A Little Fall in the Mud Room

FALL is here.

I have been very busy with all the homework.

Helping the kids.

And

Doing my own!

I am not always the best with time management.

And

For me, creative does not equal organization.

So far from it!

However, I did manage to pack away most of my summer decor.

I only have just started decorating for Fall.

It is kind of squeezed in for a week or so before,

HALLOWEEN!!!

I swapped out the footstool for a small slipcovered chair.

I still need some artwork or plates on the wall.

I have not found any yet.

The hunt is the best part.

Now that the kids are back to school,

 I have more free time to go antiquing.

I like how the blue looks with the orange.

New pillow and table cloth are from TJMaxx.

I am debating whether to use the table cloth as a throw or

slipcover the little footstool that was in this room previously.

A pretty plate also from TJMaxx.

Any you, have you finished decorating for Fall?

Thanks for stopping by and have a wonderful week.

Fall Stalks

While the Mr. is away, the wife will play!

Now that the weather has become cooler, I have been more in the mood to do things around the house.

Weeding the flower beds.

Planting mums and a few transplants.

Decorating the house for fall.

I bought some corn stalks and decided today would be a great day to enhance them.

AND, make a huge mess on the kitchen floor.

I love how the white and dark brown look together.

A simple burlap bow.

The poor dove doesn't know there is a crow at the top waiting for Halloween to come.

A good friend of mine showed my how to enhance my corn stalks. 

She used to sell these in her shop for big bucks, thanks Nancy for teaching me how to make mine.

Now I couldn't imagine putting out plain corn stalks.

I added a 2 foot long button garland.

I am going to make another corn stalk for the back deck using the traditional colors of fall.

I think this one will be my favorite, I may have to make one for the dinning room too.

It is a beautiful sunny day so I have work in the garden to do.

Oh, the kitchen mess is still there, I will get creative after dinner again.

I hope you are having a great day too.

I am sharing with Kathleen from Faded Charm for White Wednesday.

Debra from Common Ground for Vintage Inspiration Friday.

Cindy from My Romantic Home for Show and Tell Friday.



 

Fall Beauty

Saturday was a day of walking.

  My extended family met for a picnic and the day at Letchworth State Park in New York. 

It has been 11 years since we have been back, I forgot how wonderful it is.

  The only thing that would make this even more beautiful would be if more of the leaves had changed colors already.  This picture would be awash of oranges, reds, yellows, browns and greens. 

Letchworth State Park, renowned as the "Grand Canyon of the East," is one of the most scenically magnificent areas in the eastern U.S. The Genesee River roars through the gorge over three major waterfalls between cliffs--as high as 600 feet in some places--surrounded by lush forests.

 Hikers can choose among 66 miles of hiking trails.  I borrowed that from their website.

 I must say my body felt like we did all that walking but we didn't. 

This is a view of the top where our family was picnicing.  Down there on that flat area, yeah we walked all the way down the cliff to get over to there and we kept walking. 

We did this twice, yep, my legs are sore. 

The leaves were starting to change colors. 

This was at the end of our trail, just beautiful.

But then we had to go back UP!

The going up seemed to take a lot longer than the going down!

My kids had a good time, although we had to get them off the rock walls a few times. 

They just did quite get the fact we were so far up and how dangerous it really could be.

My son had so much fun catching dragon flies. 

Mr. M. has shown interest in taking some road trip vacations but has a hard time thinking about all the noise in the van for more than the hour and 1/2 it took to get to this park.

  It takes HOW LONG to get to the Grand Cannon? 

 He says he will have to THINK about it.

Sunday was a day of resting.

I hope you had a wonderful weekend too!