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

Remembering 9-11....

  These are the reflecting ponds where the twins towers stood.  The names of those that died in the towers are on the walls of these ponds.

 Let us never forget ...that we need to always be alert. Take time to think of the people who are no longer with us. Some moms, dads, friends ,and strangers.....who went to work one day and did not come home that evening.   Lives lost and other lives would never be the same again.
 Today here is a pretty day and a bit cooler.  I am thankful for weather like this. XO

Second Post Today.....

   I just could not stand it....not having many shots of the new clothing line at Horton's . So I went back to the store this morning. Bless Karen's heart, she said it was okay for me to take some things off the rack for pictures.  This one was already hanging on this screen door. This is my favorite. A plaid scarf, soft orange flowy jacket , over a ruffle trimmed shift top.  Wish I had tried that jacket on. :):)

  A plaid top/ jacket  lined in stripes.  No pinching at the shoulders...know what I mean ladies?

  Floral and ecru lace tunic tops.  Stripes with lace down the sleeve...in a logan green.

  I absolutely loved both of these top/dresses...If you are tall they would be long tops...if you are 5 '4" or shorter, these would make cute dresses. The black one is lace overlay. This  one comes in light coral and white also.

  Oh now where are my bell bottoms. LOL. Just kidding. This is the sweetest crocheted top. Can be worn over any color and look good.

  Some of these clothes have tons of sewing...just look at the seams of this.

   Here's the cute dress in coral(peach ?)

   This is one of the brands ( umgee)   This is actually on a vest of sheer material trimmed in laces. A bit of a vest that could glam up an everyday shirt.

   This is the label on the crocheted top.   ( Blu Pepper)

   Why do stripes make me think of Paris?? Could it be Coco's influence.?  Well dear friends, this post goes with my previous post from earlier this morning. Hope you enjoy them both.
   Thanks to Horton's for always being so kind as to let me take photos and post about the store . They are awesome people. XO
 

A Little More Of Horton's.....

  I will apologize right off.  I just took some quick shot of the clothing racks at Horton's. The only displays were the windows and the wall near the ceiling. But if you click on the photos you can see them better, hopefully. I am thinking of going in on Friday when I meet my daughters.

   I call this style of clothing a bit Romantic, maybe a bit Gypsy. It's flowy and fun.

   I like the taupe brown scarves with these ecru pieces.There were hats about the store also.

 Here's a   top with a  roomy bag.

  I found a small display of silver jewelry made from spoons.

  Well this is what has happened to grandma's  table silverware. Very pretty.

 The spoon rings were cute.....wonder where the spoon ring I used to wear in the 70's can be.

  The were plenty of pumpkins. So I am showing some of the bedazzled ones  They are all soft and cute. Here's one in pinks.

  This beauty was a work of art....laces, pearls and ribbons.

   I thought this pumpkin had a very adorable stem. A piece of grandma's silver service. Plus a bling piece with laces. These are sitting with the mercury glass.
  Hope all of you get a chance to go to the Horton's fall showing on September the 24th.  Christmas Open House is the 5th of November, and Christmas Vender Market will be December the 3rd.. They have many things to see and buy all the other days too.
  Wishing you a great day. XO