Good Morning Everyone! Just a quickie from me and Casper (the very friendly ghost)👻, waving from our upstairs bedroom window…this is a very short update, but I still have a song for you! A very sweet one, my Grandma’s favorite, and mine too, the video is as nice as the MUSICA!🎵 I’ve posted this song before, but since I can’t get enough, I don’t mind doing it again…👏
I will be back next week along with Vanna to pull the winning names for our giveaway for the handmade quilt and the vintage 
storybook (see the next post if you missed it). You can still sign up, just leave a comment on either of these two posts and you’ll be entered! I know you’re waiting but I’m working on a slide show for my two ZOOM Events this Sunday and next, and I’m not done yet! I’ll be coming to you from my kitchen table! (I never know if there will be an appearance from a special guest star! They are both so UNpredictable!) I hope you’re able to join us, but if not . . . there will be MORE! Click on the link above 
for details on how to join the party ♥️. I know they’re asking that everyone buy a book, which is NOT my idea, although I totally understand why they have to do it, this world being what it is … but if you need a Christmas gift, you might think about it because the slide show is going to be all about this old house and some of our holiday traditions and I know it’s your cup of tea.💞 Unfortunately, this won’t work for our girlfriends from other countries, shipping costs being what they are. I’m so sorry, I’m only a guest of the bookstores, I have to do things the way they want to! I have never set up a Zoom talk of my own, one of these days I will need to learn how!!! What do you think? Good winter project!!
Okay, must get back to it! Thank you for your patience . . . See you soon. Oh and PS, Kellee and I have been working on another little surprise. So nice to have things to look forward to! Always good news around here! Until then, thank you for all your luv-lee comments! Enjoy your days and do this ⬇️!🎃
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What a wonderful giveaway. Thank you for all you do to keep us “ in this together.” Love your Casper the ghost in the window! 👻
Thank you for your cheerful blogs, posts, books, and calendars! They’re always so cheerful and I love your art! ❤️
Hi Susan! I was able to join in for your talk at Titcomb’s and felt like I was sitting in the kitchen with you. This is a great way to lend a hand to the small bookshops around the country, until things return to normal!
I have ordered your new Christmas book and will have it next weekend. Can’t wait to read it!! Thank you for your uplifting words. We need them now more than ever!
Love that Casper! So much cheerier than all the ghouls in my neighborhood. Somehow Halloween has gotten much more awful than fun. 🎃😐👻
Casper is so cute!
What a nice picture of Joe and Jack — your two mustached men folk! : )
Pick me please! Casper is so cute! You always get me into the spirit of any season Susan!
What would we do without your positive, cheerful and so caring thoughts.🍁🍂Chrysan
It makes my day when there’s a new post from you. I’d really love that quilt! Fingers crossed!
Dear Susan, wonderful to have this post… needed that view of your 👻. Makes things more complete. Hope you all are well and great pic of joe and jack love it. Have a great weekend.
Linda from Gainesville
Casper, Jack, and Andy Williams all in a quickie! Thank you so much for the day brightener! (Oops–almost forgot–your dear man is looking quite dapper, too!)
Ha ha, Jack and the spider so cute! And fun to see Casper again this year. Also loved the music! Such memories. We need more of that good old life in today’s crazy world. I can listen to Andy Williams and it feels like all is right with the world. Thanks for reminding me.
I would never want to burden you with more, you do so much for all of us, but if you FEEL like setting up your own Zooms, you know I (we all) will be there with bells on!
Thanks for dropping in!
Blessings,
Ginny
Oh – what a ray of sunshine to open my email and find your blog – always makes my day!!!! Oh Vanna – please pick me!!!!!
Just got my book and can’t wait to ‘see’ you Sunday! What a treat!
I love the sweet ghost in the window 😊👻❤️
Thank you for your quick but sweet note. Love reading your blog and seeing your art so much!
I had an aunt named Lida, a first-generation Latvian, born long before Guy Lombardo introduced the song, but she probably loved it. Aunt Lida grew up in Milo, Maine, graduated and taught “normal” school, then loved and married a potato farmer. I remember spending a summer vacation jumping into the hay loft of their huge (huge to 6-year old me at least) barn and staring up at the millions of stars in that deep dark Caribou, Maine sky. Was lovely to hear her name again in a sweet song. Thanks for the memories!
Fondly,
Rosemary
Love your blog. I look forward to each and every one. Happy Autumn.
Becky Ross
I love any holiday at your house! Always SO fun! 👻🎃
Such a lovely little bit of fun news at the end of a long day!
What a cute BOO!
I enjoy your newsletters so much. I attended your first zoom event in your kitchen and loved it. I might tune in again at the bookstore. I just received the new Christmas book. 😍
Love you and your wonderful way of thinking….t.y.
Thank you for offering us your beautiful quilt!!!
I love reading your books and blogs!!!
It’s always a treat to see a post from you pop up. Wish I could join in a Zoom visit sometime – from western Canada. Thank you for your bright posts! Have a most wonderful weekend.
