Gotta say Rabbit-Rabbit first, because that’s a whole October of good luck for all of us which we will need if we ever hope to get through 2020 in one piece! Then must pass out the luv-lee MUSICA because it is in charge of lifting hearts ~ but, really my very first words to you this morning are
Yes, I do, so very much And you probably know why if you read the comments in my last blog post. “I hope the angels know what they 
have . . .” wrote our Girlfriend Annie in Sydney, Australia about my mom.😢 Dear, kind, loving words AND thoughts (because you knew I knew) from ALL of you, meant the world to me. Teary-eyed, I read every wonderful word. Then I went to my art table and painted that ⬆️ because I was thinking it the whole time I was reading. Big, tall, skinny, and watercolory, it had to fit on the page. This connection between us was what I felt even when writing my first book, and look at this, it happened!👏👏👏 So, a little gift for you, a small token of my great affection, I give you, The Sky . . 
Just like I label some of my photos by color, I have a huge number labeled “The Sky.” You can see why . . .
It’s one thing that follows us wherever we go and gifts us with works of art like no other. The orange on the water! Dark at the top, dark at the bottom, both moving toward the center and the light. And all free, a gift from God.
In this photo we’re driving across England. We pulled over and got out of the car for a deep breath of this soul-expanding open space that smelled of grass and freedom.
Delicate, soft, flittery, blue and lavender and peach … a calm sky that says Forever, adding Hope, Truth, and Beauty.
And this! Where the clouds are chasing the sun into the sea… a reminder that at some amazing moments in our lives, there is no better place ON EARTH for us to be . . .
Stormy skies at sea . . . a parting of the clouds, where the sea and the sky are like a bowl . . . and we were the toy boat floating in it… I love looking at these pictures and thinking about being here again! Lots of foreverness out in the Atlantic . . . you feel small and so so so so lucky.
This is moonrise over our harbor . . . rocking boats . . . lapping water . . . cry of gulls . . . smell of saltwater . . .
Streaks of white contrails made by water vapor from airplanes, turn to ice that slashes through this Scottish sky. (There’s a little checked-upon Morning Science for you!)
Green and pleasant land . . .
On our way to Boston, Storm and sunset made beautiful music together . . .
Sun peeks through the clouds . . . the last warm rays touching the water . . .
The Shenandoah is a wonderful addition to our harbor . . . see how the light touches on everything white and makes it glow? That’s what happens here sometimes as the sun goes down, especially wonderful against that dark sky.
Doris Day’s voice soars in my mind, 🎵 You sigh, a song begins, you speak and I hear violins, it’s magic . . .🎶
Pink halo over Stonehenge under the same sky since it was built 2500 years before the birth of Christ. And yes, we are a part of this.
This sky was right outside our kitchen door … Yes, Toto, in our very own back yard.
We pulled up to this rock wall for me to take a photo of this rainbow over Galway Bay in Ireland . . .
and snow flowers
The discussion here, driving from Colorado to Utah, was, “Look at that sky! Yikes! Is this the right way? Should we turn around?”
And just down at our own beach where we walk every day, water and sky, all pinky blue, if you were painting this scene you would also use blue when you painted the sand . . .
We get lots of gorgeous skies from our room with a view when we’re crossing the country by train . . . here at a Kansas crossroads . . . look at all those choices!
Rich colors of purple and orange, mixed with the wind and sound of the waves are beautiful together in this Menemsha sky.
Lambs tails . . . look at them all running away!
Sometimes the sunset in our rear view mirror grabs my attention . . . I never want to miss anything!
I almost missed this picture of the sun, it almost slipped away! We were just getting on the ferry to home . . . I had to take it right through the rigging, but I GOT it!👏 And now, to
Oh yes, and last night was the Harvest Moon, our sky, filled with moon which woke me up this morning when I caught it trying to break into our bedroom through the cracks in the curtains!
