Autumn Decor Finally....

   I finally got the totes with my fall decorations out of the basement. These are pumpkins I made last year , out of old sweaters I picked up at Goodwill. Plus some stuffing material.

   This was my favorite one. I used sweaters that looked like they had shrunk, maybe that no one would buy to wear. Bits of lace, twine, and a doily. I used a cut of a branch for the stem. You could use a piece of old silverware....saw that idea at Horton's. :):)

  I used the sleeves to make small pumpkins. They are cute in groupings.

   A small cornucopia of flowers.

  A fall like bouquet in a rustic pail.  As I see the brightness on one of the books....I am now going to cover each book with brown paper. I think that would look better. :):)

   The wreath I got once at a 4-H rummage sale...for a dollar.  I have used it 4 years now. Still pretty.

  This is the porch table I like to decorate on ,thru out the seasons. This basket can hold a lot of things. Oh course I still use the old shutters as a backdrop.

  A small welcome sign on a window sill. I added the twig of leaves.

  Thursday sunset.  You can see the hummingbird feeder . I will be taking them in after next week. I think we are only to keep them up till October.

  Then one more shot of that beautiful sunset. It's a beautiful world. Hope all of you are ready for a fun filled weekend. It's festival time all over Indiana. The Atlanta , Indiana New Earth Day fest is this weekend.  It has always been one busy event too.  Not  a lot of sitting places is my only complaint.
   I will not be going with my daughters this year...I just can't take the walking in 80 plus degree heat. I used to go on Saturday with my daughters and on Sunday with Teddy Bear. We always had some great fair foods....ice cream, taco in a bag, ice cream...LOL did I say ice cream?  That was always my favorite fair food.  On the Sunday that Ted and I would go, we always had a steaming cup of coffee and cinnamon  rolls. We would go early before the real crowds got there.
  Horton's Autumn Market is tomorrow from 9-4...I will go to that for a while. Hope to see some of you there.  When my girls are home from the Earth fest, I will meet them at Angie's for coffee and dessert. :) At least I can still do that.  :):)
  Wishing all of you a fabulous weekend. XO

Fall Decor.....

  If you are a person who likes to decorate with white....here's a couple farm pictures in white.  This looks like a goat to me...but hey what do I know, I am basically a city sleeker.

 Here's a sweet cow picture...I like it.  This are left over photos from my last trip to Horton's. They are having their Autumn Market this Saturday.  I sure will be going to look around.

 I loved this velvet pumpkin on a cake stand, surrounded by tiny faux flowers.

 There a big urn at the counter in Horton's and it is always dressed for the season. Love the copper watering can , looks great with the fall colored leaves.

 

 A basket of linen pumpkins and scents.

 This was really my favorite box of cloth pumpkins. The bittersweet and twinkle lights just looks perfect to me.

 I do not think these are real , but I did not touch them...so who knows. Love the box. Hope you all like seeing decorating items. :):)
  Today will be a busy day for me. I will fill you all in on my adventure, at a later date.  Hold on tightly, to this last day of summer  XO

Unusual....

  Monday was a beautiful day. Not a cloud in the sky. Not too hot either. Plus a pretty sunset to end the day.

  Kathy's rose bush that lives here with me, produced a beautiful rose for her while she stayed with us, this past weekend.  It made her smile.

   While Kathy, Ted and I were in the town of Kirkland on Saturday, I saw this milk glass collection  in one of the shops. Some unusual pieces.

  I am not sure what that bowl is that's sitting on top of a compote  bowl.

  I have never seen one of these, ever. It looks like it's right out of the Fifties. An orange colored metal stand, with an ice bucket in the center....surrounded by tall colorful glasses.  Maybe for ice tea? cocktails?

  This long table was made from boards just sawn from a tree. The bark was still on the edges. Same for the benches.  Shellacked with a glossy finish.

  You may not believe this...but this was my only purchase on Saturday. A big jar candle. Bourbon Maple Sugar....smells so good. There was one burning in the shop and it's fragrance filled the room, I could not resist. Suppose to last 80 hours.  mmm:):)
  Hope all of you have a great Tuesday. XO

Saturday's Fun Time....

 This is the small town of Kirkland, Indiana.  A clean town that has many junk and antique shops.

 The main intersection is decorated for autumn. So cute.

 This is my daughter Kathy, looking thru folds of materials and old patterns. She is the seamstress in our family. :):) Kathy came down from Goshen to spend the weekend with me.

 This is the White River Mercantile.  It has so many wonderful goodies to choose from.  Believe me Deb, I wanted to take all these home...but could not as I am still sorting years  of cards from my children and friends.

 A sweet little hanging hutch of  blue transfer ware.  Love that square dish.

 I truly wish I had checked the price of this jar of buttons...as Kathy and I talked about on the way home and later. It had to weight 10 pounds or more. LOL

 This was a beautiful  tea set , the real McCoy too.

 I did not ask the price, I just looked for the name. :):) The young lady that was running the shop was so nice and kind. She said that she will have a booth at the Horton's Autumn Market on the 24th of September. Next Saturday.