Susan, I thought of you today, as I picked up a big reddish purple leaf from our liquid amber tree, and put it on the kitchen window sill. It must have been a sign that your message was on the way! Good luck your zoom talk!
Love Casper! And have you gone back and watched the old friendly ghost cartoons? They’re fun!
How lovely it would be if Vanna picked my name!
Sweet can hardly wait to get the email telling me I won🤔😂💗
I’ve never seen the Osmond’s so young before! This video was made the year I was born! Thank you for sharing your grandmother’s favorite, and thank you for another chance to win something special!
Adios for now,
Martha
Love your happy posts!
Thank you! I will see you on Sunday!
Another fun give away! Thanks, Susan! Happy Fall!
I love when others who I enjoy know the things that make me happy like Casper and Felix and Mr. Rogers and Captain Kangaroo! Thank you for the timely picture and quick blog.
So good to hear from you sooner! I would love to be in on the zoom. They are so easy and fun.
What a way to end my day! Now a hot cup of tea and waiting for Casper to tuck me in….
Thanks Susan
Thanks for the lovely song – Andy Williams was my favorite crooner, I love how he featured the Osmonds on his show.
Great rendition of Lida Rose! Enjoy the last few days of fall.
Love getting a long or short email from you, Susan!
Would love to be picked!!
Casper is too cute but no comparison to Jack!!
Happy Halloween Jack 🎃👻
I would love to win!
I’ve been spreading news of you all around, collecting new fans like ripples on the water. Everyone LOVES your books!
Your posts are always uplifting—and, boy, I definitely needed it today! I hate to wish my life away, and this dam panic has certainly robbed all of us, but cannot wait for this election to done and settled!
Dear Susan ,
Your Christmas book was wonderful so many childhood memories brought back to mind.I am sure to read it many times. For me it will be hard to follow that with anything better but then I’ve not worked the puzzle yet sooo I’ll let you know. love ya,marisa
Happiest Fall Susan- you are alight!🌟
Love reading Willard. Your Christmas book brought back many happy memories and just received notification that my Fall book is on it’s way. Promise to make your quilt feel right at home if I am lucky enough to win it. Stay well!
Thanks for the special treat of an extra blog! Have fun Zooming!
Your missives bring me such a breath of fresh air. Thank you for sharing your talents with the world. (And your tuxedo kitty is beautiful!)❤️
Love the ghost in the window! Joe looks cute too. Thanks for the giveaway.
Happy Halloween.
Really love surprises and all your work!
pleeeze pick me
A lovely Friday surprise!
Always lovely to hear from you, even in a quickee post. Joe and Jack look happy in their warm coats, (Jack’s provided by Mother nature). Do what you need to do and don’t worry about us sweet lady. We will keep.
Love Jack the kitten with spider picture. Oh and the other picture isn’t to shabby either. Lol
All the best
Jennifer
I often do the “Catch a leaf in mid-air, make a wish, kiss it and toss it into the air”!!!! (I think I got that right–or almost!!) It was fun to do with my children! It is interesting that I still do it when I’m just out in the yard, or over at my cabin and walking in the forest! My favorite time of the year…but then there is Christmas and a hope for snow and jingle bells! My big order of your new book arrived and is hidden away ’til Santa comes1
Susan, I always enjoy your e-mails from beautiful Martha’s Vineyards! Can’t wait to get your Christmas Book. You truly brighten up my day, ❤️Tricia
A letter from you is always a treat!
The Osmonds on Andy Williams was so poignant and precious. And little Marie! Thank you, Susan. Always a bright spot.
Your posts are always so cheering! Thank you!
Always smiling and reminiscing when I read your blog. A ray of sunshine for sure. !
I love you Susan, my vintage loving, soul inspiring, big hearted, homely creative kindred spirit! ❤ ~Your one in a millionth girlfriend
I would love to get picked! I just received two of your 2021 calendars. Happy Mail!
A cheery post from you is always a welcome treat, but especially on this rainy and dreary Friday in NJ. Thank you!
Lida Rose was such a treat. Thank you for a spot of sunshine on a cold Minnesota day. We even had our first brief snowstorm of the season.
I still love reading your letters as I have done already for so many years. Keep inspiring us! BTW, the ghost pictured in your upstairs window looks as if it is lit. What is that decoration made if?
Happy Halloween🎃🎃
I love the ghost in the upstairs window.
Loved receiving your Blog today, I just finished A Fine Romance and enjoyed it so very much! It was Enchanting!!! Halloween decorations are so sweet and I love decorating adding to all the gorgeous Fall colors! All you do is Magicial!
Dear Susan,
We are currently in Kansas city visiting our 2 grand daughters and their parents. Tonight we celebrated a 2nd birthday for our youngest little one. Our daughter made a cake with watermelon, cantaloupe and pineapple. It was decorated with raspberries, limes and cherries. Quite amazing. The birthday girl likes fresh fruit better than cake.