We can feel the summer going, but we are stretching it out as long as we can. The flaming candles in the “bug buckets” make it cozy. But time is passing, September is gone, we’re already wrapping ourselves in blankets when we sit out late … so we just did the MOST wonderful thing. I’m so excited!!! We finally broke down and ordered one of these:
Yes, we did. A fire pit! Look at it! Isn’t it cute? I can’t wait! It’s supposed to be delivered October 6th. More stars! More sky! Now that we finally did it, I don’t know what took us so long. We celebrated 31 years in our house last month ~ It deserves a little something new and hygge for good behavior.💞 
It comes with a screen and a poker … all for around $200, I think it will be TOTALLY worth it. Fire pits come in all sizes, 
shapes, and styles; HERE’S the one we chose. See the ring around the top? I hope that’s for our feet! I think I might light a fire on December 31🎉, bundle up, and take my 2020 calendar outside. I see myself scanning the sky for stars on the last night of the year, staring into the flames of a cozy wood fire, burrowing under my blanket, saying prayers to go up in the crackling sparks and smoke, as I toss the pages of 2020 into the fire and BURN IT UP, while praying for a peaceful, healthy, boring 2021 filled with hugs.💞 So MUCH to look forward to, holidays and decorating and cold weather and blue skies for all our West Coast Girlfriends . . . I just turned in the art for the cover of 2022! This is the year we think we’ll get to go back to England!
But of course that doesn’t stop us from finding magic in the here and now . . . it’s in us, and around us, no waiting required!
Our woods are turning gold, leaves dance like fairies in the trees, magic abounds this time of year! We dawdle here every day.
Cool wind and the smell of leaf mulch, Joe and I walk to the sea, do our Morning Science, and solve all the world’s problem . . . 
So exciting out there watching everything change, so much FREE stuff!🍂
Better than any florist ~ we bring it all home . . .
For the ultimate in a homemade happy life, don’t forget your health darling Girlfriends . . . make sure you are MOVING. Too 
many things can go wrong when we don’t! And our energy levels get so much better if we DO. This dampanic is making me fat ~ we got a little too good at lockdown around here (I mean what’s a donut in times of trouble, or two, or a bag of potato chips to soothe the spinning head? Tater-Tots and ice cream and peanut butter on toast to tranquilize the bewildered soul) ~ when the pants got uncomfortable, I decided to do something about it … will tell you in the next post!
I’m so glad you’re all getting your books! I’m receiving lots of cute photos like this one from our Girlfriend Cynthia. Looks like Santa’s traveling around the world early this year! For our UK Girlfriends, Amazon UK has the book now, and I’m hearing many nice things from our Girlfriends on Goodreads and Facebook. Thank you all so much … I love writing books for you!💞
And look at this photo I borrowed from Facebook posted by Karen K. . . she took a picture of our Titcombs virtual Tea Party! She’s in my kitchen and I’m in hers! Love Karen’s red!♥️🌹💄❗️📕🍎
Look at my homemade set up! Proving, no, I do not know what I am doing. But it all worked out, it was so much fun! I know not 
everyone was able to make it, so I’m going to do two more mask-free Sunday Teas this month! The first one will be via Zoom on Sunday, October 18, at 4 pm EST for Bookends Bookstore in Ridgewood, NJ … you can sign up HERE. Yes, there will be signed books and door prizes (Puzzles!)! The very next Sunday, October 25th, we’ll be hosted by the wonderful King’s English Bookshop in Salt Lake City, Utah, for a Crowdcast event …. you can register HERE. It’s a great way to get out and about without leaving home! And where else can Girlfriends from Hawaii, England, Texas, and Australia all meet at the same time?
I know you’re probably not coming to every one of these events, but I do want to thank you for helping me support these lovely Independent Bookstores who need us all the time, but especially during these days of the Panic! These bookstores are a tradition, they’ve been serving communities 30 and 40 years! I’ve visited and fallen in love with them in real life … I can’t wait to go back someday in PERSON! Do you know that for every $100 you spend at an independently owned business, $68 will stay in the community? Keeping our small-business economy alive is part of what we need to do. I do love seeing the patriotism of dampanic as we get through this thing together, sea to shining sea.❤️
See what I have? A cricket singing in the kitchen.🎵 Yesterday, on the same day as full moon and rabbit-rabbit, making October a red-letter month already!
