before and after....

I bought these gnarly looking apple gourds at my local apple orchard...Isn't it cruddy looking? all full of dirt and grime and a layer of green film! I scrubbed them with ammonia and water and waited until they were dry and brushed on a coat of varnish....the color just pops out of them with the coat of varnish...I love them nestled in with my hydrangeas in a basket!
I love this time of year....

Bittersweet Harvest

What a beautiful Sunday! the sun is shinning and it is 65 degrees! I have been waiting for this weeks! A perfect day to go out in the woods and harvest some bittersweet vines! So I dug out my rubber boots (I like to think of them as my poison ivy busters) and headed to my secret spot...shhh. sorry I can't tell where this is....
I did really well, a wheel barrow full! I added some to my white picket fence...Tomorrow I will start filling totes and the mantle inside my house... Did I say how I love this time of year???

I'm soooooooooo over this heat!

91 degrees today...ugh. So I pulled out all my pink impatients and summery flowers out of my urns and added mums and pumpkins! Bring it on Fall! I am ready for you....

back home.

We are back from the lake...beautiful weather the entire time! a feeling of fall was definitely in the air...We picked a basket of apples from the tree my Dad planted, and did a lot of boating. It was just my husband and I this time and it was very relaxing...we had a yummy steak dinner Sat. night out on the boat, the weather was gorgeous! There were so many garage sales on the way but my husband had other ideas, he had one vision and that was to get to the cabin! So I headed back into town when we got there and SCORE...I got this clock for .25 cents! and couple other little diddles...Hope everyone had a great holiday!

Princess Diana

It is amazing that ten years have gone by since this beautiful lady died..As a young bride myself I remember getting up in the wee hours of the morning to watch her wedding...I followed her life through the years and was so stunned when I heard on the news of her death. I know it seems silly but there was something about her I connected with, was it her age? her shyness? I don't know...to this day my husband still makes fun of me. He doesn't read my blog so I don't have to worry about it...Did you feel the same?

a Productive Saturday...

wow. I got a bunch done today! I got up this morning and started in on painting the living room. I am switching over to a brown and blue color scheme. I used to have khaki green walls, now I painted them to match the new area rug I just purchased. I looks a lot bluer in the picture! I bought this nifty little painting bucket at Lowe's...it is for doing your trim work....it has a handle on the side to hold on to and it has a magnet inside to hold your paint brush to the side...I loved it. No more bending up and down dipping your brush in the paint bucket, you just carry this around! When I finished up with my living room I cut the grass and did the laundry. Now I think I will go out to the garage and work on getting the new tote and little stool I purchased the other day cleaned up and varnished...I am on a roll! I think it has something to do with the weather...it is 75 degrees and sunny and no humidity!

p.s.

duh. I forgot to post this picture on my last post...anyways, it is of the framed flash card I purchased at the Mustard Moon sale! I think it looks cute in my little cupboard in the bathroom...