WOW, It's A Party To BOOgie At

I've been featured at several blogs due to my SPOOKY decor.
No bones about it.
I love Halloween.

Thank you
Debra from Common Ground
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Masses of crows make a big impact.

Each year I buy a bunch of them from the dollar store.

My daughter helps me wire them to a branch from the back yard.

They look like they are ready to fly down and attack anytime.

Skeletons are always in plenty too.

Each year the kids pick one out that they call theirs,

then they get to choose where it will go.

A simple skeleton head, glue gun blood, spiders and some fake barbed wire under a cloche can have such an effect.

The orange, yellow and red really stand out against the black and white.

I am always on the look out for something black the whole year round.

The vintage phone is a nice touch don't you think.

And, it works.

Mr. M. says it is the only phone he can find in the house because it is stationary.

Chalk board writing and prints found on the internet.

It does not have to be expensive or complicated to make it look spooky.

I found image this on the internet with instructions from MasonJarCraftsLove.com

I am going to try and make one of these with the kids this weekend.

How are you getting SPOOKY?

It'sGetting A Little Spooky Around Here

Hey, did you think I disappeared or something?

Na, just busy, busy, busy.

School, work and DIY.

I did take a few days to get the boxes out of the attic.

It is time to get 

SPOOKY!

I have done only about half the decorations this year.

We are up to our 

EYEBALLS

in painting, sanding, and getting our addition finished before the snow falls.

It's Buffalo, we don't have much time.

Sadly to say, there will be no Halloween party this year, for kids or adults.

But, that's ok, at least I keep telling myself it is.

I know, I know, we have to get this addition finished first.

The two things that make me feel better are;

One- we will be having one hell of a party next year.

Two- I already have a Christmas tree picked out to put in front of the french doors in the garage.

Yep, this holiday has not even passed and already I am thinking of the next.

Crazy like that.

My son helped me get the decorations out.

I told him it is like Christmas morning for me when I open the containers.

I only have to get the lights in the windows, go through a couple more totes to pick out my favorites and then let the haunting begin.

The kids have their Halloween costumes picked out.

Again, I am feeling let down because I do not get to pick one out for myself.

I can always use an old one to take the kids out on Halloween night.

The weather has been wonderful here.

The leaves are turning beautiful colors.

Fall is such a great season.

We still have our screen windows on and I keep them open on my days off.

This guy is the only decorationg I wish I could leave up all year long.

This is a picture from last years kids Halloween party.

I like to go back and see how I decorated the year before.

What will I keep the same and what will I change.

The skeletons have already taken up residence in the dinning room.

The crows are everywhere.

You would think we have all the time in the world to be hanging around.

GET BACK TO WORK!

Mr. M. says I am working him to death.

From the looks of this guy, I better let him take a break.

We have already drywalled, painted and tiled the mudroom and laundry room.

The wood floor will be delivered next week. 

Then we have to install it just like we did the living room and study.

ALL 720 ft of it.

Don't even ask when we will get to the garage.

That is waiting for Spring, at least the drywall is up and it will make it warmer for the winter.

Ok, break is over.

There is painting to be done.

How, about you?

Are you ready to get SPOOKY?

Linking with

Common Ground 

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From My Front Porch To Yours

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Jennifer Rizzo

Thanks for stopping by and have a wonderful weekend.

When They Out Grow The Swing Set

Today my oldest son showed me what he can do.

My son wanted to show us what they have been doing on the swing lately.

He showed me, he has no problem going back and forth with out stopping.

Next one in training.

Her confidence is building.

I am thankful the littlest child had no interest in trying.

Later that night, I happened to look outside to find them up in a tree at least 20 feet high.

They were looking for a good spot to build a tree house.

Now I know what the kids do when they out grow the swing set.

Time for a trampoline I am thinking.

The Season of Purple

My gardens tend to go through seasons of color.

Right now it is purple.

The purple flowers are called Obedient Plant.

It comes in purple and white.

They grow all summer long and flower in late summer to early fall.

They are beautiful.

BUT BEWARE!

IT IS INVASIVE!

Many years ago, I remember planting just a few of these plants in my driveway entrance flower bed.

A few turned into hundreds.

I gave so many away.

They are spreaders if you let them go to seed.

I did.

Now I have them in almost every garden in my yard.

So this year I went out and bought some more.

White ones.

I am hoping they will spread as well as the purple.

The Hydrangeas are starting to change colors.

Fall is on the way.

My Autumn Clematis is in bloom too.

Tiny white sweet smelling flowers.

It is one of my favorite climbing vines, I have four of them around the gardens and I added a new one to the back deck.

My daughter's new purple sneakers.

She loves the color purple and they are just her favorite she tells me.

What color season are your flowers in?

A Great Day Thriftintg

I scored during my last visit to Sally!

This beautiful oil painting is so full of color.

The frame is what made me really want the picture.

Look at the detail.

I am not too fond of the gold.

However, I am not sure if the picture will look as nice with a white frame.

Ironstone tranferware platter.

I love the little green detail.

I am always on the lookout for vintage ornaments.

Of course, I could never have too many of them.

And my favorite find.

HUGE!

Silver tray.

Footed 

and 

Handles.

LOVE IT!

I can't wait to start decorating for fall.

The weather is getting cooler at night.

You can almost smell fall coming.

THEN COMES HALLOWEEN!

Happy long weekend everyone.

A Room of His Own

My youngest son will soon have a room of his own.

When we finish our new master bed room he will be getting our old room.

He keeps asking when.

Soon.

Will I get your bed?

No.

Will I get your tv?

No.

I have been asking him what his favorite colors are and what he would like in his new room.

Orange.


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Not the whole wall of course.
Maybe some horizontal stripes or one wall of vertical stripes.
He also likes blue, so I will do some smaller stripes of that color.

I would also like to try gray along with the orange.
I think it is a color he could grow into and not hate it in a couple of years.

I would love to make him a cool bed for this new room.

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Seeing as we STILL have NOT built the tree house, this might be a temporary compromise.
He is young enough to really appreciate it for many years.


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This bedding would be great to start off with.

Some wall art.
I love the canvas pictures.

I have two vintage scooters that once were hanging in his room when he was a baby.
Now they are just waiting to be hung back up.

He will have his OWN closet.

He will have his OWN cabinet for toys.
His OWN desk.
His Own bookcase.

I have a funny feeling he is going to leave his new room as a play room and sleep in his brother's room.

I'm ok with that too.

At least he will have a place to go that is his OWN.