Saturday with Sis

What a wonderful way to spend the Saturday! Me and my sister visited the antique fair in Madison and then we rode over to Autumn Vineyards in Mayodan. We looked, we laughed, we sipped a little. What better to kick off the fall season? 

 

 

 

The leaves are starting to turn and there is so many festivals and fairs coming up. I hope to get to a good bit of them. I'll be sure to share my visits.

Are you like me? I'm a looky-loo.

You too?

Welcome Autumn

Welcome the Fall Season!

 

Mums and Merrigold and my one Little Pumpkin 

Have a Blessed Day!

 

 

Autumn Wreath Redo

Well, it's time to get some autumn decorating going on. I am being a bit sluggish when it comes to much of anything concerning decorating around the house. Usually I get excited but I've taken a melancholy mood about it since I went to the basement to bring up some things that were put away. My home is older and the basement is basically hand dug. Some concrete is poured on one side of a petitioned area but if we get much  rain, we get a wet basement. We even keep a pump down there for the real down pours and we have really had our share of down pours. Anything that is important at all has to be put up onto shelves. 

I bet you can tell where this is going...

Some person decided to through my decorations in the back corner of the floor to make room for their things. All my stuff was molded and ruined. I didn't have a fit but I really wanted too.

I've been trying to work on the fit taken

but Ooh... is it been hard lately......

My wreathes we're ruined too. So, I made these up today, I used the old wreathes on the door and just added  some of my hydrangea that was starting to dry out. I do love the colors that these flowers take on when they start drying. I put a antique white ribbon on this one. The other two I just used the flowers with no ribbon.

You can see I use the same Christmas tree hangers all year long.

My wreathes are often times not perfectly round. I think it makes them have a more natural feel.

I use things that are around me when decorating. When you use what is yours and what is around you to decorate it will automatically be and extension of yourself.

I hope you can look around your yard or your garden and find items to inspire you too.

Thanks for stopping by.

Have a very blessed day.

Surprise in the Mail

 

My daughter surprised me with this Bible Atlas and a very special note card. Isn't the unexpected gift the best of all? Often birthdays and mother's days have been forgotten. She has a very busy schedule so I try not to fret over such little thing. I have a love for maps. Maps of old and all kind of maps interest me. It may be because my Daddy is a truck driver by trade. To know that my daughter knows me so well is a wonderful feeling. I can't wait to dive into this book. It looks very well written.

 

I think good direction is a wonderful thing.

Thanks for stopping by and have a blessed day.

Bundt Cake Blunders and the Hylton Get Together

Me and my son Louis

My Mama's family gathered together Saturday for food, fun, a little music and a lot of conversation. We always try to come together when Aunt Henrietta visits from Maryland. She has been spending the month with Mama and Daddy. This is always a potluck kind of event; everyone brings a dish or two. After getting the low down on what most everyone was bringing, I decided to bring my pecan bundt cake and chicken and broccoli casserole. I should blame myself for my misfortune because I very rarely will fix my dishes the day before a dinner even if it means I have to set the clock extra early. I was sure there was not going to be a problem with time, after all, I was told that we wouldn't be working on Friday. 

WRONG

My supervisor calls me Friday evening and asks if I can work Friday night. Of course I didn't think I would have a problem and to get to work a full week I was grateful for. 

AFTER

I get off on Saturday morning and I thought I would be best to take about a hour nap, I would get up, get my dishes made and be to Mama's. Well of course I was sleeping like a baby and no one in the house thought to give me a nudge. When my feet hit the floor I felt panicked for sure. I mixed my cake,  threw it in the oven, and prepared my casserole. No problem, until it was time to turn the cake out of the pan. 

You already can tell what happened

The cake stuck and most of the top of the cake remained in the pan. It was a awful site. I absolutely did not have time to do anything else. I ranted and raved a little while and figured there was no descent way to bail out of going ; so I toted my casserole and I stopped by to grocery store. 

Yes! I took a store bought cake. 

Am I ashamed??

Well only a little.

The only people that knew about the cake blunder was the ones that road in the car with me and my sister because I told her and quite a few people commented on the casserole. To think I almost didn't go that would have been the shame in it all.

Don't believe anything they tell you. 

They're full of it.

My Daddy

Henrietta, Mama, and the rest of the ladies 

clean-up duty