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Our Halloween decor has been out for three weeks, but continually tweaked here and there. We finally had a calm day with sunshine, perfect for some photos.

 

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Our pumpkin lights are ancient. I originally cut holes in a bunch of trick or treat pumpkins years ago to place on lights stuck in the ground along the walk. Then the solar chargers were perfect size to use as a black hat as the pumpkins sat on the ground. Now with the railing and the railing solar lights, I tried the old pumpkins and it works. 

We have a bit of a spider theme going, so I added a spider to each one...also very old.

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It's been summer here in Chicagoland until this week...goodness, I have blooming Dahlias and everything is still thick and growing. Frost is forecasted for this weekend, so that will be the end of flowering and tomatoes.

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Our garage walkway...with all the decor.

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We didn't put any blow ups this year, we had two weeks of wind/rain and mayhem, so if it couldn't be anchored to the ground it didn't go out. 

Our Skellies are standing guard...and really creepy at night.

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Keeping trick or treaters in mind, our decor is basically pretty friendly. All my decor is really old....I just move it around...look at the blooms still going.

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Dahlias in the pots along the garage, each has a thrifted lit pumpkin!

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Mermaid is going fancy this year

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Hubby brought three gates home, perfect against the mustard garage.

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That Dahlia produced tons of leaves and not many flowers...maybe next year.

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Another gate and my orange pots of flowers work well with the season.

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Everytime our neighbors ancient Elm spews a branch I steal it for structure in my pots.

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There is another one..its over 6 feet long and stripped of bark...will move it somewhere else. 

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The porch is sunshine and cozy...lots of color and a bit of Halloween with the pumpkinns

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I can't wait to show you the night pics...and maybe blow the leaves off ...a daily problem.

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My Metal Greenhouse is decked for Fall, just a couple of solar lanterns to set it off at night.

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What is more Halloween than a Bat Wreath..bought last year at 90% off. Cardboard decor is a quick fix for windows, also from years ago 20 or so.

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Come on and sit a spell...I promise the cat will leave you alone...! 

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Next----NIGHT TIME HALLOWEEN

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JUST A THOUGHT: Okay, people....just hold on fer a second...!

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I seldom rant online, 'cause I do it plenty in Real Life. Just ask my kid's, who have begun to think of me as doddering instead of simply eccentric.

Really my soul mellows with  the glow of LED lights in pumpkins,

(I actually miss the scent of candle-burnt pumpkin flesh) and witches swinging on brooms in the finally FALL cool, very cool Chicagoland wind....to the first lightest touch of frost-baring the grasses skeletal remains.

 We have the crisp winds now, but the mellow sunsets are something that only happens in real FALL.

Our tree hasn't even turned yet....this is an old picture.

I suppose, next week there will be thirty Christmas House walks posted-----and a meagre few Thanksgiving halls, mantels, table-settings squished in, REALLY!

I personally can't find my kitchen table for all the Hallweeny projecting, I finally worked on this week. Table top soon to be filled with turkeys, in two weeks or so.





When I retired from mass/merchandising, I gave up working on displaying Christmas in July with a 15-foot (wthorror) tree, to what I thought were nice family-paced holidays.

But YOU (you know who you are)---Ladies and Gents of Blogland are forever pushing the calendar up my..., to quote Eliza Doolittle, my "Bloomin' arse!"



Seriously, why can't we just take a breath, mellow, and enjoy the few days left of Fall---the leaves still on the trees haven't turned yet-



--How about long enough for me to find my Fall bins I didn't find for this season? Or, to add the few improvisational bits of Fall decor I did come up with.



Can't we---collectively not SUPER_PUSH the Season's and give Veteran's Day,
Thanksgiving, etc., their due.

Just a little time, because I know it will be a chore to find that one and only Thanksgiving bin I have hidden in the labyrinth of the basement storage.

I need time to catch my breath, savor the last bits of sunshine, have some tea on the porch.

Besides, we need to lose that five pounds we gained from eating the Halloween Candy, before we start in on all the pumpkin pie and holiday goodies, and.....

 MAKING YOUR CHRISTMAS HOLIDAYS----PERFECT!

Bless you all, Sandi

How's your Fall going?

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