Is this quilt cute or is this quilt cute? Do you love it? Well, so 
do I! But I think I will love it even more if it somehow ends up getting a new home! Maybe yours! What do you think of that? A new giveaway as a special thank you and extra connection for all we are to each other ~ all aired-out and ready to go! I found it in an antique store many years ago. I don’t know the name of the pattern, and it’s not signed, but it was obviously made by someone with a joyful heart!💖 You know what to do, leave a little comment so you’ll be entered in the drawing.💝
Yes, we do . . . so maybe even something more? Make my life a little happier? 🎄 Why NOT?
So if you were at the Titcombs Tea Party event, or have had a chance to read Home for Christmas, you know my book was partly inspired by this little book called Once on Christmas, published in 1938, which I found a long time ago in a used bookstore and mostly used each year at Christmas. It looked adorable on the coffee table in front of the fire. But it gained new meaning the afternoon I read it out loud to my two young nieces.
It’s a sweet little memory of Christmas at the turn of the century…❤️
… illustrated with charming line drawings by Lois Lenski.
A book made extra special because it’s out of print, and the vintage ones have become very hard to find.
But, and you know what I’m going to say! We did it! We found one. And now, drum roll, this little book will be going off to one of you!💖 At the bottom of this post you’ll see a whole bunch of tiny words in grey letters, and at the end, the word “comment.” That’s what you click on to leave one. I love reading them, and I often comment on your comments! But something tells me this might be a busy giveaway, please forgive me if I don’t get to comment . . . I’ll be reading though!❤️
We just found out they don’t want the kids to Trick-or-Treat here on the island this year. I was hoping, masks seemed so perfect for this time of year. But no. But that doesn’t mean we can’t decorate and be festive and lift the hearts of others with some pumpkins on the porch!
Or in the garden . . .
They make so many cute ones these days!🤣
They look good on the fridge . . .
And over the front door . . .
Or on the kitchen table . . .
Because it’s that time of year, and no dampanic can tell us what to do with our pumpkins!
I’ll tell you about the new fire pit in the next post, with pictures! I have a new recipe for you too, all kinds of good things, but I’ve gone on long enough. Remember to leave a comment if you want to be entered in the drawing. No matter HOW many comments we get, you’ll still have a better chance of winning than by playing the Lottery! Plus, no numbers, and no money!💝
Love forever, your pal for life . . . 💖 
I’ll leave you with THIS . . . 💝
This post makes me so happy to welcome autumn and the holidays. We have been reeling from a season of fires and uncertainty in Oregon, so having your photos and sweet words help lift my spirits and look to a new season of warmth and cheer. Thank you for helping encourage tired hearts. Wishing you the warmest fall p.s. I think I will order a fire pit too! Thanks for the link.
So many beautiful photos! God created such a beautiful world! What a reminder in these times if you get discouraged look up!
I hope the kids aren’t too disappointed on Halloween . Thankyou for all the blog posts and giveaways. You are very kind ❤️
Thanks for another great blog post. Your pictures, words and quotes always make us smile. And the world needs this so much. Thanks again for sharing your heart with us. Thanks for putting the lovely quilt and book up for a new home. Stay safe. 🎃❤️🍂🤗
I enjoyed the Titcomb’s virtual party and then receiving your new book the following week. You wrote about a time that many of us grew up in, where the world was different. I remember playing in a neighborhood where everyone watched out for each other and we sat on the curb together, sharing in family events, as you note in your book. Then sharing the book Once a Christmas reminded me again of Lois Lenski whom I had forgotten since reading the Betsy-Tacy series by Maud Hart Lovelace. Thanks for the memories, they were great! Musica as you say!
“Life starts all over again when it gets crisp in the fall” F Scott Fitzgerald One of my favorite quotes for Autumn! ESPECIALLY this year your words and art have been such a comfort and joy, all is not lost and there is so much wonderful~ness in this lovely world of nature and souls. This quilt giveaway is a most generous opportunity!! My 87 year old Mother has been a quilter for decades and my artistic outlet is applique. I know what goes into making a quilt and am thrilled at the chance to win this treasure! Lorianne
Susan – I love you cloud pictures!! You take such great pictures and it makes me feel like I am there with you. I hope to get to visit Martha’s Vineyard once this dampanic is all over along with my relatives that live in Salem, MA. We have the same fire pit and I love it (except when the smoke comes my way). I would love to win your quilt or book. True treasures!! Take care of yourself & Joe.
