I Love Fall!

The pumpkins, the gourds, the straw, the mums, the corn shocks, the leaves, the hayrides....
THE COLORS!

What do you love about Fall?

And the Winner(s) Are...

The Give Away prize, according to Randomizer.org, goes to Jessica at Country Whispers and then since I was feeling generous today I am adding 2 more cookbooks as additional give aways and they are going to Twyla & Lindsey at Two Crazy Crafters and Lindsey's Paper Scraps and Janet at Creative Writing in the Blackberry Patch and Writing in the Blackberry Patch.

I hope I got all those links right!

Winners please email me with your addresses through the "Contact Me" link in the right sidebar and I'll get these sent out the first of the week.

Thank you all so much for entering and for reading/following my blog. Stick around for my next give away! I have something Christmasy in mind!

Give Away Ending

My give away will end this morning at 9:00 Central so hurry! hurry! hurry!  I have some errands to run this morning so the winner will be posted this afternoon.

If you have not been over to vote for Suzanne at Chickens in the Road, please read this post she made today on her blog and take the time to vote.  She wants, needs and after reading her blog for several months, in my opinion, deserves this job! 

Here's a shortcut button to the voting booth!


Good Mood Gig from SAM-e
I'll be back later this afternoon!  I hope you all have an awesome Thursday!  It looks like the sun might actually shine here today after several days of rain!

Smart Critters

I have had this feeder hanging for 4 days. I go down each day and shake a little feed out. The deer come and eat it, then stare at the plunger stick thing that makes the food fall out. All you have to do is barely bump it and it falls out but these deer apparently think it's going to do it all by itself OR.....

They might get this smart little guy to help out!
I love the way he figures this out in about 2 seconds then the deer comes and eats what he has worked so hard for!







He knocked out a couple pieces of corn. He looks so excited here!


Gotta go back up and make more fall!


Oh yeah, that's more like it!


Hey wait a minute! Get outta here!


Gotta start all over!






Oh and this little guy is smart too. He has it all figured out. His arms just aren't long enough!

Hope this made you smile today!

Creamy Potato Soup

This soup is delicious and hits the spot on a cold winter day. I got the recipe from a friend of mine at a get together a couple of weeks ago and I made it for the church hayride Saturday night. It was a big hit after getting off that cold wagon of hay!

My little one loves it. We had a few leftovers and he asked for "tater soup" 3 different times yesterday.

Creamy Potato Soup
8-10 potatoes
1 tsp garlic salt
1 can cream of celery
2 cans cream of chicken
1 stick butter
1 (8 oz.) pkg. cream cheese
1 soup can milk (or evaporated milk) per can of soup
Salt
Pepper

Peel, chop into cubes and boil potatoes with garlic salt until tender. Combine soups and 3 cans of milk with butter and cream cheese. Stir on low heat until melted and blended. Gently stir in potatoes and simmer until thoroughly heated. Salt and pepper to taste. I like to put this in the crock-pot for family dinners so it stays nice and warm while it's being served.



Don't forget to enter my give away!

And vote for Suzanne over at Chickens in the Road!