IN ALL HONESTY, I feel the need to record this....I may or may not have a follow up post (chewing fingernails here).
Thanksgiving is a week away and the house is a disaster, all the Fall
decor (pumpkins) outside had to be brought in last night because of various stages
of deterioration and horrid weather on the way to Chicagoland. Temperatures have plummeted and snow is on the way for Saturday.
I plotched the huge ones here and there and there and there. Not only did the pumpkins come in, but the parsley, gourds, squash and other herbs. My Geraniums are in the kitchen sink for now...until I can find someplace to put them.
Here's a cast of miscellaneous pumpkins squash from our garden, I dropped on the IKEA bookcase. The orange pot is my Rosemary and it is huge.
The last thing I did last night was roast the BIG pumpkin from the walkway planter...the
GREEN brussel sprouts are the only stem that made it through the wierd summer we had this year...they will be a meal anyway.
As long as the oven was going forever---I toasted my sourdough and oatmeal sunflower nut bread for stuffing. I multi-task, hence the chaos in my kitchen all the time.
I also chopped the tops off the Dracena plants, I abhor killing anything
GREEN. I will try and root them, but there just wasn't room anywhere in the house for another HUGE plant. They are enhanced with More pumpkins squash, etc.
Here's the great
OLD cookie jar I snagged at Goodwill for $4.00. I have no idea what it is, (unmarked but Ohio Valley clay) but I have been searching for something to use for a cookie jar for the Grand. Notice the clever use of wood putty for a pedestal
REDO-lol, under another squash, and the large green pumpkin. Another clever enhancement is the wood plane--(from
NEW DIY barbie house?) tool, lurking there.
Fall Tablescape #3...Can you believe this...more gourds squash...offset by power tools, glue and paint.
Such creativity...LOL--Hubby is almost done with his mess on the Barbie House...just 3 feet off camera in my kitchen!
Left over Halloween pumpkin from Grandbaby---she did great on the face---she's only three. Empty calendar underneath, because I never write anything down in my organized life, snort.
Here's the Parsley, lurking under the front window in the living room, an attractive wad of paper towel catching the overflow from the rainsoaked planter.
So many people commented on
my post of our gorgeous color last week. WELL, I took those pictures because we were forecasted 4 days of wind/rain which turned out to be 7 days of wind and lots of rain. It's still blowing out there...I gave up uprighting the chairs three days ago. Trees are empty and that gorgeous Maple lasted all of two days.
Marigolds are finally decimated. I will leave the flowers for the birds to chew on over the winter. If marigold seeds are good for Purdue chickens, they will feed our feathered friends. Totally a
GREEN thing to do.
The porch vignette is now devoid of color and dreary---I will have to perk it up, somehow.
The artificial arrangement still looks great by the door, but even weighted down, it has blown over at least twice a day. (Note to self, to use bricks next time in the bottom, instead of rocks.) In front with the leaves is another
OLD lantern that has a
REDO flame in it.
This little corner I had freshened up last week, the
OLD lanterns have flicker lights in them and I redid the chalkboard after Halloween.
Inside, here is one corner of the living room that looks finished, gorgeous dried oak leaves in an
OLD vintage Royal Copenhagen Vase with a nymph on it. Small collection of porcelain animals reminiscent of pets long gone, all very
OLD.
The chalkboard says it best, "Gather Family Friends and Give Thanks." It doesn't say anything about polished silver, tablescapes, and neat houses. I still have a week?
Happy Thanksgiving Preparations readers, how ready are you?
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