Happy October Susan and Joe, I so enjoy hearing you at Titcombs book store last month. I like your idea on New Year Eve, burning the calendar 2020 and making new wishes for 2021. The quilt you have out for a giveaway and is beautiful. Where did you say that you found it? Do quilts usually gets signed?
Happy Fall and enjoy your new fire pit, still too hot here in California. Looking forward in wearing boots and scares and a jacket !!
Thank you so much for the gift of skies!
I enjoyed your latest post. I am a quilter and would love to have the quilt. Happy October and keep good thoughts that California has lower temperatures instead of th triple digits we currently have.
I love your cozy post!
Lovely post. I’m so looking forward to a new season with cozy blankets and fires. Turkeys pumpkins and Christmas trees coming soon. Thank you so much
Love it when I see a new blog post from you. You always lift my spirits. I have your Christmas book and your Christmas mug!!! So special! 🎅🏻🎅🏻🎅🏻🎅🏻🎅🏻🎅🏻
Loved the photo of The Shenandoah. I sailed on it when I visited MV years ago. I was anxious when we had to take a small boat out to it and climb up a ladder to get on board. Ha
Take care!!! Diane from Virginia
Thank you for steering me towards Beatrix Potter. Such an interesting person. I know you’re familiar with Gladys Taber but have you read any books by Miss Read? .
I absolutely thank God for your life. I tell you that often. But it’s true. You’ve taught me that it is ok and wonderful to be ME! It may even be special and great to be me. Who knew? 30 something years in your home. Wow!! Yours would be a home I would love to visit. Maybe just maybe some of your specialness would filter in through me. Lol. Just adore you. 🍂🎃🍎🍂🎃🍎🍂
Love all the memories captured in your photographs and am quite envious of your new firepit. Can visualize you sitting out under the stars keeping nice and cosy. I’m looking forward to your next post. Can relate to clothes feeling a size too small!
Thank you Susan for your wonderful Post..love the sky pictures …we need to look upwards especially at this time.
I received my Christmas book last week and just love it so so much…so thrilled we can get it here in the uk…it’s just beautiful in every way..the memories, the writing, the gifts you received .the cooking preparations….everything …the drawings..it’s just a gift from you…I love it ..thank you..
We definitely need a dose of Christmas this year …everyday.
I am like you decorating with my pumpkins and leaves .i put the display in my window so passers by and children can enjoy them too..
Thank you for enhancing and inspiring our lives…take care..and my you be richly blessed as you always bless others
Sandra from Birmingham xx
I absolutely love my Home For Christmas book! Made me so happy on a warm September day. Bought 3 more copies for my girlfriends bc they need a little Christmas too! Thanks Susan!
Oh how lovely that quilt is!!
Thank you Susan for your inspiration and friendship through your band of girlfriends.
Have a wonderful October!
Liz
Omg 😮 what a wonderful and generous giveaway. I would just love to be the lucky 🍀 recipient.Id promise to live and care for it if I was lucky enough to win.
Hello Susan,
I enjoy your books so much, I have several cookbooks and also a few of your other books. I love reading your story and so enjoy the artwork throughout! Happy Fall! 🍁
You know how much we all love YOU, Susan! Thank you for being there, when the world has gone crazy all around us. Thank you for sharing on twitter, too – I look for your posts there every day. I want to say that you and Mary Englebreit have kept me happy (and sane) all these years. Thank you for sharing not just your beautiful art with us, but your thoughts, and lives, too. I cherish my artist friends with all my heart. Another one of my beloved artists, whose angel art adorns several rooms in my home, is Nancy (N.A.) Noel. She passed away from cancer a month or so ago and I cried my eyes (and heart) out. It is ART that brings the JOY to our lives, and it is the ARTISTS we treasure. Thank you for being born, and sharing the beauty of your world with all of us. I LOVE YOU!! Take good care and stay well….
I love to see your pumpkins over your front door. Its my cue to get “sugar pumpkins ” for over mine because those fit the best! You make each season so special.
p.s. did I mention how much I love your “musica”
Susanne
Oh thank you Susan for the gorgeous sky pictures. I so love the quilt. I have my grandmothers flower garden quilt. Old quilts surround us with love. And I love the the little Xmas book with the Lois lenski drawings. So grateful to enter your drawing. Thank you
Thank you for the uplifting posts which nourish the spirit! It’s so fun to follow along on your happy journey! So glad fall is here and we can do things like have cozy fires!
