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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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DIY Porch Cushions for the Holidays, UH OH!

So much for Fall and Thanksgiving, apparently---ALL YOU~~~

* Christmas* people have WON! *O* !

Last night, with the snowy forecast in the news, I began covering my porch furniture in all those vintage plaid table cloths I bought here. This is the first year we are leaving the furniture on the porch. So I purchased OLD acrylic plaid table cloths in various tartans to REDO the settee, two chairs and the swing to protect the cushions a bit from the elements.

I got the swing and settee done about 8:00 pm on Friday. I simply cut the cloths in half and utilized the finished edges. Then used huge pins to secure the fabric underneath. Matching the plaids was entertaining the first hour,  and for the 4 cushions on the settee and the double cushions on the swing, I used a package of 40. I will need to get the dogsled going tomorrow to get some more.

I came inside because I was cold after doing the swing cushions, they were larger than my available space in the livingroom. So no picture, and hour later we looked outside, 9pm CST. NEW fallen SNOW! I forgot to take a pic of the swing, because the snow was so gorgeous. We were like little kids running from window to window to look at the snow. Big, HUGE, fluffy flakes, just like on a Christmas card.

Nothing sets off snow like orange lights, snort.

So here is the swing, all covered in the OLD tartan, LOL. See it's there...just under the sliding 6" we had at 8am. So we bundled up and shoveled, correction pushed the snow---too wet to snowblow or lift, for old people.

Thanksgiving decorations...Pfffft. Here is our blow-up turkey...he's still blown up just buried and bent over.

And our pretty maple tree...and our orange lights, nothing looks wierder than candycorn lights on snow.

 

I filled the birdfeeders during the storm lull ---at 10am. We haven't fed them since mid-summer because of all the available natural feed, I'm sure they will be pigging out today!

My pond kids...Ice fishing apparently in the frozen pond. That's a GREEN blooming Hibiscus plant and a blooming royal blue Iris you can barely see behind. WIERD YEAR!  5pm update they are totally buried now. nothing sticking out but the poles.

This is 1:00 pm and the storm is still going strong.... and in the background...

Those are CHRISTMAS TREES for sure, now to go dig out the pumpkin lights along the walk...Happy Thanksgiving!

5 pm Saturday update....16" and counting. Hopefully it will stop soon. We are in the NW suburbs of Chicagoland.


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