Last week, D and I went to Miller Farms. As previously stated, I love...love...LOVE PUMPKINS!!! And anything to do with pumpkins and squashes and gourds and fall. I begged D to go to a pumpkin patch with me. I do this every year. Begging starts around September 20th or so, after D's birthday but well before it's appropriate to pick a pumpkin. When I got the okay this year, I had my place picked out and everything.



Miller Farms. How excellent. For $15.00 a person, you are transported over hundreds of acres via hay wagon and given six large plastic potato sacks to fill with whatever is in season at that time. For us, that meant potatoes, ornamental corn, red potatoes, cabbage and pumpkins.



Here is my collection of weird little carrots friends:






What does one do with bags of pumpkins and corn? Well...









I was so excited to decorate my house with ample fall! I already had this wreath I bought for $1.00 at an estate sale:



I spruced it up with glass owls from my ma and a few glittery fruits.

And D gave me the go ahead to put up the cobweb, so I was in business. Ready for tricker-treaters!

And after Halloween, I was going to take down the web and rearrange my fall goodies in the window boxes to look just like a Martha Stewert cover. But then...



Oh, the devastation!



The heartless destruction!



Pure horror!



I must look away!


Who could have been so foul?, I hear you gasp. Was it D?



Sure he was a bit miffed having to carry his weight in pumpkins, even after being injured by a ferociously stubborn carrot (got under his nail so deep the doctor had to take it out!). But no, vandalism is not his style.

Was it the Pru? A feline so terrifying all beetles and crickets run as soon as the back door opens?



Couldn't be. Pru hates veggies. Well what about our other cat, Emma?



No. She couldn't be bothered with anything so labor intensive.

Then, I caught a glimpse of the culprit in the act. I ran for my camera but the scourdral had made his escape. No matter. You are all familiar with him - Tamiasciurus douglasii. Evil squirrel.




No garden is safe. No decoration pristine while he's around doing his dirty work. Let this blogpost be a tale of caution. Beware!

Also, I finished D's hat! I wanted to post a picture of it but he wore it to school. I guess he likes it. Hooray!

*tshirt pic from Zazzle.com

Last Week's Finds

I went to a happy little estate sale last week. A tiny little house in an old neigborhood where 4 girls were raised - sharing one bedroom! The house was full of girly things. Pretty plastic dolls with handmade outfits, cake decorating supplies, old board games, puzzles with pretty castles and gardens, tea sets and luncheon plates... I was in heaven!

First, I snagged a bag of plastic fall veggies and little Indian chiefs to enhance my pumpkin collection. I think they were meant for fall cupcakes long ago. The whole lot was $2.00!



Next up, a nice aqua plastic sewing organizer for $1.00 and a printed vintage tablecloth for $3.00


A tiny bouquet of the tiniest flowers. What can I use these for?



Old plastic flowers. These were all in the same $3.00 bag. What to use them for? I don't know. They were all so sweet, I couldn't pass them up. Mom C and I have talked about decorating bird houses, so maybe I could use them for that.





Then there are these fellows. A whole army that were in the same bag as the flowers.




Finally, my new aviary.


See the bees? My ma gave me a bunch of these when we decorated bird houses last year and I had them buzzing all over mine which I painted light blue and yellow with vitage brown buttons glued to the sides. Buttons and Bees. Such a good combo.


That's not all. Next post will have the first PEAS PORRIGE GIVEAWAY!!! Keep your eyes peeled. It's a good one!

Happy Fall to All

Just set up my pumpkin collection:



This is my latest acquisition. Leafy pumpkin from Mom C:



Little sparkly:



Little shiny:


HAPPY FALL!!!!