What an invigorating time of year! Love all your decorations🎃👻🍁
I needed to read your newsletter today. So many beautiful photos and inspiring thoughts! And A great distraction from all that is going on in the world right now.
October is the queen of months and I love it so. Thank you for your wonderful post and I am so sorry about your mother. May the balm of autumn be applied liberally to your heart. Hugs ♥♥♥
Ooo I need that little Christmas book! I am expecting my children for Thanksgiving this year so I will pull out my Autumn book for ideas.
Oh, how I adore reading your blogs, esp,, the most recent one and all of the amazing October pictures. Autumn and I are inner-twinned and I look forward to this time of year, ALL YEAR LONG!. I have all of your books and just rec’d the new Christmas book, oh how I love it. For gifts, I gift my reader friends one of your lovely books. I love sipping tea from my Susan Branch seasonal cups and I so wish I could meet you one day. Thank you for bringing beauty into my life. Bonnie
Dearest Susan,
Thank you for your wonderful post. You are such a blessing to all of us Susan. My dear mom Tootie went to heaven to be with the Lord on Monday evening. Hollis and I were by her side holding her hands. Like I said to you before we are one of the lucky ones to have such a special relationship with our moms. I see her in everything I love and do. She will always be in my heart.❤️ Blessings to you and Joe, Dawn Jones❤️🙏⚓️🏠🇺🇸
What a lovely quilt. I would love to won it!
Love the sky photos, especially England. The quilt and the Christmas book are both treasures!
I think it is time, Susan, that I expressed the gratitude that my husband, Bruce, and I feel for the pleasure you have given us through your books and blog. You have given me a glimpse of an alternative life that I often dreamed of over the years. Bruce enjoyed a conversation with Joe at Vroman’s in Pasadena about traveling to Europe on the Queen Elizabeth in 1964 and your book brought back so many memories of that first trip when we were just graduated from college. We are both from the San Fernando Valley! Your new Christmas book, calendar, and puzzle are our Christmas presents to ourselves this challenging year.
Fall is my own most favorite time of year. I live in the mountains of Western North Carolina where the air is crisp as our the leaves under our feet. It reminds me of hanging your sheets out to dry…the smell is so fresh and clean. Your posts and pictures are so very lovely. I’ve been busy collecting your older books, what fun to find them used though I’ve also bought new ones. I need more hours in my days. Today found me making lima bean soup to share with my elderly neighbors, it is seriously good. /Users/Beckymacbook/Desktop/IMG_7382.jpeg We’ll see if that works to share it with you too. Your antique quilt is simply gorgeous. I cannot believe you would give it away to a stranger. That’s some kind of wonderful.
I’m terribly sorry to read of your Mother’s passing, hold on to the wonderful memories you shared, keep small items of hers…one for me is an angel washcloth, when she comes up in the pile to wash my face before bed…well I talk with my Mom then. Be well, be contented, that is what our Mother’s want for us.
Happy Fall Susan! Thank you for your sweet post. The fire pit looks so fun! My kids are sad about no trick -or -treating, but you are so right. The Panic cannot take away our fun. We can have our pumpkins and decorations and popcorn and movies and treats! You inspire us to make our own magic! Thank you and BIG hugs to you!
xoxoxo
Nicole
I so needed the sky today. Thank you for sharing. I love the happy quilt and Lois Lenski’s drawings since they remind me of several old and cherished books I have with her lovely drawings. Your blog just made this rainy chilly (50 degrees) day. Thank you for sharing!!
Thank you for this blog to get me into the spirit of fall. There’s just so much everyday lately, that is unpleasant.
Nice to get away from it by decorating, cooking and baking.
I’m in the mood for caramel apples. May not wait until Halloween 🎃 either.
Karen A.
Thank you to you and Rachel Lucas for sharing your life with me and sending so much happiness to my life and so many others around the world. We are blessed!
Thank you x a million billion! You always uplift and elevate! Have a wonderful day!
What a lovely post, and thank you giving away the beautiful quilt!
