What a beautiful page! I love the color palette. It fits with the poem so nicely. Love the title! Perfection to start October.

There are so many details on this page. I love the purple and red dominating this page. It actually demands attention! And I feel like I must do a lift of this page at some point. For so many years, I lived a “push harder” life and now I am retiring. Definitely see a lift in the future!

Stunning page. The picture is truly the centerpiece and the word art looks like it was made just for this layout. Beautifully done.

Wow! That is a lot of beautiful stuff. And I love those owls! Really love them!

I just checked my message count and it was 31,018 and 18,669 on comments. Which supports my claim of many, many years here.

Love those paperbacks @madigirl. Especially love those torn edges.

Good morning. I have spent many, many years at the O! But life always gets in the way. Well, I am retiring. My last day of work is Thursday. And my kids are grown so they don’t use as much of my time. So I’m back! I need to figure out a scrapping program to use, so if you have suggestions...

Love this page! Doesn’t the driver of the carriage just look like Austria. The gray paper for the background is perfect and makes the picture pop!

@BoatLady your trip sounds amazing! I really need to go take a look at your gallery now to see where you have traveled in the past. Travel is one of my favorite things in the world! I hope retirement gives me more time to do that—-although definitely less money. Need to figure that out!

Oh @faerywings I am so glad to hear that your wrist is not broken. What will I do now to fill my time without a job? Good question. I’m in Minneapolis this morning. Syd has been interning at Land of Lakes since the first of May. She is sleeping in but none of that for me. (It’s a 4 hour...

Good evening ladies! Surprise visit from me. So much to catch up on here. I miss you ladies. The big news from me is that I am retiring and my last day is Thursday. So I feel like I will have time to stop in and chat again. We are living in Iowa and we finally have the Florida house sold...

Good afternoon ladies. I just wanted to check in to make sure everyone is doing ok. @faerywings I have loved seeing the wedding pictures! What a wonderful looking family you have! I am so happy for you and so excited that you are doing something that fills your soul with this new job. I...

Alaska is my next trip Rae. We leave for Seattle on May 3. We get in late but will spend Saturday and Sunday morning wandering around Seattle. Then off to the cruise of Alaska. I'm really jazzed up. We are considering a fall cruise to see the leaves changing. But now that we have a place...

Glad you made it home safely. Did you get any good food on your Amish country trips? We have an Amish community in Iowa and they have the best home cooked meals.

It sounds like your weather is just the opposite of yours. But I know what you mean about the windows open...it's funny but it makes me feel like a little girl whenever we do it.

Good morning all. I just happened to remember that @faerywings was traveling today. Then I remembered that @vickyday was traveling today. So I decided to brush off my old skills and open a thread. Good weather today...the awful heat is gone for a couple of weeks. At least, I hope so!

Good morning ladies! I've missed you all so much! I'd like to tell you that things are settling down...but they really aren't. But most of that is my own fault. @faerywings I would love to hear one of Scott's campfire talks. It makes me feel so happy the way he has found his happy place in...

Good evening ladies! Just a quick in and out from me. @faerywings first, great news on your FIL's ablation. Pretty remarkable what they can do. Second, I am impressed with your mom's cardiologist. I think that is very good advice to get a second opinion. Then Cait...her wedding dress...

Such good news Evelyn! Just in time to enjoy spring. Praying that the news continues to be good!

Good morning ladies! Oh Chris, I so often wonder about how we lived before cell phones. Sydney is on spring break starting this afternoon and she is heading to Cocoa Beach with a bunch of friends and then after a couple of days there, they are headed to Key West. This group of friends has...