Slices of Life

Happy November! Wow this year is rapidly coming to an end. I'm trying to make the most of it. This weekend Alec, Evan and I have tickets to see Hadestown and I can not wait!  I really struggled to pick a few featured favorites for this week's party. This time of year I am tempted by so many of the delicious recipes that are shared. I love just about anything made with apples, cranberries, or pumpkin! Plus so many of you had wonderful holiday prep ideas, beautiful travel posts, and adorable outfits to share. It really is one of the best problems to have while hosting. I love the variety!     The link with the most views from last week's party:   Share Four Somethings by Memorable Moments + Modest Missives   A few that caught my eye: Reading Lately by Sunshine and books    Cranberry Bliss Cocktail by Ann's Entitled Life     Rocky Mountain National Park in Autumn by Mille Fiori Favoriti       This party will remain open...

 It's the first Thursday of the month and time for Prime Purchases with Jill and Andrea.  I had another month where I bought quite a bit on Amazon. Evan has my car 3-4 days a week now to get to and from work so I often resort to ordering online.   Evan and I decided to add Graphic Novels into his short story study so I ordered a few to get us started (he's ordered a few of his own directly from the publisher too). The 3 we started with: Between Shades of Gray by Ruta Sepetys    Refugee: the Graphic Novel by Alan Gratz    The Librarian of Auschwitz: The Graphic Novel by Antonio Iturbe  He's already read and enjoyed them all and I'm starting to think I'm going to broke keeping this up! I will be looking for more graphic novels through our library. Evan needed more socks so we ordered these.   He also needed another pair of gloves for sleeping so ordered another set of these.   I made a cookie cake for my husband's birthday but I...

 I had such high expectations for the Immersive Monet exhibit because we loved the Van Gogh one so much and I love Monet's art work even more. Alec and I went this past weekend and we spent a good 2 hours inside.  It was in the same building and space that housed the Van Gogh exhibit so we expected a similar set up.     We read about Monet's life and works and home. We watched a short computer animated video about the start of the impressionist movement and Monet's role in it.  Then we stepped into a room that was set up to look like Monet's art studio/salon. There were reproductions of his art all around, little handwritten notes/thoughts sprinkled throughout and even a little window where you could look out onto a scene from Monet's garden complete with bridges, hanging plants, and koi pond.  From there we stepped out into Monet's garden. Now these next two photos look awful but I promise you in real life it wasn't nearly so blue or hazy in there... ...