Hello Susan, I loved the little picture with My Mother My Confidence…our Principal in elementary school would sign off each morning announcement with that phrase…brings me back! How I love the Christmas book…thank you for the magic…and letting us share your pain too. xoxo
Your pictures are awesomely beautiful! Thank you for the wonderful post.
Enjoy the Autumn beauty, Susan.
Irene & Elizabeth
“Beauty is truth, truth beauty…”
What joy to find beauty in little things…
Thanks for sharing and writing….with color and light,
Truth to overcome the dark!
Thank you so much for the blog post. I loved your Christmas book. Happy Autumn!
Can it be, that me way down here hidden in the comments could win thee? Oh how delightful it would be, to curl up inside thee? All winter long like a small slice of warm heaven! Pick me pick me and shining so brightly I would be! 💕
You lift my spirits when I see a new post from you. Thank you so much for working so hard to send us wonderful inspiration. We sure need it now. I would love to win the quilt or the book. It would be a great honor. Hope you have a Happy Week! Brenda
Beautiful photos and a beautiful quilt!
Hi Susan,
When I receive your posts, they are literally like taking a vacation. I step out of my circumstances and let go of everything to take you up on your invitation to enjoy the PRESENT. To take in the beauty, air, smells, and sights of the season, is such a gift that you share. Fall is my favorite season of all.
After visiting Martha’s Vineyard 7 years ago, I can now remember all the places and the magic of the island. It’s like I am with you in a way, sharing the big and the smallest of treasures you and the island have to give. Thank you for your gift of words, encouragement, zest for life, and your willingness to go looking around the next corner. You have such an awesome gift and I feel so thankful that you are willing to share it.
Love, Joy
Simply lovely pictures, lovelier thoughts and beauty to see and enjoy! thank you!
Sending u hugs… each word from you is enriching… comforting, joyful. Years and years of you , your books everything you make WARMS my being. You gavexbeen a part of our household for more years than I can remember…like a fuzzy warm throw you give hugs. Thank u for every moment u spend for us!
Hi Susan just wanted to let you know crickets can eat fabric, wool sweaters ect. Just beware. So cool I’ve been looking for that book.
I’m halfway through “Home for Christmas” and I know I’ll read it another couple of times through the holidays. I love it already. I’m loving that cheerful quilt too!
Always enjoy reading your posts. Thank you and Happy Autumn!
Oh boy, got my tea ready and I’m ready to enjoy this post. I always look forward to your posts. What a treat 🙂 Cheers! xx
I honestly think this is my favorite posts from many years of following your blogs! So many beautiful pictures, so much that looks festive and fall – not to mention your new Christmas book, which I have already read 3 times! Thanks for making the world a happier place for everyone – you are a special person!
Lovely blog. Brightens my day to read it. I’m a quilter and love the quilt. I’ve only been to England once. I loved it. I have a Christopher Wren mouse that I treasure.
Autumn greetings Susan! I so enjoyed reading your latest blog! The sky is an endless source of joy, I never tire of staring at it! Another of God’s great gifts for us if only one takes the time. Too bad about no trick or treaters this year, I’ve no idea what will happen here – I suspect business as usual.
Continue to enjoy these golden days, and look forward to next year’s grand trip!
Oh how lovely it is to connect with you again. I so look forward to your every letter! The quilt is so pretty and I appreciate the chance to win. You always bless folks with your generous spirit!
Happy Fall Susan from West Virginia! I love your new book!😘😘💗💗🥰🥰
You bring so much joy to. so many people. Thank you!
I enjoyed reading your Christmas book and looking forward to reading it again at Christmas time. Still waiting for autumn to show up here in Northern California. Warm days with cools nights.
Autumn is tricky in Southern CA but your beautiful post and my always inquisitive 5-year old grandson brought a change to my pandemic slump that resulted in harvest decorations appearing. Thanks for your inspiring words and vibrant skies.
Love love love….what more is there to say
Dearest Susan… I enjoy your blog so much. Yours is the only one that has an update that can be relied upon. I look forward to it monthly. I have been anticipating your latest book adventure you took last year to England. I am sure it will be another “Fine Romance” read. I love your quilt that you have on the line. My mother quilts and has most of her life, she is now 93. I am sure she would know the pattern of the quilt. I will send her a picture and if she knows, I will send it to you. Thank you so much for being an inspiration to me.
