harvestscape out and in

don't you just love all the things you are/can harvest at this time of the year.

gourds...squash...pumpkins.....apples....

of course pumpkins are available by the hundreds everywhere you turn....

i love these little seasonal embellishes...i love pumpkins.

here's a beauty at our farmer's market.

we of course brought home loads of them for our own pleasure.

our driveway is a huge focal point since we have so many coming and going.

so we put some dandy orange pumpkins in our ole' garden cart and

added some deep crimson mums. then set them next to the apple picking ladder

adorned with corn and sunflower stalks from our own garden.

the leaves were added by mother nature.

last weekend....abbey and i attempted to make our own scarecrow.

we didn't know what we were doing but it was a fun art project.

it was more difficult than i thought it would be.

we had no plaid shirt(?) how could we really have no plaid shirts

around here when i know good and well i have brought so

many in my lifetime. well we didn't let that stop us...oh no.

we got one of daddio's old dress shirts a couple of sizes ago

and found some spray paint and painted ourselves a plaid shirt.

a worn out pair of jeans from same said man.....both stuffed with straw

made a good base.

now for the head...burlap sacks used several years ago for a party

with sack races. time to get out the sewing machine and voila a head.

we cut out the face from the leftover burlap and abbey coloured

them with permanent marker and i sewed them on.

abbey's former school was the mustangs so we had lots of cowboy stuff

from school functions.....thus the straw hat and bandanna.

we had to put a long stick in the inside so he would sit up

straight. which, of course, i discovered when we were nearly finished.

he's not perfect...so he fits in nicely around here.

abbey and i were so glad that we accomplished this little feat.

we put him with some other scarecrows from past years that

were not eaten by the dogs and even gave him a little puppy of his own.

abbey insisted he also needed someone on his lap.

someone really loves her daddio.

all of these are wired to the bench and dogs were duly warned...

no touching...no chewing...no biting.

so far so good.

a few more outside touches...

harvest flag hung.

our harvest blessings plaque hung over the back door with some

autumnal leaves that won't stay put.

every year we mixed it up a little(mostly cause i can't remember

what i did the year before.)

now what to do with the rest of the pumpkins brought home.

i have always liked stacked pumpkins.

what bout you?

i put a little beeswax on them and they look quite pretty/shiny.
add in a few coloured door knobs not yet affixed to kitchen cabinets.

since i love purple...it is only natural i put it into my decor.
tall purple candle sticks with orange candles.

purple vases are filled with gourds/squashes/limes/lemons.

some fresh basil instead for their scent instead of flowers...plus

a wire cornucopia with acorn squash tumbling out.

i used to collect longaberger baskets...so i have lots of them.

so with a tied ribbon wrapped nicely around some indian corn

they are tossed in a basket and put on display.

remember my beeswax candles from a local apiary at the

farmer's market? i placed them on an old copper tray. it holds all

three nicely...especially when combined with a sugared pumpkin.

there is never a short supply on candles around

here...i love them. orange ones....white ones.....green

ones....ones that look like birch branches are even better.

i do love multi~coloured pumpkins and white ones...

how do they make those white ones....anyway?

this year abbey was my helper....and she suggested we put

some pumpkins up on top of the pie safe in the eat~in~kitchen area...

she is such a smart girl with a really good eye for that kind of thing.

roses with pine cones in a cut~horn vase...

walnut pods & acorns in a glass pedestal vase.

as a gardener i love birds and birdcages....

i have had many real birds. right now we don't have any.

so i love these little silver birds that abbey placed in this cage

on a buffet in our dining room next to some pumpkin candles.

copper coloured tea light holders in my sunroom to keep me company.

i love silver mercury vases...candle sticks...placed on the dining table

next to a hand carved wooden vase from canada with nadina berries.

more pumpkins...apples...decorative gourds from our

local farmer's basket we get each week.

lastly, i would like to include a photo from a

recent blog i just found and love:

http://shannonfricke.blogspot.com/2009/09/sunday-happy-sunday.html

if you love beautiful interiors go over and check her blog out.

this photo has inspired me to add some different colours into my decor.

wouldn't you just love to have these cabbages and

nasturtiums flourishing in your garden.

the photo originally came from country living.

thanks shannon for letting me use your photo from your blog.

happy autumn and happy country farm living

or any kind of good living you are doing.

have a great weekend.