Colene says

    October 6, 2014 at 4:04 pm

    My simple pleasures this week include seeing YOU, receiving a new (old) book from you, seeing my two lovely granddaughters, daughter, and son in law! Thanks for the hospitality and the tour of your lovely home!

  8. Fay Guinn says

    October 6, 2014 at 4:41 pm

    I gasped and grumbled when I saw those backward books. I think someone has to be backward in their literary sensibilities to do that to a labor of word love. How relieved to read you didn’t succumb to this insensitive trend! Your shelves look great. I too organize books by genre or category. Tell me more about David Harrington. See you at OCW Thurs. Do you take an auction item? Who do we give it to? Hubby is coming with his road bike. Are you going to H-P in Nov?

  9. Sarah Shotts says

    October 7, 2014 at 2:20 pm

    My favorite simple pleasure is almost always a good cup of tea. ๐Ÿ™‚


Hi! I'm Talya Tate Boerner. Writer, Reader, Arkansas Master Naturalist / Master Gardener, Author of

THE ACCIDENTAL SALVATION OF GRACIE LEE (2016)

GENE, EVERYWHERE: a life-changing visit from my father-in-law (2020)

BERNICE RUNS AWAY (2022)

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