Thank you for your words! I love reading your ‘letters’ to us and you truly inspire through them. Your blog is like getting a letter in the mail. And the quilt is beautiful!! Your fire pit will be so wonderful on the chilly nights! Blessings!!
Thank you, Susan, for sharing your beautiful photographs – I think you might have another career calling your name!
Thank you for your words! I love reading your ‘letters’ to us and you truly inspire through them. Your blog is like getting a letter in the mail. And the quilt is beautiful!! Your fire pit will be so wonderful on the chilly nights! Blessings!!
Quilting is keeping me sane these days. That little red book looks very familiar to me…..maybe I had one many years ago. Loved the ski photos.
Oh, Susan…How I love your posts. When I get the email saying you have posted to us…(all your friends)…, I save it for a while so the anticipation of reading it just builds and builds! I loved the pictures of all the sunsets and they were all beautiful. I ordered and received your new Home for Christmas Book. It is beautiful. I am reading it the same way I read your posts…very, very slowly so I can savor each and every word. Thank you for inspiring me with your books. I have the Autumn book on the book stand in my kitchen. I reread it every fall.
You make my heart happy! Sending love and prayers and virtual hugs() () ().
I enjoyed seeing all of the beautiful sky pictures! So many variations, so much color! Because I am a girl of Autumn, I especially enjoyed the Fall images and pumpkins! Looking forward to your pictures of joy and fun around your new fire pit! Thank you for sharing these wonderful newsletters! Happy Autumn to you and yours! 🙂
Love reading your delightful posts with adorable artwork, verses and stories. I get ideas for doing things with my grand girls, twins who are 7. Happy October! Happy 🍂 autumn! Happy Halloween 🎃
Dearest Susan, I just read of your mother’s passing. April is a wonderful month to begin a new adventure….and you know, of course, that they brew the perfect pot of tea in heaven. My heart is wrapped around yours to keep you warm when you need comfort ❤️
How lovely!! I have most of your books and I love them!! The quilt is wonderful! Have a wonderful fall!
Happy Autumn! Stay safe, Susan!
I love ❤️ my new Christmas book and Santa mug. All your stuff makes me so happy! Thank you for being you ♥️
Thank you darling Susan for your lovely blog – the Sky pics were just what was needed to jostle me out of the pandemic-smoky Calif-SIP blues. Heading out to my neglected roses after this, then curl up w/the kitties & a good book. I’m hoping for another UK trip as well when we’re past all this, a wonderful Devon cream tea. I wld love to be in your drawing for the beautiful quilt! Am hoping the new puzzles will be coming soon (on the pre-ordered list) 🙂
Hi Susan! I love “having tea with you” as I read your posts. Your seasonal decorations are truly inspiring. Happy October!
Sandy G
Hi Susan,
Love fall, love your blog and love you. 🍁🍁
Hi Susan!
I love that fire pit and I think it’s perfect for your house! It will look really great especially on Halloween! I just hope that ring doesn’t get too hot for your feet.
Your posts are always such an inspiration, particularly during the “cozy season.”
Thank you!
Christine
Love the photos Susan! So many beautiful things to see on this earth. I think you are going to love that fire pit! It’s the perfect time to buy one. Oh, and I love quilts!!!
I love visiting MV through your posts. It’s such a beautiful place!
Enjoy your fire pit lit nights wrapped in snuggly blankets drinking hot apple cider or hot chocolate (or whatever beverage may be your favorite)
Susan you are wonderful and so inspiring – so many years now I have followed your blog and been so creatively inspired by you. Thank you for all your happiness and creativity and inspiration… I love summer but you make it easier to look forward to the change of seasons and whats to come this year, especially this year. Thank you !
I would love to win this quilt! I’ve been s a fan for 30 years. You made me dream of the ocean and summer vacations. And drinks called Skip And Go Naked. And adventures and stories that made my voice in my head happier. Your quilt would not find a happier home I promise 🥰
Enjoyed your post . . . always so seasonal and always such a treat . . . and it would be a great treat to win the quilt or book!
