A Change of Plans!

Today I had all intentions of picking up Sierra at preschool when I was done at work and then come home and do some cleaning in my house.  It desparately needs it. But it is fall and what so often happens to me during this season...I got side tracked.  Sierra had taken a little nap at school and she was  ready for an adventure.  So I said the heck with the cleaning and we went on a walk.  I am so blessed to be surrounded by some of the moxt beautiful countryside ever.  We don't have to get in a car and go...we just walk out the door and and we are there!!!  So instead of cleaning this is what we did:

                                        Explored the softness of an opened milkweed pod

wondered what animal lived in this hole

rested,

found a hidden pond,

walked with a friend,

cam across some corn flowers that survived the frost,

and even after we returned to our own yard the beauty continued

the view in our backyard

So after about 2 hours of being outside Sierra and I went in.  Shortly thereafter my son Paul called to tell us to look out our kitchen window. Sierra and I ran outside!  It had started to sprinkle and the sun was still shining and we were treated to a double rainbow!! 

The sky changed and we ran ito our neighbors yard and got this!!

So...the house is still messy, the clothes still piled up,but this afternoon, shared with my girl, will be forever imprinted in my heart and mind!!!