All posts tagged: autumn

Season’s Change

Published by Sula H.

Autumn is coming. Definitely. After a couple of really nice, warm late summer day, things have changed. Sweater weather is what I would call it. In fact, we’ve started heating up the home because it’s been so chilly outside. But I thought, it was a perfect opportunity to make a little field trip to our backyard …  

Happy Autumn Day

Published by Sula H.

  Yes, autumn has not quite left us yet, and so today, we decided to give it another shot and try playing in whatever capacity of leaves we may get. Remember those devious tree shakers I told you about last year, who always try to make chasing autumn leaves as little fun as possible? Anyhow, we found ourselves that favorite spot again, where chances of finding leaves are at least existent (though small), and where last year we’d had a blast with our autumn photo shoot. And it seemed like we were lucky yet once more. Of course, the wind found that place, too, and decided to share it generously with us and the dust it whirled around. But we didn’t care. We love leaves. And we love leaves in fall. And so we enjoyed a very happy autumn day!

Freebie Friday: A Grateful Heart, Part 2

Published by Sula H.

I’m happy to share with you the next part of my digital scrapbooking kit “A Thankful Heart.” Today you’ll get the first part of the papers, and if you come back next week you’ll be able to pick up the remaining paper parts. And for those of you who have tried to download the alphas and the link didn’t work last week: I’ve fixed the link (at least I hope I did). Sorry for the inconvenience of that broken link. I’d copied the link as I was supposed to but then when I posted it, it reverted back to the original image’s link without me realizing it. I tried a couple times and it always reverted back to the old link, and it took a while for me to realize that I had to completely delete all links embedded in the image for it to finally accept the correct one. Anyhow, you can scroll down to find last Friday’s part (if you haven’t downloaded it already), and keep me posted on how the downloads work …

A Sort of Kind of Deja Vu

Published by Sula H.

I don’t believe in deja vus, really, and I doubt their overall usefulness, but let me tell you what happened to date … exactly a year ago: I had arranged to go out on an autumn photo shoot with my friends. I’d prepared my camera, recharged my batteries, and done everything necessary to be ready for an afternoon with my friends and my camera. But, lo, as soon as we wanted to start to shoot, my camera’s batteries quit their job, never to work again. And so, I ended up being a by-stander in our so well planned-out autumn photo shoot. Now, listen to this: Exactly one year later, namely today (though I only realized afterward), I’d arranged with one my friends to go on another autumn photo tour. But guess what happened, as soon as I got out my camera to start snapping away? You’re right! Something happened that seemed quite familiar to me – like a bad kind of deja vu! The batteries refused to work yet again, and all I got was …

When Leaves Fall …

Published by Sula H.

Remember I told you about the bake sale the other day? Well, what was really sweet (aside from all the sweet treats I got) was the fact that afterward, I got to put my hands on a couple of really pretty autumn leaves. Fake, of course – they were only used for decoration – but now I get to take pictures of them, and I get to keep some of them till next fall, so I can decorate my home and give it a touch of autumn. I know that might not seem very special to you, if you live in those parts of the world where people generally keep their homes nicely decorated according to the seasons. It is a really big deal here, however, because here there is not much available for decoration that looks homey, and cozy, and natural. Have I told you yet? I like fall. And I like when leaves fall … into my hands (even when they’re fake)!  

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Hybrid Hub: Autumn Card #2

Published by Sula H.

Fall is in full swing, and it’s the perfect time to show another one of my autumn cards. For this card I used the quote by A. Camus “Autumn is a second spring when every leaf is a flower.” I took the theme of that quote (leaves) and used it for the background as well as the embellishment. When creating the word art, I worked with four different kinds of fonts, but I adjusted the opacity of the words and placed them behind the main text, but just slightly off to add some more interest and dimension to it. Supplies used: Digital scrapbook papers from a blog hop last year (freebie material), white card stock, ribbon.

Rare Autumn Moments

Published by Sula H.

They’re rare, and they’re special to anyone who, like me, particularly enjoys this season of the year: autumn moments. I had one the other day after the storm. For once the leaf-cleaners/tree shakers/gardeners of our campus had not gotten to the leaves yet, and so I went out to enjoy the crisp air and the fresh breeze that had done a good job of scattering some of the leaves across the lawns. Of course, some trees haven’t even started to color their leaves (for that I’ll have to wait another week or two), but I’m patient. I’ll wait, and I’ll be prepared for more of those rare autumn moments – once they come …