You are a joy, and I love your beautiful heart. You notice, create, and then so graciously share! Thank you!
Days are getting shorter~ treasuring the sunbeams even more. Each season has its beauty, for sure, but hard to see the warm days drifting away!
There is so much beauty in the skies and on the earth! Thank you for sharing your part of the world with us. It’s always such a cozy blessing to read your posts. Love the calendar I received last month, thank you.
I know I have told you this in the past but you are at once an inspiration and a calming influence for me! Thank you so much for allowing your talent to benefit others. I am missing my Iowa family this year but situations including the dampanic have prevented traveling there. Thank You for sharing You.
Dear Susan, I so enjoyed the tea at Titcomb’s. A plus for online meetings is that one can pretend that you are visiting just with them. I read your Christmas book beginning to end and loved it. It brought laughter and, yes, some tears. I am the oldest of 5 so I can relate completely to your memories because mine were so similar. We were, also, poor in material things and rich in love. I come from a large Italian family and felt happy and safe surrounded by so much love. My Dad especially loved Christmas. Well I do not want to write another book but had to let you know you touched my heart and thank you. Rosemarie
Thank you for always bringing calm and peaceful feels when they are needed the most! Enjoy your new fire pit….we love ours! Nothing better than sitting out at night bundled in a blanket under the star filled sky. Looking forward to your recipe you are sending next month! 😘
Loved your post ending about pumpkins. I have a little jack-o-latern with a little sign on a spring on top that says, “Pick Me!” And that is just how I feel about your give aways. It also made me think of the book I just started reading, “the Growing Season” by Sarah Frey. The company she started sells more pumpkins than any other producer in the US.
The little girl in me just adores the little girl in you, Susan😌! I love your spirit! So sad to hear about your losing your dear Mom. We lost our mother two years ago but she’s always with us. Always💕. Enjoy that fire pit! We decided to get one for next year. Can’t wait! Looking forward to hearing how you’re recovering from Covid comfort eating😂!!!
Love your blog, brings a smile to my face every time. Thank you so much for all the smiles.
My bunnies and I love you! We’d also love to win! Katy, Beau, Billy and Roger
I get so excited when I see you have a new post! Your words and pictures are such a comfort to me. My Dad went to heaven this year in May. I hope he has met your precious mom. I received your new Christmas book already and savored every page. What a lovely tribute to your mother and family! You always say your posts are too long, but I never want them to end. They are a balm to my soul. Sending much love to MV from my little town in Kansas!
Thank you, Susan, for sharing your talents and your experiences. Rabbit, rabbit!
Hi Susan 🌻
It was like an early Christmas present to Me, to be able to attend the Titcomb’s zoom tea!
So wonderful to meet you!
Loved your beautiful pictures ~ took me back to when I was a little girl and would lay outside on a blanket under a cloudy sky and find different shapes in the clouds!
Happy💗Day when I received your Christmas book and my “Little Things” mug.
I am looking forward to sharing the book with my youngest grandson of 9. We read books at bedtime together, and he will love the story and the pictures!🎅🏻
I was so excited when I saw the picture of your fire pit! We ordered one, too, with stars, that we haven’t received yet. Am looking forward to times together under the night sky, wishing on stars, and roasting marshmallows to make s’mores with the grandsons.
You mentioned to keep Moving, and I wanted to share with you that I signed up for a “Pumpkin Spice Yoga” class that I attended yesterday. I wasn’t really sure what I was going to, but it had “Pumpkin” and “Spice” in the title, so I thought it has to be good! Well it was! We spread our yoga mats in a semi-circle in the grass, (it was a beautiful afternoon), and the instructor had made us black tea and added pumpkin pie spice and honey…delicious! We did a little yoga, and talked about this beautiful time of harvest ~ making soups, roasting vegetables, talking walks …love happy surprises like this!
Wishing you a wonderful, blessed fall season.🍂
Hugs and love to you!
Thank you for focusing on the simple things in life during this difficult time! How can you not look at those beautiful skies and not be thankful in that moment. 🥰
Happy Autumn to you Dear Susan Branch!
Hi Susan,
This post was just what I needed! Thank you for sharing your wonderful gifts with all of us. Wishing you a cozy fall!
Valerie From Maine