 Here's an awesome stained glass window. It was on a chain so it could be hung in your own window. 

 After going thru two shops Teddy Bear was ready for some lunch.  We went down the street to a place called Bookers. They had a nice assortment of foods on the menu. But as I heard Ted order this crispy fires, hot pepper cheese deluxe burger....well I said I would have the same.

 I have to show the restroom at the café.  An old rusty gate hanging on the dry brush painted walls. I just loved this rustic look.

 An old chippy window with pretty paper behind if and a shelf that can hold an old watering can.  On the back of the toilet was a box with fake flowers and a faucet attached to the corner of the box...as if you could turn it on to water the flowers.  Really cute.
 I have more picture I will show thru this coming week. So far , my weekend has been very busy. I will be ready for bed tonight. LOL. I want to rest up for next Saturday. Besides Horton's and the peddlers market in Tipton, 5 miles south in Atlanta Indiana , they are having earth day fest. I won't go to that....too much walking for me in one day. I used to join all my girls and we would walk the town's  festival over and over.  I don't do miles and miles any more. Wish I could.
  Happy Sunday to all. XO

Thursday ...

  This is the sun rise. I do not get as many photos of sun rises as I would like  But at this time of year the sun rises where I can see it.

  One more shot of those colors..:):)

  This is the hydrangea bush that did not boom this year.

  Now what do I see? A tiny little flower head popping out...well it's mid September I will see how big this gets. I am thinking I may transplant this bush. I think it isn't getting enough sunshine.

  I dug out the  silver dish I bought last year and filled it with this mixture of"pumpkins"....I do not know what these are really called. They look like pumpkins the size of quarters.

 

 I think this is some kind of sauce thingy...Oh I am so sorry to all of you that I do not know much this morning.:):). I put the pumpkins in it also. Mrs. Horton gave me this bag of tiny pumpkins....she is so kind and sweet.  I just put these with my vignette on the table.
   Yesterday, Ted and I met up with some family to have lunch , then go visit with Ted's brother Cliff.  You may recall Cliff is the one who had a stroke about two months ago. The lunch was fun. The visit heart breaking. Cliff seems a bit depressed now, and frets when his wife isn't with him.
 He was very excited to see all of us...but cried a few times. His wife was at the repair shop getting their car worked on, and he asked about her many times....but called her by his sisters' names many times. When I would ask, "you mean Linda?" Cliff would say, "Oh I love her. "
   This weekend,  I hope to spend time with my daughters and do a  bit of decorating.  Wishing all of you the best. XO

Deck Is Done.....

  Well our little backdoor deck is done, mostly . We still have the ground trim to put in . This deck will hole the wood box this winter, making carrying in wood, not so messy. It measures 10 ft. x 8 ft.

 

  You can see it's raining here this morning. This wood will need to dry out till next spring to be stained and sealed. It's pressure treated.   We may add a bench along the side later.

   Now I call this one big ugly eye sore.  It's the power meter and panel. The water hose , the cable and phone entry. In my way of thinking...this water should not be this close to the power. Now, I have to come up with a design to hide all this and look good too.

   I remember early in spring when I filled my containers, I thought it looks sparse and many of you told me it would fill in and look good.. It did and it did look good all spring and summer. Now the flowers a fading. Time for a fall décor.

  This is the first time I have use creeping ginny plant...I love it.  It looks so good hanging down along the old cedar stump . This stump is from a tree that was in my parent's yard. I loved the smell of that tree, so when it broke down in an ice storm, we saved some stumps. This one is made into a porch table.

   I have my new autumn flag hanging out front in the flowerbed.  I had to trim the barberry bush a wee bit....it kept grabbing the corner of the flag.:):).
   Wishing all of you a great Wednesday.   This month is about half over.  Enjoy. XO

Hometown Joy .....

  Saturday , around noon, driving down our road. You can see the neighbor's corn crop is turning...it all seems to be happening faster now. I guess it is September and in about 10 day will be autumn.

  The farm bureau co-op. This is actually at the very edge of the city limits.

  People on a tractor trolley. They parked at the high school and caught the trolley to town , for the Pork Festival.  It rained almost the entire day , on and off. But cleared up for late afternoon and evening. Cooler temperatures too.

  Ted and I at the D.Q. drive thru. Got an ice cream cone.

 

   This is Saturday's sunset after the rainy day. It was heavenly outside  at this time.

  Thought I would post some more of the photos I took at Horton's on Thursday. Isn't this little owl so sweet....he was one of a salt and pepper shaker set.

  A basket of velvet pumpkins with real looking stems. One sparkley pumpkin.

  I liked this pumpkin covered in sheet music and glitter, with lace and twine...rustic and chic.

  This striped container with the sunflowers was cute.

  For those of you who do not want a gapped tooth crooked smiling , Jack-o-lantern....this one has braces.  I laughed when I saw him.. I thought of this being a jack-o-lantern a dentist would own.
  Hope all of you had a great weekend. I had a slow , take it easy weekend. I guess I needed it too. I actually slept so deep last night, I had dreams. That's rare for me.
   Wishing all a great new week. XO