Take care and stay well,
Crystal
Susan, I enjoy your blog even a little Quickie. Thanks.
I don’t even consider myself a cat person but Mr. Jack makes me want to become one! He is soooooooooooooooo very cute!!!! Love Casper in the window too!
I love all my beautiful Susan Branch mugs. Totally exceeded expectations. HaPpY Ha -Ha Halloween 🎃
I love reading your blogs and I love Jack, the cat. I just received your small calendar for 2021 and the pictures are precious. Hope you and your family stay well.
Enjoyed the link to Music.
So lovely to get your post. It always brightens my day.
Susan,
You are always thinking of us. Hope you have got all your bits and bobs together for your Zooms. It’s nice seeing Casper again. Even if there is no trick or treating, decorating helps to ground us by reminding there is still great joy to be had no matter the circumstance, it’s good for our souls. Have a blessed and wonderful weekend. From sunny (and way too hot!!) California. Hugs to you, Joe and sweet Jack.
Seeing your name in my inbox always makes me happy! And today had a bonus – two adorable pictures of Jack. I especially loved the one of Jack and Joe!
Love you, Sue! Happy Halloween from Di and Happy the Corgi
Look at all the posts back to 2010! It makes my heart happy to see all the good you put out into the world! ❤️🥰
Would love to win.
Just up on arroyo grande. Thought of you and your darling shop on Branch.
Miss it😢
Any post with Jack, is a good post. Like many, I am waiting closer to Chirstmas to read your book. Love Casper! Kisses to Jack!
Lovebyour books. Look forward to another one. When will it be out?
Following with anticipation! And I am going to send you two face masks made from your fabric designs on Spoonflower. Absolutely love the large fall leaf pattern and the blue/red small leaves on a pale yellow background. Made them for sale at Gatherings Emporium in Paso Robles, which supports several local charity partners with all of their net profits. Hope you like them!
😘
Hi Susan, oh how I wish I could attend your presentation! I’d love to see your home and traditions. But alas I am not located in the States. This month has been quite awful for me and your quickie comes as a breath of fresh air. Thank you for spreading your light. Xo
Sending love and good wishes to you Dawn-Tara, wishing you the best of everything!
What a wonderful surprise post on a wet October Day in Washington! Thank you for your uplifting blog. 🍁🍂🎃
Oh, Susan, how good it is to be around like-minded friends. I appreciate you!
Your Ahhhhhhhtum…..message made me happy !💕💕😍💕💕
Loved hearing Lida Rose again. I remember that particular Andy Williams show. Love the picture of Jack looking up at that spider. His gaze was really fixed on it. Thank you for the blog. Always enjoy them.
Casper has always been my favorite friendly ghost! I love your new Christmas book. It reminded me of many 50’s Christmas celebrations in our home! I ordered one for my sister and I know she will enjoy it as much as I did. Happy Halloween!!
Drove down from Maine to Massachusetts and the foliage colors were gorgeous even though the clouds were so gray! Got home and saw your email and loved your quote about catching a leaf in mid-air! Many thanks for all your seasonal observations. Pam W.
I love reading your posts, even the short ones.. They bring such happiness and joy!
Love your photos of Jack, such great expressions! Thanks for the quickie😊
Hi Susan, Just a quick note to say hello again! Thanks so much for taking the time to send us encouraging notes, music and stories. The day I received your “Home for Christmas” book I sat down in the evening and could not stop reading. I love your style! You’re a natural! One part that stood out to me was your conversation with your baby brother. Trying to ask him about heaven and he was sticking his finger in his eye. What a sweet question to ask him. An inquiring mind. I finished the book that evening. So, I’m waiting for the next one! Stay safe and well. Blessings, Carol
So exciting to see a new post in my inbox from you, quickie or not. We left my mom today on her 83rd birthday to return home after a 5-day visit. She is not doing well, having had a stroke 1 month ago, and looking tired and weak. I am afraid this might be the last time I see her, this side of Heaven. It’s a 10-hour drive home, and I was sad and weary today, but seeing and reading your post brightened my day. Thank you!
What a cute twosome.😊
What’s better than a Giveaway? Winning one!
What a brightened for a gloomy Friday! Thank you so much!
Oh my goodness. The best give away ever. I hope I am entered. I simply love your blog and forward it to my sister all the time. Happy Halloween. Sandra
Awe, I love the sweet picture of your two loves! They both look great….in fact maybe a bit younger! I am sure that is from living with YOU!! I am so looking forward to seeing you in my first live ZOOM meeting with you!! I bought a book to give to my longtime Swedish penpal Agnes who adores you and your art. I send her a couple of calendars every year. This year I sent her your Spring cup for her Birthday. I am so excited you will be sharing pictures of your lovely home. Love you and all you do for us. Tell Jack hello! Such a BEAUTIFUL quilt!! Can’t wait to hear about your surprise.
Last week we took a quick trip to Martha’s Vineyard to bike for the day ~ a nice surprise to find your calendar in a book store. Thanks for all the beauty and joy you bring to the world!